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TMN Tuesday
June 14, 2022 @ 3:30 pm - 4:00 pm
VMS opportunity: AT: TMN Tuesday
On the Second Tuesday of each month at the noon hour (12PM Central Standard Time), the TMN State Office will offer an hour-long virtual advanced training event (sometimes including some fantastic new and returning guest speakers).
June TMN Tuesday
Our Master Naturalist in Space, Kjell Lindgren, will be tuning in from the ISS to answer your previously submitted questions!
About Kjell
A member of the Gulf Coast Chapter, Kjell (pronounced CHELL) joined the training class and earned his certification in 2021, and has been involved in the many projects of the Gulf Coast Chapter, including the Texas Butterfly Monitoring Network, BRITs Armchair Botanist and Armand Bayou trail guiding.
Learn more about Kjell’s astronaut career:
https://www.nasa.gov/astronauts/biographies/kjell-n-lindgren/biography
As this is a special event, the timing of this #TMNTuesday will be a little different.
Join us from 3:30-3:55pm CST* as Kjell gives us an insight to all things Astronaut, ISS research, and his time as a Master Naturalist! Streaming may begin as early at 3:00pm with final connections being verified.
The event will be livestreamed on our YouTube channel. NO REGISTRATION REQUIRED.
In preparation for this downlink we have collected questions from fellow Texas Master Naturalists. We will review and synthesize the questions collected, get them approved via the NASA Astronauts team and then submit them to Kjell to review and prep for his downlink discussion. Be aware that not every question submitted or even approved for his response will have a chance to get answered. Note that the event is a one way, 20-minute discussion between the TMN State Office and Kjell on the ISS with those questions being the source for discussion – any chat or comments added into the livestream platforms cannot be asked.
*subject to change, please keep an eye on possible updates*
May TMN Tuesday
Crossing the Finish Line: Recovering America’s Wildlife Act with Richard Heilbrun
Description:
A bill winding through Congress is about to cross the finish line, and we need to mobilize the entire conservation community. Every TXMN has a role to play here, as Recovering America’s Wildlife Act would bring $55 million each year to Texas, and $1.3 billion nationwide for fish, wildlife, and nature education. This is huge, transformational funding that could reverse species and habitat declines, and finally address nature deficit disorder by investing in nature education and getting more people outside. We need your help to cross the finish line this month, and help us secure the future of 12,000 species of concern! Richard Heilbrun, from the TMN State Program, will discuss what is needed in this final push, and how it will benefit rare species and TMN chapters specifically. This bill won’t get passed unless we all get involved!
Bio: Richard Heilbrun is the Conservation Outreach Program Leader for Texas Parks & Wildlife Department, where his program connects Texans with the outdoors, improves wildlife habitat throughout the state, and manages the state’s most sensitive wildlife populations. He has worked with bighorn sheep, Whooping Cranes, ducks, songbirds, raptors, quail, deer, dove, and bobcats. He serves on the TMN State Committee.
Register at: https://tpwdevents3000.webex.com/tpwdevents3000/j.php?RGID=rc09d91b7496ddf8f3d2b4efa7087b6b0
April TMN Tuesday
Recording link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zvlfdwuXVoQ
Health and Nature with Sarah Coles
Join Sarah Coles, Texas Children in Nature Network Executive Director, for this month’s presentation on The Connection between Health and Nature, and How TMN Volunteers Can Help!
March TMN Tuesday
Recording link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3EFvbClKUyc
Historical Women Naturalists: Remembering Forgotten Pioneers
Take a trip through time as we spend the hour reviewing some of the pioneering women naturalists highlighted in Marcia Myers Bonta’s “American Women Afield.” We will explore the lives and scientific pursuits of these women in entomology, botany, ornithology, ecology, and even taxidermy! This is an informative session for any and all to join and be introduced to new (and possibly familiar) faces who all had great impacts on their respective scientific fields.
Join Addison Preston, our former Texas Master Naturalist intern for her presentation honoring Women’s History Month!
February TMN Tuesday
Recording link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZsLyiLRGt_g
Seed Collections for Conservation
Join the Texas Master Naturalist program February 8th at noon.
Most people don’t think of seeds as living creatures, but that is exactly what they are! Humans have been collecting and saving seeds for thousands of years, and it’s vitally important that we as Texans utilize this timeless skill to help protect our nature heritage. Join TPWD Botanist Anna Strong, along with Minnette Marr (Conservation Botanist) and Andrew McNeil-Marshall (Arborist) from the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center as we learn about the best practices of creating seed and living collections for conservation purposes. Start making those seed collections today!
January TMN Tuesday
Recording link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2TrQoGF6xg
The State of the Program
Join us for the first #TMNTuesday of the year!
Mary Pearl and Michelle will be going over the state of the program on January 11th at noon!