Training Class # 13 – Forest Ecology

Midwestern State University 3410 Tafft, Wichita Falls, United States

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.  

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 3410 Tafft, Wichita Falls, United States

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 →

Training Class # 15 – Meteorology

Midwestern State University 3410 Tafft, Wichita Falls, United States

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.

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 →

Stewardship for Birds in Aquatic and Riparian Habitats – A Texas Waters Webinar

Riparian corridors have the greatest diversity of bird species and the greatest abundance of individual birds compared to most other habitat types. Also, riparian birds are an excellent indicator of riparian and aquatic ecosystem health, and stewardship for birds along riparian corridors increases the quality of the entire ecosystem. This webinar will discuss breeding and... Read More →

Training Class # 16 – Rangeland ecology/management

Midwestern State University 3410 Tafft, Wichita Falls, United States

Join Ricky Linnex, formerly with the National Resources Conservation Service, Department of Agriculture, as he explains rangeland management and ecology.  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... Read More →

Cool Off With Shade Gardening

Does your landscape have problem areas where nothing seems to grow? Do you have mature trees and areas where your turf is receding? Are your trees throwing shade?  Don’t accept being shaded out. Instead, take advantage of these cooler landscape areas! Learn about the many native and adapted plants that not only survive, but thrive,... Read More →

Horned Lizard Hike @ Copper Breaks State Park (evening)

Copper Breaks State Park

Meet at the Bull Canyon Trailhead at Copper Breaks State Park. Lynn would like other Rolling Plains Chapter TXMN members to assist with this hike. Report as IO: Special events at Copper Breaks State Park.