Conservation

Presenter: Anthony Martin, Senior Business Development Director, Greenworks Lending

Prairie Seekers is a prairie assessment and mapping program developed by Native Prairies Association of Texas.  The Fort Worth chapter is hosting a field training day which covers: the program, how to complete the datasheet, prairie plant ID, soils, succession ('reading the land'), mapping and iNaturalist.  After completion, Prairie Seekers volunteers conduct surveys whose data will be contributed to the Texas Parks & Wildlife Department state biodiversity database. This information is used to identify future prairie conservation opportunities across the state.

Presenters: John Tandy: Friends of Tandy Hills Natural Area & FW-NPAT & Bruce Benz: Texas Wesleyan University

In 2016, the Friends of Tandy Hills Natural Area wrote a grant and received funding to organize and host the largest BioBlitz in Texas. The Tandy Hills BioBlitz focused on documenting all living species at the park over a continuous 36-hour time period. John and Bruce will present the results of the Tandy Hills BioBlitz, show the professional video created about the event and talk about what comes next. 

Pat Merkord of NPAT to speak on midwestern native prairies.

This is a peaceful protest. Any violence, threats or hate speech will not be tolerated and is in no way associated with the mission of this group or event. The event will take place on the sidewalk in front of the company headquarters responsible for funding the Dakota Access Pipeline.

Learn simple steps to create a Monarch Way Station in your backyard. Carol Clark, Monarch Watch Conservation Specialist, presents the monarch life cycle, its magnificent migration through Texas and actions you can take now to support conservation of this threatened butterfly.

Citizens' Climate Lobby's Mid-Cities Chapter is a non-profit, non-partisan, grassroots advocacy organization focused on national policies to address climate change.

Info: Paula Luna, thelunas@prodigy.net

Meets on the third Wednesday of the month from 6-8

Citizens' Climate Lobby's Mid-Cities Chapter is a non-profit, non-partisan, grassroots advocacy organization focused on national policies to address climate change.

Info: Paula Luna, thelunas@prodigy.net

Join us for a fascinating presentation by Dr. Clay Green, a professor of biology at Texas State University, covering the ecology and behavior of North America’s rarest heron -the Reddish Egret.  The talk will also touch on the evolution of plumage coloration in birds, especially in plumage dimorphic species such as Reddish Egrets (Egretta rufescens).

Info: Scott Hollinger, scotth150@verizon.net

Friends of Tandy Hills Natural Area hosts a Brush Bash one day a year to clear sections of the prairie of invasive and unwanted trees, brush and trash. Bring gloves, sturdy shoes, hat, water, tarps, loppers, wheelbarrows and wagons. Coffee, tea, hot cocoa & morning snacks provided. All ages welcome.