National Invasive Species Awareness Week, Part 2 (May 16-23) starts this weekend. We’ve set up the iNaturalist project “Texas Invasive Species Bioblitz 2020” to automatically collect any iNaturalist observations of invasives in Texas during that time frame. We would love to invite Texas Master Naturalists to participate, since so many of them contributed great observations... Read More →
The Small Acreage Big Opportunity program for landowners with small properties will be held from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on May 16. The program, presented by the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service and Texas Wildlife Association, will be a live webinar. The program will be online and accessible to anyone, but the content will be focused... Read More →
Texas has more than 50 species of milkweeds across the state. Join Texas Nature Trackers Biologist Craig Hensley for a look at milkweeds across the state, roles they play in our ecosystems and how you can help us track milkweeds through iNaturalist. This will be a Webex Webinar. The link to join is below: You... Read More →
Texas Nature Trackers Biologists Tania Homayoun and Craig Hensley train hundreds of Master Naturalists and other community scientists annually about iNaturalist and the TNT programs. During this one-hour session, we will open up the floor to answer questions you have regarding aspects of iNaturalist. We'll begin with a short overview and then take your questions... Read More →
The Citizen Science program at the California Academy of Sciences engages tens of thousands of volunteers in California and beyond to document biodiversity, since understanding when and where species occur at scale can only be done through mobilizing people everywhere to make observations of their local nature. In this talk, Rebecca Johnson and Alison Young,... Read More →
Register in advance for this meeting:https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJclcuygrz8pGtNHRhbam0XyK3gijTFrufcU After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. Elm Fork Chapter will hold its May General Meeting. After a short business meeting, Dr Williams will speak. His lab at Texas Christian University has been studying Texas horned lizards living in two small towns... Read More →
EVENT – All About Trees: Forests, Water, and People – VIRTUAL CLASS Healthy forests are critically important for protecting water supplies. Forests play an important role in providing clean water. More than 50 percent of the nation's freshwater resources originate from forests that cover about one-third of the United States. In addition to providing clean... Read More →
The next Chapter meeting of the Brazos Valley Master Naturalists will be Thursday, May 21 from 6:30pm to 7:30pm. It will be held online. Our speaker will be Carol Brinlee from USDA NRCS and her talk is entitled Ichthyology and Fisheries Management. CJ Brinlee has worked for the Natural Resources Conservation Service of the USDA... Read More →
Join Texas Nature Trackers Biologist Craig Hensley for an look at our scale-winged wonders and the native plants that attract them for nectar and as host sites for eggs and larvae. While this will be focused on the Texas Hill Country, many of the wildflowers and butterflies can be found around the state.
Let's try again! Join this Bexar Audubon Society and Texas Nature Trackers co-sponsored Webex webinar on the butterflies of Texas and native plants that will attract our scale-winged wonders. This is a make up for the Wednesday webinar (the Webex system apparently went down for a short while which caused the program to be dropped).... Read More →
Join artist and Rolling Plains Chapter Texas Master Naturalist, Laura Gillis, for a learning session on “How to use nature journaling as a tool for naturalist activities.” This session will allow participants to meet with Laura to learn awesome tips and methods to document flora and fauna through journaling. You DO NOT have to know... Read More →
McDonald Observatory is hosting a new type of on-line program: Live Solar Viewing on Monday, June 1 at 11:00 am CDT. This brings a new astronomical object, our own Sun, which has a tremendous influence on Earth, and a new presenter, Joe Wheelock of our Frank N. Bash Visitors Center Team.
