The following links provide a wealth of information for you to explore as you continue your journey as a Texas Master Naturalist. Click on a link to go to a section of interest. Copy and paste the URL into your browser to access the information.
- Forestry Resources
- Land Stewardship Resources
- Ecosystems and Ecoregions Resources
- Citizen Science Resources
- Texas Water Resources Resources
- Rangeland Ecology and Management Resources
- Urban Ecology Resources
- Volunteers as Teachers Resources
- Entomology Resources
Forestry Resources:
- https://tsweb.tamu.edu/ – Texas A&M Forest Service – a wealth of information for land management, tree identfication, community resources, conservation education and resources, and everything else one would want to know about forestry topics.
- http://texastreeid.tamu.edu/ – The ultimate guide to Texas trees from the Texas A&M Forest Service.
- http://texasforesnfo.tamu.edu/ForestDistribution/ – maps of forest distribution in Texas from the Texas A&M Forest Service.
- https://www.fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/fseprd575963.pdf – Example of succession from USDA Forest Service.
- https://tfsweb.tamu.edu/uploadedFiles/TFSMain/Manage_Forest_and_Land/Water_Resources_and_BMPs/Stewardship(1)/TFS%20BMP%20Pictorial%20Directory.pdf – Best Management Practices Pictorial Directory from Texas A&M Forest Service.
- https://plantdiseasehandbook.tamu.edu/ – Texas Plant Disease Handbook from Texas A&M AgriLife Extension.
- https://tfsweb.tamu.edu/OakWiltFAQS/ – Information on Oak Wilt Disease from Texas A&M Forest Service.
- https://texasinsects.tamu.edu/insect-orders/ – Field Guide to Common Texas Insects from Texas A&M AgriLIfe Extension.
- https://tfsweb.tamu.edu/eab/ – Information on Emerald Ash Borer from Texas A&M Forest Service.
- https://txhtc.org/ – Texas Historic Tree Coalition.
- https://tfsweb.tamu.edu/FamousTreesofTexas/ – Famous Trees of Texas from Texas A&M Forest Service.
- https://texasforesnfo.tamu.edu/BigTreeRegistry/ – Texas Big Tree Registry from Texas A&M Forest Service.
- https://tfssweb.tamu.edu/websites/FamousTreesOfTexas/Explore_Our_Trees/ – More on Famous Trees of Texas from Texas A&M Forest Service.
Land Stewardship Resources:
- https://txlandtrends.org/ – Texas Land Trends, Status Update and Trends of Texas Working Lands 1997-2017, Publicaon of Texas A&M Natural Resources Institute, Dec 2019
Additional Resources for Land Stewards – Google for more information
- Texas Parks & Wildlife
- NRCS – National Resources Conservation Service
- Texas A&M Agrilife Research Extension
- Pastures for Upland Birds
- Oaks and Prairies Joint Venture
- Landowner Incentive Program
Book by Aldo Leopold – A Sand County Almanac, Game Management
Ecosystems and Ecoregions Resources:
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ysa5OBhXz-Q – How Wolves Change Rivers video
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0glkXIj1DgE – Energy Transfer in Trophic Levels video
- https://www.epa.gov/eco-research/ecoregions-north-america – Environmental Protecon Agency Ecoregions of North America:
- https://www.epa.gov/eco-research/ecoregion-download-files-state-region-6#pane-41 – Environmental Protecon Agency Maps by State:
- https://youtu.be/KeClw6b7-
Citizen Science Resources:
- https://www.inaturalist.org/ – iNaturalist
- https://tpwd.texas.gov/huntwild/wild/wildlife_diversity/texas_nature_trackers/ – Texas Nature Trackers
- https://ebird.org/home – eBird
- https://feederwatch.org/ – FeederWatch
- https://nestwatch.org/ – NestWatch
- https://www.meadowscenter.txstate.edu/Leadership/TexasStreamTeam.html – Texas Stream Team
- https://www.adventurescientists.org/ – Adventure Scientist (timber sampling)
- https://tpwd.texas.gov/huntwild/wildlife/wildlife-trails/ – GTWT Adopt-A-Loop
- https://www.texasinvasives.org/ – Texas Invasives
- https://www.cocorahs.org/ – CoCoRaHs, Community Collaboration for Rain, Hail, and Snow
- https://www.audubon.org/conservation/join-christmas-bird-count – Audubon’s Christmas Bird Count
- https://www.birdcount.org/ – Cornell’s Great Backyard Bird Count
- https://ebird.org/globalbigday – Cornell’s Global Big Day
- https://www.monarchwatch.org/ – Monarch Watch
- https://monarchjointventure.org/ = Monarch Larva Monitoring Project
- https://www.e-butterfly.org/ Butterfly Monitoring
- https://journeynorth.org/ – Monitoring of multiple species passing through
- https://www.herpmapper.org/ – Logging herps in the field
Texas Water Resource Resources:
- https://www.noaa.gov/news-release/larger-than-average-gulf-of-mexico-dead-zone-measured – Gulf Coast dead zone in 2021
- https://www.noaa.gov/news-release/noaa-and-partners-announce-below-average-dead-zone-measured-in-gulf-of-mexico – Gulf Coast dead zone in 2023
- http://www.twdb.texas.gov/publicaons/reports/numbered_reports/doc/R380_AquifersofTexas.pdf – Aquifers of Texas report published by Texas Water Development Board, July 2011
- www.twdb.texas.gov – Texas Water Development Board
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vObAH9TCSo0 – Aquifers in Texas video from Texas Water Development Board
- https://www.twdb.texas.gov/waterplanning/swp/index.asp – Texas State Water Plan 2022
- htp://srbatx.org/ – Sulphur River Basin Authority
Rangeland Ecology and Management Resources:
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9HQTqYclPqU Adaptive Grazing 101: What You Should Do About “Weeds” – YouTube – Video
Urban Ecology Resources:
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nMiTui2UGpI – Doug Tallamy TMNTuesday presentation “Are You Nature’s Best Hope?”
Volunteers as Teachers Resources:
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zMOokQacOgc – Texas Nature Tracker Biologist Craig Hensley’s presentation on interpretation.
Entomology Resources:
- https://bugguide.net/node/view/15740
- https://www.knowyourinsects.org/
- https://www.inaturalist.org/
- https://texasinsects.tamu.edu/