| • Until notified otherwise, all General Meetings will be hybrid events. • For information about other AT opportunities see the TMN-COT calendar or contact the Advanced Training Director Bob Whitmarsh. |
· October: Fall Field Day – Galveston: Sea Turtle Rescue Tour in the morning, Moody gardens in the afternoon. Bring sack lunch and eat in Pavilion or rented room.
· September: Upcoming Projects (Title TBD) – William Polley, Site Manager, Levi Jordan Plantation, Sabine Pass Battleground, Varner-Hogg Plantation State Historic Sites, Texas Historical Commission
August 10, 2022 – 09:00 – 11:30pm
Link to Recording of August Meeting
Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service, 21017 County Road 171Angleton, TX 77515-8903
(979) 864-1558
“Parks & Recreation Projects” – Megan Mainer, Director of Parks & Recreation, City of Angleton
Megan and staff will provide a general overview of the Parks & Recreation Department, completed and upcoming park projects, outdoor and environmental recreational programs, Keep Angleton Beautiful programs and events, and potential volunteer opportunities the Texas Master Naturalist – Cradle of Texas Chapter may be interested in supporting.
AT 1hr
CB 1hr
The July meeting The Ghost Crab by Mike Mullenweg – Lead Interpretive Ranger Brazoria County Parks
AT 1.0 hr.
VT CB 0.5
The June meeting Advanced Training topic and presentation was “The Secret Lives of Oystercatchers” by Sue Heath.
AT: 0.75
VT: CB 1.25
March 19, 2022 from 9am-3:30pm was our fifth annual Advanced Training Day! Our theme this year was “Animal Behavior”.
9:15am – “Blue Crab Movement and Behavior” – Carey Gelpi, PhD, TP&WD
10:25am – “Portuguese Man o’ War Ecology and Impact” – Kade Muffett, TAMU-Galveston
11:35am – “Fish Behavior: Any Fin Is Possible” – Katie St. Clair, Sea Life Facility Manager, TAMU-Galveston
1:05pm – “Spider Behavior – Why They Do What They Do!” – Melanie Hollenshead, TMN – COT
2:15pm – “Social Interaction of Garter Snakes” – Mickey Dufilho, TMN-COT
Click here to view recorded session.
Thanks to the AT Day 2022 committee.
7:00pm Wednesday, March 9, 2022
Advanced Training Presentation: Doug Hiser – Artist for Conservation
Doug’s presentation will focus on his contributions to wildlife conservation through art and give insight into his creative process. See more in the Newsletter.
AT 1.0
CB 0.5
9:00am Wednesday, February 9, 2022
Advanced Training Speaker
: Jeff Bayer, Texas Parks & Wildlife Hatchery Biologist, Sea Center Texas
Topic: Management and Stock Enhancement of Southern Flounder in Texas
Nature Notes: Brenda Stitt, COT Member
Topic: “Erosion at San Luis Pass”
AT 1.75
CB 0.75
7:00pm Wednesday, January 12, 2022
Chapter Mtg. Advanced Training Topic:
Deborah Moran, International Dark-Sky Association, Light Right to Bring Back the Night
Nature Notes, Melanie Hollenshead with a status report on the spider survey project.
AT 1.5 hr
CB 1.0
2021
9:00 AM
Wednesday
January 13, 2021
Wizzie Brown (AgriLife): Bedbug Biology and Management
Nature Notes: ECO Fund Recipient
AT 1.0 hr
VT CB 1.5 hr
8:00 AM
Saturday, January 30, 2021
2021 Bonus AT Day
Recording of All Presentations Copy & Paste this Passcode: 5L=mg1m^
Peggy Romfh: Brazoria County Plants (PDF)
9:00 AM
Wednesday,
February 10, 2021
Jennifer Wilson (USFWS): Managing Black Rails and Their Environment
Nature Notes: Kathy Pittman – Ringtail Cats
AT: 1.25hr
VT: CB 1.0hr
9:00 AM
Wednesday,
March 10, 2021
Melanie Hollenshead,(TMNCOT): “Survey of the Spiders of Brazoria County”; with presentation “Basic Spider Biology”
Student Notes for Spider Presentation
(recommend printing prior to meeting)
Nature Notes: Bob Whitmarsh – “Sideoats Grama”
Recorded Chapter Business Meeting
AT: 1.5hr
VT: CB 0.5
9:00 AM
Wednesday
April 14, 2021
Steve Lennox, Muslow Forestry – “Forestry Opportunities and the role of the Consulting Forester”
Nature Notes: Bob Salzer – “Postage Stamps and Pollinators”
AT 1.5hr
VT CB 1.0hr
9:00 AM
Wednesday
