FM 205 Highway Cleanup

Dinosaur Valley State Park 1629 Park Rd 59, Glen Rose, TX

  Meet by the Park Store at 8am till about 10am Please bring plenty of water with you for the morning.  We will supply work gloves, safety vets, trash bags and grabbers If interested, contact Kristina del Pino Borgstrom, Friends of DVSP – President, [email protected] log hours to NPA: POMN Specify location and activities in “Describe... Read More →

Hike at Lake Proctor

Proctor lake 2180 FM 2861, Comanche, Texas

WE WILL MEET AT THE PARKING FOR HIGH POINT WHICH IS AT THE END OF FM 1496. THE COORDINATES ARE 31.999849, -98.475447. High Point is easy hiking, mostly sand and very little topography. Kyle Watter, CIV USARMY CESWF (USA), will lead the hike. Kyle will explain the history of the area, and some of the species we will encounter... Read More →

CANCELLED – Lets go mothing

Lance Trinque 2010 PR 1562, Stephenville, TX

THE MOTHING EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED. WE HOPE TO RESCHEDULE IT LATER. PLEASE NOTE THAT THE MORNING HIKE AT LAKE PROCTOR IS STILL GOING ON. FOR QUESTIONS CONTACT DAYNA INBODY   Dr. Russell Pfau, Professor at Tarleton State University, and other area Moth-ers will set up at Lance Trinques’s property Saturday June 4th from 9pm... Read More →

Deadline for ordering t-shirts

It's tine to order your chapter t-shirt. If you have not yet ordered a chapter t-shirt, now’s your chance! Click below to access the order form. The shirts are 100% cotton and will be between $12-$17 (exact cost will be given after we turn in our final count). Please submit your order by Wednesday, June 8th!  If... Read More →

Walk the Bosque River Trail

Brazos River Nature Trail

Walk the Bosque River Trail and learn the names of the trees, native plants, and wildlife along the way. You will also learn the basics of iNaturalist, an app that uses photos to identify native species. It searches a database to offer suggestions of species from your area.  Whoever can take a photo with an  iphone is... Read More →

Medicinal and Edible Plants

Free virtual training June 15 Historic and traditional uses in Texas, current medicinal purposes, utilitarian uses. Edible native gardens. To register  go to https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/MedicinalPP Log to AT: Texas A&M AgriLIfe Extension classes/lectures  

Medicinal Application of Native Plants used by Native Americans

Agrilife Research and Extension Center 1229 US-281, Stephenville, TX, United States

Ricky Linex will present at 7 pm after the Business Meeting Presentation showcases 45 native Texas forbs, shrubs and trees that were used medicinally by many tribes across Texas and the southern US.  The treatment method and the illness or disease treated will be discussed for each plant.  Resources will be shown that can be... Read More →

Cedar Break Outer Loop Group Trail Maintenance Day 

Dinosaur Valley State Park 1629 Park Rd 59, Glen Rose, TX

Meet at the Eastern low water crossing parking lot by the group campsites.  We are aiming to hit the trails by 8am at the latest.  Please bring plenty of water and snacks.  A small meal will be provided on the trail.  Park will supply work tools and gloves.  Welcome to bring your own gloves and... Read More →

Brick Stacking & Cleaning for The Ditch Water Discovery Center – July 15

Middle Trinity Groundwater Conservation District 930 Wolfe Nursery Road, Stephenville, TX, United States

This event has been rescheduled to July 15. Thurber brick will be used for the pathways, but we will have to clean and stack them first before moving them to Middle Trinity GCD.  If you have a rock chisel hammer, hammer/chisel, putty knife, etc., please bring them!  We will be sorting, cleaning asphalt off, and... Read More →

Ways to create a pollinator garden and beekeeping – July 21

Agrilife Research and Extension Center 1229 US-281, Stephenville, TX, United States

For the past ten years Patrick Kostecka has been a beekeeper as a hobbyist.  He will share with us his experiences with honeybees and how he has added native plants to benefit native pollinators also.  He will present on both his honeybees and his experience creating pollinator gardens for butterflies, hummingbirds and native bees. Patrick... Read More →

Event Series Project Wild K-12 – July 20

Project Wild K-12 – July 20

Texas Project WILD is available solely through TPWD workshops.  Attendance for the full training is required to get the book, regardless of fee payment. Any participating  TxMN Chapter (or cluster of nearby chapters) will designate a coordinator to receive and distribute the Project WILD books When a chapter has a minimum of 5 committed participants,... Read More →

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