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.
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.
Make plans to join us online Tuesday, June 9th from 12 noon – 1 pm for a discussion concerning aquatic weed identification and management. To sign up, contact Chris at christopher.lambert@ag.tamu.edu. The program is FREE unless you need CEU credit. In that case, cost is $10. For more information, see the attached flyer below. Aquatic... Read More →
Do you have frustration when looking at a member of the aster family -- especially those yellow ones -- giving up on just another DYC? If so, join Texas Nature Trackers Biologist Craig Hensley for a look at the world of composites. You'll learn what makes a composite a composite, why they are so valuable... Read More →
A short business meeting for the Elm Fork Chapter June General Meeting will be followed by a presentation by Lisa and Rick Travis entitled "First Steps in Tree ID and North Texas Trees Highly Prized by Wildlife". Lisa and Rick are both members of Blackland Prairie Chapter. Both are active at Heard Sanctuary and Lewisville... Read More →
If you like grasslands and if you like birds, then this is the webinar for you! We'll be discussing identification tips for priority grassland birds in the Oaks and Prairies Joint Venture region (click link for area covered), including advanced song identification tips originally designed for training point count survey technicians. Note that even though... Read More →
Dr. Chris Distel will discuss hummingbird research that has been ongoing at Schreiner University for the past few years. This will cover evaluate standardized survey methods vs. incidental observations, and the use of citizen science (eBird) as a predictive tool for migration patterns. He will also provide more general tips on finding and identifying birds.... Read More →
