We meet the 3rd Thursday of each month. Meet and greet at 9:00 am, meeting from 9:30am through about 12.
Members only meetings are marked as such, otherwise meetings are open to the public.
Meeting locations:
Denton County Administrative Courthouse (DCAC)- 1 Courthouse Drive, Denton, TX
Denton County Elections Building (DCEB) – 701 Kimberly Dr. Denton, TX
Southwest Courthouse – 6200 Canyon Falls Dr. Flower Mound TX
Ben E. Keith – 2801 I35, Denton, TX (BEK)
Global Spheres – 7801 S Interstate 35, Corinth, TX 76208 Map to building and room
2026 Chapter Meetings
| DATE | SPEAKER | PRESENTATION | LOCATION | ADDRESS |
| January 15 | Canaan Sutton, Botanist for the southern plains region of NEON | National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON) | Denton County Administrative Courthouse (DCAC) – 3rd Floor Conference Room | 1 Courthouse Drive, Denton, TX |
| February 19 | Annual Awards Presentation and Haywood Morgan, Jr., Urban Forester, Parks and Recreation Department, City of Denton | What’s New with Denton Urban Forestry | Denton County Administrative Courthouse (DCAC) – 3rd Floor Conference Room | 1 Courthouse Drive, Denton, TX |
| March 19 | Rick Travis, Past President, TMN – Blackland Prairie Chapter | Municipal Mutualism: Creating Win-Win Relationships with our Communities | Denton County Administrative Courthouse (DCAC) – 3rd Floor Conference Room | 1 Courthouse Drive, Denton, TX |
| April 16 | Suzanne Tuttle, Plant ecologist and retired manager of Fort Worth Nature Center and Refuge TMN – Cross Timbers Chapter | Miles and Miles of Texas: My Visit-Every-State-Park Retirement Adventure | Denton County Administrative Courthouse (DCAC) – 3rd Floor Conference Room | 1 Courthouse Drive, Denton, TX |
| May 21 | Julie Finneman, President, Friends of the Warren Ferris Cemetery, Co-Creator, Constellation of Living Memorials (CLM), TMN – North Texas Chapter Cynthia Konda, CLM Cemetery On-boarding Liaison, TMN – North Texas Chapter Jane Duke, PhD TMN – Elm Fork Chapter | Constellation of Living Memorials | Denton County Administrative Courthouse (DCAC) – 3rd Floor Conference Room | 1 Courthouse Drive, Denton, TX |
| June 18 | Bethany Deitch, Environmental Scientist, Kimley-Horn | North Texas Environmental Projects: Methods and Outcomes | Denton County Administrative Courthouse (DCAC) – 3rd Floor Conference Room | 1 Courthouse Drive, Denton, TX |
| July 16 | TBD | TBD | ||
| August 20 | TBD | TBD | ||
| September 17 | Bob Richie, Urban Forager TMN – North Texas Chapter | Hidden Partners: The Role of Fungi in Plant Growth | TBD | |
| October 15 | TBD | TBD | ||
| November 19 | Diane Barber, Senior Curator of Ectotherms Founder, Puerto Rican Crested Toad Conservancy Fort Worth Zoo | Trials and Tribulations of Establishing the Texas Horned Lizard Population | TBD | |
| December 17 | Holiday Party | Denton County Administrative Courthouse (DCAC) – 3rd Floor Conference Room | 1 Courthouse Drive, Denton, TX |
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