Trail maintenance, garden/greenhouse and prairie work.  Usual workdays are Mondays and Thursdays 9-11 For solo work, show up anytime! Contact: Clay Thurmond - [email protected], for more details or sign up at this link: https://volunteersignup.org/T8YY8

Workday hours 8-12, every Wednesday Link to sign up:  https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0C4CA5AE29A3F9C07-volunteer  Organizer: Daniel Arenas, [email protected]

Bird Walk with Scott Kiester at Clear Creek.  7:30am until around 10:30 COVID screening letters required.

Transform your outdoor space into a place birds will flock to! On June 8 at 12:00 p.m. Eastern, join experts from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology and Audubon’s Plants for Birds program for a discussion on how to choose native plants that will thrive, why messy is beautiful, and get tips on creating gardens that... Read More →

Join TWPD Urban Biologist Sam Kieschnick as we dive into the wonderful world of dragonflies! Dragonflies: Pond Patrol - Beautiful, intricate, active predators throughout their lives, the best natural mosquito control, and numerous in Texas – dragonflies! Sam will lead us in an exploration of these amazing insects. Learn all about their biology, their importance in... Read More →

Come join us for the Monthly Meeting of the Friends of Furneaux Creek Nature Trail,  Second Tuesday of the Month at 6:30pm. Log in from 6:30 to 7 pm; Meeting 7 - 8:30 p.m Educational Program: Scott Kiester, Texas Master Naturalist, will talk about new restoration projects at the Lewisville Lake Environmental Learning Area (LLELA). Scott... Read More →

Why did the Turtle cross the road? and what you can do. Learn about turtle history, home ranges, movement, road crossings, what you should do, and how you can help. Coordinator: Turtle Survival Alliance Link to register: http://bit.ly/TurtleCrossingX

NWS Fort Worth will present a Basic Radar Interpretation Class covering the basic fundamentals of how the radar works, how to interpret the radar for your benefit, and we will talk a little about the NWS warning process. This class should be about 2-2.5 hours long with time for additional Q&A after, if you are... Read More →

Denton Community Market - Summer Harvest Day Event time - 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Location:  Denton County Historical Park - corner of Mulberry and Carroll Blvd. (across from the Carroll Building where the AgriLife office is located) Masks encouraged, but not mandatory Shifts for this event: All day - 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.... Read More →

Two species of Titmice, Tufted Titmouse and Black-crested Titmouse, reside across much of Texas and have been suspected of interbreeding for nearly a century. In this talk Jennifer will discuss the historical and current understanding of their species status, her recent research related to their genetics, behavior, physiology, and morphology, as well as potential impacts... Read More →

Mounting scientific and anecdotal evidence shows the widespread negative effects of the toxins that comprise rat bait or rodenticide. Predators eat the sickened or dead rodents and the toxin accumulates in their bodies, leading to a painful death. Learn about the devastating effects on wildlife and how we can do better. Tracy Cassidy has been... Read More →

Come out to the Lewisville Lake Environmental Learning Area (LLELA) to work on prairie restoration, wildscape, and facilities projects. Depending on the weather, projects may include nursery work such as seed harvesting or potting and plant rescue or replanting; maintenance of hiking trails; or removal of exotic species.  Dress for the weather and bring your... Read More →

The purpose of Trailhead Tuesday is to ensure a safe and enjoyable experience for visitors when they are hiking the trails at LLELA. Duties include the removal of debris and trash from the trails. The crew will trim low branches, bushes or vines that may pose a safety hazard to visitors along the trails. A... Read More →

Judge McDonald will present: Don’t Count Me Out: Managing Relationships, Diversity and Inclusion Ronnie McDonald served as Bastrop County Judge from during a time in which the population of the county doubled. He was elected at age 27, becoming one of the youngest to ever serve as a County Judge in the State of Texas... Read More →

Dixon Water Foundation’s Casey Wade and Philip Boyd discuss how they manage for grasslands that promote healthy cattle, healthy vegetation, and healthy watersheds. Dixon Water Foundation owns ranches in the Oaks and Prairies ecoregion of North Texas and in the Chihuahuan Desert grasslands of the Trans-Pecos region of Far West Texas. In this seminar, Wade... Read More →

Come out to the Lewisville Lake Environmental Learning Area (LLELA) to work on prairie restoration, wildscape, and facilities projects. Depending on the weather, projects may include nursery work such as seed harvesting or potting and plant rescue or replanting; maintenance of hiking trails; or removal of exotic species.  Dress for the weather and bring your... Read More →

Free, monthly webinars to build skills of community scientists interested in bee conservation. The focus of this series is wild bee conservation, not honey bee management. June 18: Jamie Strange, The Ohio State University;  Melittology 101: An Intro to Bee Science Coordinators: A collaborative effort from: the OSU Department of Entomology, The Chadwick Arboretum and... Read More →

Denton Juneteenth Celebration  Event time - 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Location: Fred Moore Park - 501 S. Bradshaw St, Denton Masks encouraged, but not mandatory Shifts for this event: All day - 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. 3 hours - 9 a.m. to noon (set up) 3 hours - noon to 3 p.m. 3... Read More →

Come out to the Lewisville Lake Environmental Learning Area (LLELA) to work on prairie restoration, wildscape, and facilities projects. Depending on the weather, projects may include nursery work such as seed harvesting or potting and plant rescue or replanting; maintenance of hiking trails; or removal of exotic species.  Dress for the weather and bring your... Read More →

The purpose of Trailhead Tuesday is to ensure a safe and enjoyable experience for visitors when they are hiking the trails at LLELA. Duties include the removal of debris and trash from the trails. The crew will trim low branches, bushes or vines that may pose a safety hazard to visitors along the trails. A... Read More →

Come out to the Lewisville Lake Environmental Learning Area (LLELA) to work on prairie restoration, wildscape, and facilities projects. Depending on the weather, projects may include nursery work such as seed harvesting or potting and plant rescue or replanting; maintenance of hiking trails; or removal of exotic species.  Dress for the weather and bring your... Read More →

The third PLANT PARTY Training is on June 23rd from 10-11:30 am.  The theme this party is “The Lowdown on Invasives” where we have 5, 15-minute presentation prepared on understanding terms used to describe invasive plants, what makes a plant act invasively, the impact of invasive plants, a case study using a biological control agent, and... Read More →

Please join us for our monthly planning meeting tomorrow at 9:30 a.m. Advanced Training is on honeybees and is being presented by Steve Carroll of the Denton County Beekeepers Association. See you there! Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82873175993?pwd=a05ycHFoK3RmbGxBSngraitocHZWUT09 Meeting ID: 828 7317 5993 Passcode: 005038 One tap mobile +13462487799,,82873175993# US (Houston)

Come out to the Lewisville Lake Environmental Learning Area (LLELA) to work on prairie restoration, wildscape, and facilities projects. Depending on the weather, projects may include nursery work such as seed harvesting or potting and plant rescue or replanting; maintenance of hiking trails; or removal of exotic species.  Dress for the weather and bring your... Read More →