North Texas Master NaturalistJim’s This & That is a personal communication, begun by avid naturalist Jim Varnum, which strives to fulfill Jim’s vision of connecting individuals interested in the natural world — primarily in the Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas area — with each other and with resources to increase an appreciation of nature. If you have comments and questions about its content, or wish to receive – or not receive – Jim’s This & That
e-mails, please contact nature_links@yahoo.com.
e-mails, please contact nature_links@yahoo.com.
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Nourish beginnings, let us nourish beginnings. Not all things are blessed, but the seeds of all things are blessed. The blessing is in the seed. (Muriel Rukeyser, 1913 – 1980)
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Thanks for explaining the word “many” to me, it means alot.
I took the shell off my racing snail, thinking it would make him run faster. If anything, it made him more sluggish.
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Thanks to all the contributors who have shared the following terrific links and resources! Do you have a favorite book, movie, website, field guide, app, or other nature-related news or resource you’d like to share? Write a brief description and send it to nature_links@yahoo.com – we’ll help spread the word.
Thanks to all the contributors who have shared the following terrific links and resources! Do you have a favorite book, movie, website, field guide, app, or other nature-related news or resource you’d like to share? Write a brief description and send it to nature_links@yahoo.com – we’ll help spread the word.
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Mark Your Calendars…
* 2016 Texas Association for Environmental Education Conference, October 7-9, 2016 at Northwood University in Cedar Hill. This year’s theme: Environmental Literacy: Success Through Partnerships.
http://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/event?oeidk=a07ecqukf1s93183cb7&llr=jggw9fvab
* 2016 Texas Association for Environmental Education Conference, October 7-9, 2016 at Northwood University in Cedar Hill. This year’s theme: Environmental Literacy: Success Through Partnerships.
http://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/event?oeidk=a07ecqukf1s93183cb7&llr=jggw9fvab
* NPSOT Annual Symposium, Oct. 13-16 (including workdays) in Glen Rose. This year’s theme: Conservation & Climate Change.
http://npsot.org/wp/symposium2016/tentative-schedule-2/
http://npsot.org/wp/symposium2016/tentative-schedule-2/
* BIOBLITZ! at Harry S. Moss Park, Dallas, October 8. This is an excellent adventure for neighborhood groups, scout troupes, churches, corporate groups, individuals, etc. led by Brett Johnson, Urban Biologist for Dallas Park and Recreation Department. Learn about local wildlife and native plants and wildflowers. Sign up at VOLY.org or with Brett Johnson (Dallas Parks & Rec. Dept.), or jonathan.johnson@dallascityhall.com
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Check it out… beautiful, all-natural nature soundtracks…
http://gratefulness.org/resource/sound-sanctuary/
Check it out… beautiful, all-natural nature soundtracks…
http://gratefulness.org/resource/sound-sanctuary/
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Texas Parks & Wildlife’s Landscape Ecology Program has developed the Texas Ecosystem Analytical Mapper (TEAM), “…an interactive mapping tool to assist in understanding Texas habitats and to integrate Ecological Mapping Systems Data with land management and resource planning of all types.” Check it out…and feel free to submit a review to nature_links@yahoo.com – we’ll include it in an upcoming This & That.
http://tpwd.texas.gov/landwater/land/programs/landscape-ecology/team/?utm_campaign=govdelivery-email-team&utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery
Texas Parks & Wildlife’s Landscape Ecology Program has developed the Texas Ecosystem Analytical Mapper (TEAM), “…an interactive mapping tool to assist in understanding Texas habitats and to integrate Ecological Mapping Systems Data with land management and resource planning of all types.” Check it out…and feel free to submit a review to nature_links@yahoo.com – we’ll include it in an upcoming This & That.
http://tpwd.texas.gov/landwater/land/programs/landscape-ecology/team/?utm_campaign=govdelivery-email-team&utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery
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A fascinating article about the ecosystems within the soil under our feet:
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/soil-has-microbiome-too-180960088/?no-ist
A fascinating article about the ecosystems within the soil under our feet:
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/soil-has-microbiome-too-180960088/?no-ist
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Upcoming activities, September 16-October 1, 2016:
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9.17.16
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8:30-11am
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Texas Discovery Gardens workday (State Fair Spruce-up) at the greenhouse
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e-mail questions to Johntrailmaker10@yahoo.com
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9.17.16
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10am-12pm
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John Bunker Sands Wetland Center: “50 Birds to Teach Your Kids and Grandkids”
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Registration required; ldunn@wetlandcenter.com or 972-474-9100.
