Beyond the Backyard: All About the Great Backyard Bird Count

Get ready to flock together for the 2024 Great Backyard Bird Count (GBBC)! This annual four-day event is right around the corner. Join Cornell's webinar on Tuesday, Feb. 13 at 1 p.m. Eastern/ 12 pm Central.  Panelists will explain how to participate in this exciting global event and how participation might extend past your back door. ... Read More →

In the Life of Threatened Fireflies

There is more to fireflies than just summer sparkles! Join endangered species conservation biologist Richard Joyce for a presentation about the fireflies of the USA, focusing on the natural history and conservation needs of our most threatened species. He will also give tips on how to decode the flash patterns of fireflies and explain how... Read More →

Texas Waters Webinar- Aquatic Habitat Management on Private Land

This webinar will give an overview of considerations for managing privately owned aquatic habitats (e.g. ponds). We will begin briefly discussing differences in lotic and lentic aquatic systems and the importance of maintenance focusing on lentic systems. Water quality cannot be visually observed, so key water chemistry parameters, their importance, target optimal ranges, and proposed... Read More →

Pollinator garden maintenance – Graham

Library of Graham 910 Cherry Street, Graham, TX, United States

Help with maintenance of the pollinator garden at the Library of Graham.  Bring gardening tools if you have them. Report as: NRA: Trail, Wildscape, Butterfly Garden Maintenance.  

How folks can restore the TX Horned Lizard with Native Plants

The Dallas Chapter of the Native Plant Society of Texas   will hold their monthly meeting on March 18.  Dusty Rhoads will speak on “Prairie in Your Pocket—How Folks Can Restore the Texas Horned Lizard with Native Plants”. He is a writer, biologist, and environmental restorationist. For the past two years, he’s worked for Native American... Read More →

Plant Party – Cooking with Natives

Cooking Up Natives Join us on March 20th from 10:00 - 11:30 AM (Central) for "Cooking Up Natives". We'll have 5 short presentations from experts in the field and will be giving away lots of DOOR PRIZES!  You'll need to register to receive the Zoom link the day before. It's FREE!           Register... Read More →

The Red-tailed Hawk Project – webinar

Over the past 4 yrs, The Red-tailed Hawk Project has captured and sampled more than 400 hawks from 7 of the 16 described subspecies and deployed over 100 tracking units. In this webinar, Bryce Robinson, PhD Candidate in the Department of Ecology and Evolution, Cornell University and the Cornell Lab of Ornithology will share what the project... Read More →

Training Classes starts

Join us in welcoming the class of 2022.  Meet at River Bend Nature Center for an overview of volunteer opportunities and to meet with our Chapter Partners.  Learn about how and why we volunteer.  Current members are encouraged to attend. Trainees report as Training Class (Orientation) Current members report as CB: Hospitality (1 hour)