Saturday and Sunday, June 3–4
Pecos River Advanced Training Field Trip
June 3 and 4 will be TGTMN’s AT field trip along the Pecos River on the eastern boundary of the TransPecos ecoRegion. We will be visiting the Yates Ranch near Iraan, outcrops of the Fort Lancaster Formation along the historic Chihuahua Trail, springs along the Independence Creek riparian zone and visiting the confluence of the freshwater Independence and the brackish Pecos after its journey across the evaporite filled Permian Basin. If time permits we will be working on brush clearing service project. Participants will be staying Saturday night at the Texas Nature Conservancy Independence Creek Preserve. We still have a few openings, so if you are interested in attending contact Denis Foley (AT Chairperson at 303-916-3736).
Saturday, June 10, 10:30am
Advanced Training Lecture.
Our AT speakers will be Bob McKnight and Bob Love at the TGTMN Chapter meeting on Saturday, June 10, at the Fort Davis Public Library from 10:30-11:30. They will be speaking on the business of ranching in the Chihuahuan Desert and range management.
Tuesday, Jun 13, noon
TMN Tuesday Webinar
via ZOOM. The topic will be Plants. https://txmn.tamu.edu/tmntuesdays/
Wednesday, June 21, 2023 | Noon – 1 p.m. Central Time
Shumla Lunch and Learn
Catching up with the Hearthstone Project
In this Lunch & Learn, Shumla Senior Preservation Archaeologist Audrey Lindsay will provide an update on the Hearthstone Project. She’ll briefly review this collaborative project’s overarching goals and research questions as a refresher. Then, she’ll share more of the details about the current status of our fieldwork and labwork, plus our exciting next steps going forward.
Join your colleagues and the conversation! There will be plenty of time for Q&A following the program. After registering, you’ll receive a confirmation email as well as a reminder email the day of the session with a link to access the program via Zoom. See you then!
We have a busy Spring planned of Advanced Training (AT) opportunities for our members. If you are interested in serving on our AT Committee, please contact Denis Foley. Our current members are Ellen Weinacht (Balmorhea), Michael Weiss (Marfa), Denis Foley (Alpine) and Richard Sokol (Balmorhea). We could sure use some representation from Fort Davis, Study Butte, Terlingua, Lajitas or Presidio please.