Jim’s This & That, Sept. 16-Oct. 1

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Jim’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.
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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.
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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
*  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/
*   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/
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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
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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
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Upcoming activities, September 16-October 1, 2016:

 

9.17.16
8:30-11am
Texas Discovery Gardens workday (State Fair Spruce-up) at the greenhouse
e-mail questions to Johntrailmaker10@yahoo.com
9.17.16
10am-12pm
John Bunker Sands Wetland Center: “50 Birds to Teach Your Kids and Grandkids”
Registration required; ldunn@wetlandcenter.com or 972-474-9100.
wetlandcenter.com
9.17.16
10am-12pm
John Bunker Sands Wetland Center: Bunkers Pond trail walk
wetlandcenter.com
9.17.16
10-11:30am
Hagerman National Wildlife Refuge – Butterfly Walk
9.17.16
9am-5pm
Heard Museum seasonal “Dinosaurs Alive!” seasonal exhibit opens
9.17.16
10-11am
Wildflower walk, Mockingbird Park, Midlothian
Sponsored by Indian Trails Master Naturalists
9.17.16
8-11am
Cedar Ridge Preserve workday
9.17.16
9am-5pm
“Thirsting for Our Water Future” Conference, Richardson Civic Center
9.17.16
9:30-10:30am
Heard Museum Third Saturday Nature Talk: “What is a Flower?”
9.18.16
3-4pm
Hagerman National Wildlife Refuge – Venomous Snakes of N. Central Texas
9.18.16
8:30-11am
Workday, 12 Hills Nature Center, Oak Cliff
9.19.16
7pm
Native Plant Society of Dallas meeting: documentary “Hometown Habitat, Stories of Bringing Nature Home”.
 9.19.16
7-8pm
Cross Timbers Master Naturalist: A Church Goes Native – A Landscape Restoration Study with Rosa Finsley
9.21.16
7-8:30pm
Texas Historic Tree Coalition: Ute Prayer Trees of the Pikes Peak Region in Colorado
e-mail mary.graves@TXHTC.org to reserve a seat
9.22.16
7-8pm
Trinity Forks Native Plant Society – Denton: Itchy Business (with Amy Martin)
9.21.16
10-11am
Guided plant walk at Oak Point Nature Center (Plano)
972-941-5414
9.24.16
9am-1pm
City of Garland: “Live Well/Go Green” Expo
9.24.16
8:30am
Lewisville Lake Environmental Learning Area (LLELA) workday
9.24.16
7:45-9:45am
Lewisville Lake Environmental Learning Area (LLELA) migratory bird banding
9.24.16
9am-12pm
Dogwood Canyon Audubon Workday
9.24.16
9am-1pm
Native Grass ID Workshop at Ft. Worth Nature Center
9.25.16
11am-12pm;
12-1pm
1-2pm
Late summer wildflowers at Ft. Worth Nature Center
9.26.16
7-8pm
Indian Trails Master Naturalist monthly meeting: Water Resource Management in the Richland-Chambers Reservoir
9.27.16
7:30pm
Prairie & Timbers Audubon Society monthly meeting: Galapagos hawks
9.30.16
7-8:30pm (or sunset)
North Texas Master Naturalist Amphibian Watch, Sunset Bay, White Rock Lake
9.30.16:
10.1.16:
7-10pm
8am-5pm
Mineola NatureFest
10.1.16
10am-3pm
Blackland Prairie Raptor Center – free “First Saturday” public event
10.1.16
10-11:30am
“Monarchs & Milkweeds” at Oak Point Center, Plano (for children 5+)
972.941.7250
10.1.16
9am-12pm
Botancial Research Institute of Texas – Free “First Saturday” public event
10.1.16
10-11am
Heard Museum: Amazing Monarchs
10.1.16

7-11am:
7-9am:
John Bunker Sands Wetland Center “First Saturday” birding walks:
Advanced birding
“Walk & Talk” bird tour
wetlandcenter.com
10.1.16
10am-12pm
 (LLELA) monthly guided hike
?s to lcole@cityoflewisville ;
http://llela.unt.edu/
10.1.16
8:30-10am
Arbor Hills Nature Preserve, Plano: Free guided nature walk (meet at Pavilions).
Walk-ups welcome, advance registration encouraged: call 972-941-5403 (Plano Parks & Rec)
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