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    New Year's Day Hike, 2024!
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    Lubbock, New Year's Day, 2024.
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    1st Day of Training Class, 2024.
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    Trash pick up with other organizations for MLK Day of Service, 2024.
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    Jim Bertram, architect of Lubbock Canyon Lake System, gave a wonderful presentation at our chapter meeting.
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    Working in our adopted wildflower garden at the Lubbock Arboretum.
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    Monthly hike at Lake Colorado City State Park.
    March 2024
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    Learning about plants at Lake Colorado City State Park.
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    Educating the public about importance of Prairie Dogs at Lubbock's First Annual Prairie Dog Festival. March 2024
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    Cleaning Graffiti off the walls at Caprock Canyon State Park. April 2024
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    Teaching students about playa lakes. April 2024
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    KidsFish April 2024
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    At Scales, Tails, and Trails, teaching about the prairie dog as a keystone species. April 2024
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    Teaching about the bison at McWhorter Elementary School's 80th Celebration. May 2024
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    Planting in our area of the Lubbock Memorial Arboretum. May 2024
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    Trip to Silver Falls. May 2024
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    Checking to see what we can find on the Texas Tech Native Prairie Rangeland.
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    Training at the National Weather Service. June 2024
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    Teaching about the use of the Bison at Caprock Canyons State Park. June 2024
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    More garden work at the Lubbock Memorial Arboretum . July 2024
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    Summer Exploration Summer Series at Ranching Heritage Center, July 2024
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    Archaeology Week at Lubbock Lake Landmark July 2024
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    Sunrise Hike at Lubbock Lake Landmark August 2024
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    South Plains Fair teaching about the prairie. Sept 2024
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    Cochran County Playa Day. Oct 2024
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Welcome to the South Plains Chapter of the Texas Master Naturalist program!

The Texas Master Naturalist program is a network of well-informed volunteers dedicated to conservation, service, leadership, and lifelong learning. It provides 40 hours of coursework in natural history, interpretation, and conservation stewardship. The training combines classroom instruction with field experiences. The classes are taught by professional natural resource educators and scientists. Once trained, the Texas Master Naturalists will provide 40 hours of service and take 8 hours of advanced training each year to maintain their certification.

To see more of the South Plains Chapter’s activities, please see facebook.com/sptxmn and instagram.com/sptxmn/

Mainly known as an agricultural region producing a large percentage of the nation’s cotton and possessing large cattle ranches, the South Plains is also home to a fascinating wildlife biodiversity, which the Master Naturalist program will help you know better and preserve.

The South Plains Chapter encompasses the following 21 counties: Bailey, Borden, Cochran, Cottle, Crosby, Dawson, Dickens, Floyd, Garza, Hale, Hockley, Kent, King, Lamb, Lubbock, Lynn, Motley, Scurry, Stonewall, Terry, and Yoakum. This area intersects two main ecological regions. On the west is the High Plains region also called the Llano Estacado , or Staked Plains. On the east is the North Central Plains region.

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