Training Class # 13 – Forest Ecology

Midwestern State University

Kimberlee Peterson with the National Forestry Service will tell us about forest ecology. Training classes meet at MSU's Bolin Science Hall, room 213. Report as training class.  Current members are encouraged to attend, but cannot report hours.  

June Board Meeting

Wilson Office Supply 820, Wichita Falls, TX, United States

Board of Directors will meet at Wilson Office Supply, 8th at Lamar. Everyone welcome.

Plant Party: Monitoring Native Vegetation

Picking the right monitoring tools, understanding forestry prisms and plots, using photo points efficiently, navigating the Rangeland Anaylis Platform (RAP), and the future of monitoring vegetation are the topics that will be discussed during this Plant Party.  Door prizes are offered during this live event.  You must watch this webinar live. Plant Party is a... Read More →

Training Class # 14 – Vertebrate Biology

Midwestern State University

Dr. Ray Willis, Associate Professor of Biology at MSU, will overview Vertebrate Biology, including historical biology with mammals as a model.  Meet at MSU's Bolin Science Hall, Room 213.  In-person preferred. Trainees report as: AT: 2024 Training Class (enter class description). Current members are encouraged to attend this class but cannot report VT or AT... Read More →

July Chapter Meeting

Join us at MSU, Bolin Science Hall, Room 209 or contact [email protected] for the Zoom link.  Use the south entrance of Bolin Science Hall.  Handicap-accessible. Program to be announced. Report as AT: Chapter Meeting for the program; CB:Administrative Work: Chapter Meeting for the chapter business meeting.

TMNTuesday for July

Plastic Free July: a project highlight.  TMNTuesdays are a way to learn about top conservation issues of the state, earn advanced training hours and interact with wildlife professionals from across the state! Only TMNTuesdays and Texas Nature Tracker mini-series webinar recordings can count as AT. Report as AT: TMNTuesdays

Training Class # 15 – Meteorology

Midwestern State University

Join Michael Bohling, Chief Meteorologist with KFDX, as he presents the class on weather and climatology. Meet at MSU's Bolin Science Hall, Room 213.  In-person preferred. Trainees report as: AT: 2024 Training Class (enter class description). Current members are encouraged to attend this class but cannot report VT or AT hours for attending.

Texas Stream Team Water Testing for July

Meet at the boat ramp at Lake Wichita off of Kemp Blvd (near across from the State Hospital). Then move to Lucy Park, just inside the park near River Bend Nature Center.  This event will be held the second Friday of each month, unless noted otherwise. Contact Carl Brown for more information. Report as FR:... Read More →

Bird Outing for July

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 →

Digitizing Texas’ Botanical Legacy: the Texas Oklahoma Regional Consortium of Herbaria – Texas Wildlife Diversity Webinar

Natural history collections, such as herbaria, are well positioned for the analysis of global change and the resulting impacts on regional biota. In this context, the digitized herbarium specimen data from the Texas Oklahoma Regional Consortium of Herbaria provide the capacity for addressing major hypotheses in the region concerning patterns of species richness and phylogenetic... Read More →