July Monthly Meeting

Midwestern State University

Join us at MSU, Bolin Science Hall, Rm 209 or contact rollingplainschaptertmn@gmail.com for the Zoom link.  Use the south entrance of Bolin Science Hall.  Handicap-accessible. Program to be announced.

Trail Maintenance – Wichita Valley Rail Trail

Help the Wichita Valley Rail Trail Group repair the bridge on the Wichita Valley Rail Trail off of Sisk Road.  Contact Lynn for more information. Report as NRA: Trail, Wildscape, Butterfly Garden Maintenance.

Bird Outing @ Lake Arrowhead State Park

Lake Arrowhead State Park , United States

Join Penny Miller, other members and guests at Lake Arrowhead State Park for a bird outing.   Look for and identify birds found at the park.  This is a leisurely hike on level ground (handicap accessible).  Binoculars helpful, but not required.  You can borrow a birding pack (bird book/binoculars) from the State Park headquarters.  This outing... Read More →

TMNTuesday – webinar “Authentic Leadership in Public Service”

Dr. Kenneth Anderson Taylor will join TMN this July to define authentic leadership and discuss how nonprofit leaders can transmit leadership to other members of the team. The webinar will explore research data and provide findings and insights on leaders rated by employees on the constructs of self-awareness, transparency, morals, and balanced processing. The discussion... Read More →

Texas Waters Webinar

Forestry Best Management Practices and Their Effectiveness Forestry Best Management Practices help to protect soil and water quality during forestry operations. A 4-year study was conducted to determine if these practices, when implemented property, were actually effective in protecting the quality of nearby streams. This study was done using water sampling and biological sampling techniques.... Read More →

July Board Meeting

The Officers of the Rolling Plains Chapter board meeting will be at 5:30 pm.

Monthly Nature Hike – Scurrying the path of the Texas Horned Lizard

Copper Breaks State Park , United States

Join members for our Monthly Nature Hike to learn more about the Texas Horned Lizard.  Once common, this species is now rare over much of its range.  The hike will be at Copper Breaks State Park, south of Quanah, TX.  Meet at 7:30 am at the Bull Canyon Trailhead.  It takes about 1-1/2 hours to... Read More →

Lawn Gone: The Environmental Disaster that is the American Lawn

VIRTUAL | Join Randy Johnson Organics this Sunday evening, July 31st from 7pm – 8:30pm for 'Lawn Gone: The Environmental Disaster that is the American Lawn' When he first put this presentation together… Dallas County water use per day was 70 million gallons (2012). Now: 350 million gallons of water used every day (2022)... most... Read More →

August Monthly Meeting

Midwestern State University

The August program will be Eileen Vale with the NRCS office in Iowa part, informing us on who the NRCS is and what they do.  She will also discus the Earth Team volunteering Program. Join us at MSU, Bolin Science Hall, Rm 209 or contact rollingplainschaptertmn@gmail.com for the Zoom link.  Use the south entrance of... Read More →

TMNTuesday – Connecting All Texans to Conservation Through Meaningful, Engaging Interpretation

Engaging Texans of all ages through education and outreach is one of the core tenants of the Texas Master Naturalist program. Delivering programs that are meaningful, accurate, educational, and yes, fun, requires a fundamental understanding of effective communication through interpretive techniques and approaches that lead to conservation action. It is not enough to simply fill... Read More →