wetlandcenter.com |
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9.17.16
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10am-12pm
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John Bunker Sands Wetland Center: Bunkers Pond trail walk
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wetlandcenter.com
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9.17.16
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10-11:30am
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Hagerman National Wildlife Refuge – Butterfly Walk
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9.17.16
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9am-5pm
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Heard Museum seasonal “Dinosaurs Alive!” seasonal exhibit opens
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9.17.16
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10-11am
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Wildflower walk, Mockingbird Park, Midlothian
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Sponsored by Indian Trails Master Naturalists
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9.17.16
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8-11am
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Cedar Ridge Preserve workday
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9.17.16
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9am-5pm
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“Thirsting for Our Water Future” Conference, Richardson Civic Center
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9.17.16
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9:30-10:30am
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Heard Museum Third Saturday Nature Talk: “What is a Flower?”
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9.18.16
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3-4pm
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Hagerman National Wildlife Refuge – Venomous Snakes of N. Central Texas
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9.18.16
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8:30-11am
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Workday, 12 Hills Nature Center, Oak Cliff
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9.19.16
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7pm
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Native Plant Society of Dallas meeting: documentary “Hometown Habitat, Stories of Bringing Nature Home”.
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9.19.16
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7-8pm
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Cross Timbers Master Naturalist: A Church Goes Native – A Landscape Restoration Study with Rosa Finsley
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9.21.16
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7-8:30pm
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Texas Historic Tree Coalition: Ute Prayer Trees of the Pikes Peak Region in Colorado
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e-mail mary.graves@TXHTC.org to reserve a seat
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9.22.16
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7-8pm
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Trinity Forks Native Plant Society – Denton: Itchy Business (with Amy Martin)
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9.21.16
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10-11am
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Guided plant walk at Oak Point Nature Center (Plano)
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972-941-5414
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9.24.16
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9am-1pm
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City of Garland: “Live Well/Go Green” Expo
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9.24.16
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8:30am
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Lewisville Lake Environmental Learning Area (LLELA) workday
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9.24.16
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7:45-9:45am
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Lewisville Lake Environmental Learning Area (LLELA) migratory bird banding
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https://llela.unt.edu/calendarRegistration required. ?s to lcole@cityoflewisville.com, or call 972.219.3550
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9.24.16
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9am-12pm
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Dogwood Canyon Audubon Workday
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9.24.16
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9am-1pm
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Native Grass ID Workshop at Ft. Worth Nature Center
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9.25.16
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11am-12pm;
12-1pm 1-2pm |
Late summer wildflowers at Ft. Worth Nature Center
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9.26.16
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7-8pm
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Indian Trails Master Naturalist monthly meeting: Water Resource Management in the Richland-Chambers Reservoir
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9.27.16
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7:30pm
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Prairie & Timbers Audubon Society monthly meeting: Galapagos hawks
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9.30.16
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7-8:30pm (or sunset)
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North Texas Master Naturalist Amphibian Watch, Sunset Bay, White Rock Lake
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9.30.16:
10.1.16: |
7-10pm
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Mineola NatureFest
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10.1.16
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10am-3pm
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Blackland Prairie Raptor Center – free “First Saturday” public event
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10.1.16
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10-11:30am
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“Monarchs & Milkweeds” at Oak Point Center, Plano (for children 5+)
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972.941.7250
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10.1.16
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9am-12pm
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Botancial Research Institute of Texas – Free “First Saturday” public event
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10.1.16
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10-11am
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Heard Museum: Amazing Monarchs
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10.1.16
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7-11am: |
John Bunker Sands Wetland Center “First Saturday” birding walks:
Advanced birding “Walk & Talk” bird tour |
wetlandcenter.com
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10.1.16
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10am-12pm
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(LLELA) monthly guided hike
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?s to lcole@cityoflewisville ;
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10.1.16
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8:30-10am
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Arbor Hills Nature Preserve, Plano: Free guided nature walk (meet at Pavilions).
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Walk-ups welcome, advance registration encouraged: call 972-941-5403 (Plano Parks & Rec)
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