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 →
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
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 →
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 →
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 →
Come help manage campers at Morning Star Ranch on July 10 and 19. We will be learning about and making pottery while incorporating nature lessons. YOU can learn, also! On July 10, we will be making the pottery (starting around 2:00 pm to 7:00 pm). On July 19, we will be glazing the pottery (starting... Read More →
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 →
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 →
The Dublin Public Library will host a Back-To-School Fair, Saturday, July 30, 11am-2pm. Chapter members interested in taking the lead and volunteering with an information table at the event may contact Linda Wood by 3:00pm, Tuesday, July 26, to arrange for a basic chapter outreach box, table, and activity for the event. Log hours to... Read More →
Morning Star Ranch: On August 2, we will try to glaze the pots that the participants made July 10. It starts at 8:30 am and runs until noon. Contact Linda ([email protected]) if you are coming. This is so I can contact you if they cancel due to heat
Sort, clean, stack historic Thurber Brick for the Ditch Water Discovery Center! Volunteers must sign a realist to participate. Bring gloves, water, any kind of hammer (optional: stool or chair). We are working toward a goal of 8600 total bricks Contact Stephanie Keith 254-485-8498 or [email protected]
“Lakes and fishing go hand and hand in Texas, but swim under the surface and the environmental history of Texas freshwater ecosystems becomes cloudy indeed. Texas has only one natural lake, and the current assemblage of fish found in Texas reservoirs represents a long and winding history of human intervention, often with surprising twists and... Read More →
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