May 12, 2021
Adv.Training: Kristine Rivers – “A Bird’s Eye View on Behavior”
Nature Notes: Chris Kneupper – “Some Old Maps of Texas, 1727-1822“
AT 1.25hr
VT CB 1.0hr
9:00 AM
Wednesday
June 9, 2021
Online Meeting – Microsoft Teams – Members will receive invitation via email
Adv.Training: Texas Water Law: John O’Connell
Rainwater Harvesting: Dana Arnold
Nature Notes: Lisa Myers: “Celebrating Historic Whooping Crane Nests in Texas”
AT 2.0hr
VT CB 0.5hr
9:00 AM
Wednesday
July 14, 2021
Hybrid Meeting: Virtual Online via Microsoft Teams
OR
In Person At Brazoria AgriLife Building
Adv. Training: Morgan Ayers – Natural Rescources Specialist, Texas Sea Grant, Corpus Christi
“Watershed Management and Conservation”
AT 0.75hr
VT CB 1.0
9:00 AM
Wednesday
August 11, 2021
Advanced Training: Kelly Drinnen – NOAA Education & Outreach Specialist: Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary,
AT 0.75hr
CB 1.0hr
9:00 AM
Wednesday
September 8, 2021
Advanced Training: Deborah January-Beavers, President of Collaborative Grants, Houston Wilderness, on “Use of Native ‘SuperTrees’ to Mitigate Pollution, Noise and Provide Habitat Around Industrial Sites and Other Areas“
Nature Notes: Richard Schaffhausen – “Resoft County Park Rookery“
AT 1.5hr
CB 1.0hr
9:00 AM
Wednesday
October 13,2021
Field Day at Cannan Bend Recreation Area
9:00 AM
Wednesday
November 10, 2021
Advanced Training: TBD
Nature Notes: TBD
9:00 AM
Wednesday
December 8, 2021
20th Anniversary Celebration
| • Until notified otherwise, all General Meetings will be online events until we can meet again at The Texas Agrilife Extension Building in Angleton. • For information about other AT opportunities see the TMN-COT calendar or contact the Advanced Training Director Bob Whitmarsh. |
2020
9:00 AM
Wednesday
January 8, 2020
Nash Prairie Preserve
Susan Conaty
Member, Cradle of Texas Chapter
Nature Notes:
Mickey Dufilho: “A Lethal Parasite of Monarch Butterflies”
AT 2.00
VT CB 1.25 Plus travel
8:00 AM
Saturday
January 25, 2020 (NOTE TIME)
Bonus Advanced Training Day
See Bonus AT Day schedule
First Presbyterian Church
130 S Arcola St
Angleton, TX 77515
AT 1.00 per presentation 6.00 total
9:00 AM
Wednesday
February 12, 2020
ShorebirdNesting
Taylor Bennett
Coastal Biologist
Nature Notes
“A Case of Poisoning – a little knowledge is a dangerous thing.” by Mickey Dufilho.
AT 1.00
VT CB 1.00 Plus travel
9:00 AM
Wednesday
March 11, 2020
Gardening for Habitat
Barbara Burkhardt
NATURE NOTES
“Invasion of Apple Snails” by Kristine Rivers
AT 1.25
VT CB 1.00 Plus travel
Wednesday April 8, 2020
Meeting Canceled Covid19
Wednesday May 13, 2020
Meeting Canceled Covid19
9:00 AM, Wednesday, June 10, 2020
VIRTUAL MS TEAMS
Columbia Bottomlands Acquisition
Mike Lange, Senior Project Manager for The Trust for Public Land.
NATURE NOTES “Murder Hornets” by Ed Barrios
AT 0.75
VT CB 1.00
9:00 AM, Wednesday, July 8, 2020
Eastern Willet Migration and Nesting
Susan Heath, Director of Conservation Research,
Gulf Coast Bird Observatory
Nature Notes: Whitetail Deer; by John Boettiger
AT: 1.5
VT CB 1.00
9:00 AM, Wednesday, August 12, 2020
History of Forts Velasco by Chris Kneupper and “Pollinator Citizen Science Project Results” by Mickey Dufilho
AT: 1.5
VT: CB 1.00
9:00 AM, Wednesday, September 9, 2020
Brazoria County Parks update and “Vision for the future”
Bryan Frazier, Director, Brazoria County Parks Department.
Report on Ecofund for GCBO by Jackie Hicks. Update on Winter Shrike Project by Susan Heath.
AT 1.75
VT CB 0.5
October 14 – 17, 2020
No Chapter Meeting
Texas Master Naturalist Virtual Annual Meeting
AT Time Determined by Participation
9:00 AM, Wednesday, November 11, 2020
Bryan Robert, Wildlife Habitat Foundation
Presentation: Restoring Native Prairies
Nature Notes: Mickey Dufilho “Chagas Disease, what a Master Naturalist Needs to Know”
AT 1.5
VT CB 0.5
9:00 AM, Wednesday, December 9, 2020
• General Business and Announcements
• Intern Graduation and Presentations
AT 1.25
VT 1.00