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Chapter HighlightsMonthly SpeakersRecipes

🧾 Recipes from Chapter Meetings

At our chapter meetings, members bring food and snacks. Below are some of our member’s favorite recipes: Easy BBQ Chicken Sliders (Slow Cooker) Contributed by Linda Wood – August 2024… Read More →

August 25, 2024

Chapter HighlightsVolunteer Opportunities

We ❤️ Messy Prairies: The Prairie at the Bosque Nature Center

By: Gordon Lee — The Bosque Nature Center is comprised of two elements, the pollinator garden and the prairie. The pollinator garden gets most of the attention with maintenance—weeding, watering,… Read More →

June 19, 2024

BatsChapter HighlightsMonthly NewsletterNatureVolunteer Opportunities

🦇 BATS AHOY! The TPWD TNT BAT Acoustic Monitoring Project

By: Marsha Stephens — In the summer of 2023, while watching a wildlife diversity webinar on horned lizards, I heard a brief mention of a possible new project within the… Read More →

June 12, 2024

BirdsChapter HighlightsChristmas Bird CountMonthly NewsletterNatureVolunteer Opportunities

Join a Team for the Christmas Bird Count 2024

Hello birding friends,   Getting to the end of the year and needing some more volunteer hours to hit your  goal for 2024? Any birders that just have been waiting to… Read More →

June 2, 2024

Bosque River Nature CenterChapter HighlightsMonthly NewsletterNative PlantsNatureVolunteer Opportunities

💪 Work Days at the Nature Center

Thank you to our chapter members who work on our Nature Center! By: Peggy Tolboom — The native plant garden of the Bosque River Nature Center is an integral project… Read More →

June 1, 2024

Advanced TrainingChapter HighlightsKudos! Awards, Celebrations, & Milestones

🏆 Kudos! Summer 2024

From January to May, members logged more than 1600 volunteer hours valued at more than $38,000. Members also logged more than 400 advanced training hours.

June 1, 2024

Annual MeetingChapter HighlightsEclipseNaturePhotography

☀️ The Magic of a Solar Eclipse

On April 8, 2024, a total solar eclipse will cross North America, passing over Mexico, United States, and Canada. A total solar eclipse happens when the Moon passes between the… Read More →

April 5, 2024

Chapter HighlightsMonthly NewsletterNatureTraining ClassVolunteer Opportunities

📘 2024 Training Class

Our Spring 2024 Training Class kicked off in January and will conclude in April. The training class has learned from speakers about geology, insects, famous master naturalists, law and ethics,… Read More →

March 2, 2024

Chapter Highlights

🎤 Member Spotlight: Kathy Weston

By: Kathy Weston Born and raised a Texan!  It all started in Breckenridge, TX in Stephens County.  My childhood was a typical Baby Boomer experience with my parents buying their… Read More →

March 2, 2024

Advanced TrainingChapter HighlightsKudos! Awards, Celebrations, & MilestonesMonthly Newsletter

🏆 Kudos! 2023

2023 Certifications and Milestones (Updated list as of Feb. 12, 2024) Year to Date Initial Certifications: Year-to-Date Recertifications: Milestones: 2023 Texas Waters Specialist:

February 19, 2024

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