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This webinar will focus primarily on common growing season identification (ID) features, such as leaves, flowers, fruit and bark. The webinar will also include some dormant season ID characteristics, such as buds, branching, bark and habitat. County Extension Agents are often asked to identify a tree growing in a client's yard. This webinar will take... Read More →

Save the date - Tuesday, July 28 - 6:00 pm - for FBMG’s first online Continuing Education Program. Jaime Gonzalez, Houston Healthy Cities Programs Director with The Nature Conservancy of Texas, will present The Greater Houston region sports world class biodiversity and ecosystems. Yet, rapid regional growth, invasive species, climate change, and other forces pose... Read More →

Meeting link: https://agrilife-tamu.webex.com/agrilife-tamu/j.php?MTID=m2a3d2b0b2f2b78a3b0acc65ed3ca1829 Meeting number: 145 712 2533 Password: M5Ud26a6Q9C

Learn how to begin to create a garden that is a magnet for hummingbirds, butterflies and many other birds. We will cover ground covers, low-growing flowers and grasses, short height shrubs and flowers, medium height trees, plants for shade and sun and vines. By using a layering technique and selected plants you can greatly increase... Read More →

Wildlife District 7. Presented by Clint Faas. With many of our in-person workshops canceled, we are excited to announce a slate of free online webinars in August. Each webinar will begin at noon and wrap up within the hour. Please direct any questions to [email protected]

Our speaker for August is Dr. Tina Davies, Texas Master Naturalist. She will be discussing how fungi shape the natural world. Topics for the evening will range from taxonomy to ecology. Davies will also touch on the importance of mycorrhizal fungi, fungi as agents of disease, and edible fungi. Tina Davies has always had an... Read More →

Michelle Bertelsen & John Hart Asher Ecologist and Land Steward & Senior Environmental Designer Ecosystem Design Group Ryan McGillicuddy Conservation Biologist TPWD-Inland Fisheries Michelle Bertelsen and John Hart Asher will familiarize attendees with basic riparian function, active verses passive restoration, and the thought process required to combine protecting and enhancing ecological health with supporting human... Read More →

Join us to learn about the ecology of our local pollinators and their natural and anthropogenic threats, and get to know our local pollinator and pollinator conservation experts in a relaxed, friendly environment. These one-hour Webinar is free and open to all the public. Our August speaker is U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Supervisory Fish... Read More →

Field Trip: August 22, 2020 The Upper Texas Coast – one of the best places in the nation for observing shorebirds – is a beautiful and complex habitat of salt marsh, coastal marsh, uplands and beach. Only a short drive from Houston, this critically important habitat provides resting, feeding and breeding sites for hundreds of... Read More →

Wildlife District 7. Presented by Clint Faas. With many of our in-person workshops canceled, we are excited to announce a slate of free online webinars in August. Each webinar will begin at noon and wrap up within the hour. Please direct any questions to [email protected]

With many of our in-person workshops canceled, we are excited to announce a slate of free online webinars in August. Each webinar will begin at noon and wrap up within the hour. Any questions, please email [email protected]

by Barbara Wiley of Monarch Gateway Barbara Keller-Willy, former corporate continuous improvement executive with Siemens Corporation, is now Founder and Director of a Fort Bend County non-profit, Monarch Gateway. Monarch Gateway that seeks to create contiguous pollinator habitat across the coastal and central flyways of Texas. She is a lead partner with the Field Museum... Read More →

With many of our in-person workshops canceled, we are excited to announce a slate of free online webinars in August. Each webinar will begin at noon and wrap up within the hour.

Join four expert speakers to learn about the wonders of Texas nature - flora, fauna, & great outdoor places to recreate! About this Event Due to COVID-19, the annual Creation Care Fest/Environmental Extravaganza has moved online. This year's theme is The Wonders of Texas Nature. Join four expert speakers from local environmental organizations to learn... Read More →

Abstract of Presentation: A highly educational and fun talk on the types of fireflies (Lampyridae) in Texas. Ben will be presenting his research on Texas firefly taxa with an emphasis on fireflies that occur in nearby river basins and riparian areas. Ben will discuss why fireflies flash and how they use light to communicate to... Read More →

Abstract of Presentation: The Greater Houston region is getting hotter. Since 1970, nighttime temperatures in our city have risen by more than 5-degree Fahrenheit and daytime temperature are set to soar this century. What to do? Join The Nature Conservancy in Texas’s Jaime González as he describes how multiple partners recently mapping heat across Harris... Read More →