Location: ** Zoom ** Bluebirds in TexasPauline Tom Pauline Tom, co-founder and recently-retired president of the Texas Bluebird Society will provide a beautiful slide show , titled “Bluebirds in Texas”, describing the do’s and don’ts, the best practices, and the common pitfalls of attracting Eastern Bluebirds and other native cavity-nesting birds to your landscape and... Read More →

Location: ** WebEx ** Texas Nature Trackers and Master Naturalists: Exploring a Natural Partnership Craig Hensley   Partnerships between conservation agencies and community science volunteers are increasingly important and essential in gaining better understanding of natural resources for conservation planning and implementation. Texas Nature Trackers (TNT) has been working with Texas Master Naturalists across the... Read More →

Herbaria, or collections of dried plants that usually include information about the place and time of their collection and the identity of the collector, have their roots in the 16th century and are of vital importance to the study and taxonomy of plants. Recently they have acquired additional value as tools for tracking biodiversity loss... Read More →

Lichens Manuela Dal Forno, Ph. D.   Lichens are complex symbiotic units formed by a main fungal partner, a green algal and/or a cyanobacterial partner, along with a diverse community of microorganisms. They represent an important biological group present in most terrestrial ecosystems, with key functions such as colonizers, food source, nitrogen fixers, among many... Read More →