This month presentation will be about the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department's Kills and Spills Team (KAST). KAST is a group of biologists who investigate fish and wildlife kills resulting from pollution and natural events. KAST staff are trained to assess impacts to fish and wildlife resources and to determine the causes of events. Please... Read More →
Training Class # 6 Dr. Charles Watson, Associate Professor, MSU Biology Department, will instruct on Herpetology, with a general discussion on local amphibians and reptiles. Meeting by Zoom. Contact rollingplainschaptertmn@gmail.com for the link. Non-trainees may join the class but cannot report hours for attending.
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 →
Join Lynn Seman and other members on a Texas Horned Lizard Survey. These surveys help census the local population of Texas Horned Lizards in the area. Meet at the "horn" at the north end of Lake Arrowhead State Park. Enter the park, pay at the entrance, take the first left and drive to the end... Read More →
Meeting of the City Nature Challenge Committee. Discussion of final preparations for the City Nature Challenge to start on April 30 - May 3. Please contact rollingplainschaptertmn@gmail.com for a link to the meeting.
Impacts of Winter Storm Uri on Texas Fish & Wildlife It’s been more than a month since Winter Storm Uri swept across Texas, but many are still feeling the aftershocks caused by this historic event, especially our wildlife. Come learn about the changes in flora and fauna after the storm (including a citizen science project... Read More →
All Texas Waters webinars will be live from 6:30-7:30 PM CT. Note: Titles are topic holders and actual title may change closer to the webinar date. Watershed Protection Programs Register Here Tuesday, April 13 Blake Alldredge, Water Education Coordinator at Upper Trinity Regional Water District ***** Enter in VMS under Texas... Read More →
Help Comanche Springs Astronomy Campus/ 3 Rivers Foundation conduct post-burn surveys of plants and animals. The campus is located west of Crowell, TX. Contact Lynn at rollingplainschaptertmn@gmail.com to sign up. Time and details to follow.
Dr. Ray Willis, Associate Professor of MSU's Biology Department, will discuss Vertebrate Biology, including historical biogeography with mammals as a model. Meeting by Zoom. Contact rollingplainschaptertmn@gmail.com for the link. Non-trainees may join the class but cannot report hours for attending.
Meet at Murphy's Hill (the big mound) at Lake Wichita Park at 3 pm for a brief tutorial on inaturalist and then proceed on your own to find all of the living organisms you can find in Wichita and Archer Counties. More information to follow. Register here for the Nature Hike ** Be sure to... Read More →
Training Class # 9 Henry Krusekopf of the Texas Department of Agriculture will discuss ecological concepts with a discussion concerning biomes and trophic levels. Meeting by Zoom. Contact rollingplainschaptertmn@gmail.com for the link. Non-trainees may join the class but cannot report hours for attending.
Wichita Falls will participate in the City Nature Challenge in 2021. Participants explore the area around Wichita Falls and make observations of nature (plants, animals, insects, fish, etc) and submit them to inaturalist.org. Free membership to inaturalist.org is required. We will be competing against Dallas/Fort Worth, Amarillo, Austin and other Texas towns, as well as... Read More →
Join members at Lake Arrowhead State Park at 9 am for a bioblitz as part of the City Nature Challenge. Meet at the dining hall (the brown building by the fishing pier). In preparation, be sure to download the inaturalist app onto your smart phone. Members will be there to help you navigate the app,... Read More →
Join us at River Bend Nature Center at 1:30 pm to continue the City Nature Challenge. We will have a booth set up there to get the public started on using the inaturalist app for adding sightings for the City Nature Challenge. This is a come and go event.