Videos

The below videos were created by Master Naturalist volunteers. 

For video questions, please contact us at vi****@**mn.org.

Recent Videos

For their class project, members of the recent fall class of the North Texas Master Naturalist chapter created a Jr. Master Naturalist program. This video highlights those adventures.

 

This is a basic exercise in testing water quality. It is best done in the spring. The results of this testing give a decent picture of water quality, but there are a number of other ways, requiring more sophisticated materials, water quality would need to be tested to give a comprehensive view. Included in this video is a reference to a file. You can find that file here: https://goo.gl/images/WuzYrG

 

Roger Wildlife Rehabilitation Center hosts the North Texas Chapter of the Texas Master Naturalists for a Project. The Center has a huge impact on the DFW area when birds are injured or in need of rehab. The video showcases the collaboration between the North Texas Master Naturalists and the Roger Wildlife Rehab Center.Roger Wildlife Rehabilitation Center hosts the North Texas Chapter of the Texas Master Naturalists for a Project. The Center has a huge impact on the DFW area when birds are injured or in need of rehab. The video showcases the collaboration between the North Texas Master Naturalists and the Roger Wildlife Rehab Center. Second place winner of the 2018 Texas Master Naturalist annual conference video contest. Created North Texas Master Naturalist Chapter member, Rich Laffey, class of 2017.

 

The Spring Creek Forest Preserve in Garland, Texas, is considered a local treasure. In an impressive show of community cooperation, a new, self-guided nature trail was recently launched. This video provides an overview of the efforts of several groups and individuals to make maintenance and preservation of this location possible. Third place winner of the 2017 Texas Master Naturalist annual conference video contest. Created by North Texas Master Naturalist Chapter member, Nick Mirro, class of 2014.

 

The North Texas chapter is one of the biggest and oldest chapters within in the Texas Master Naturalist program. In this short video, members of the North Texas Master Naturalist chapter share their reflections and insights on the last 20 years of the chapter’s history.

 

Past Videos

This 3-minute video highlights the NTMN Class Experience. First place winner of the 2016 Texas Master Naturalist annual conference video contest. Created by North Texas Master Naturalist Chapter member, Jennifer Weisensel, class of 2008.

 

Master Naturalist volunteers come from all backgrounds and are all ages. Hear how some volunteers heard about the program in this introductory video. First place winner of the 2015 Texas Master Naturalist annual conference video contest. Created by North Texas Master Naturalist Chapter member, Jennifer Weisensel, class of 2008.

 

The North Texas Master Naturalists hosted its fourth annual Native Plants & Prairies Day on Saturday, April 30, 2016 from 10 AM to 3 PM, at the Bath House Cultural Center grounds on White Rock Lake. First place winner of the 2014 Texas Master Naturalist annual conference video contest. Created by North Texas Master Naturalist Chapter member, Jennifer Weisensel, class of 2008.

 

Jim Varnum was one of the North Texas Master Naturalist chapter’s most involved volunteers. His legacy continues on with each person who continues to educate others about our natural world.

Chapter Meeting Recordings

June 2021 Chapter Meeting

Texas Blackland Prairie: Past, Present, Future with Brandon Belcher

Password is:  blackland

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Trinity River Audubon Center || Sunday Morning Bird Walk (AT) Sunday, October 26, 2025  ||  9am  – 10am   CT More Info & to register:  https://trinityriver.audubon.org/events/sunday-morning-bird-walk-11...
October 28, 2025    
8:00 am - 10:00 am
Name: Friends of Oak Cliff Workday Date & Time: Every Tuesday and Saturday 8am-10am Location: One of the three parks in Oak Cliff: Kidd Springs,...
October 28, 2025    
9:00 am - 11:00 am
Name: Friends of Oak Cliff Workday Date & Time: Every Tuesday and Saturday 9-11am Location: One of the three parks in Oak Cliff: Kidd Springs,...
October 29, 2025    
9:00 am - 12:00 pm
Western Heights Cemetery Volunteer Day 1617 Fort Worth Ave. Callas, TX 75208 Contact lead: Van Johnson, vanindallas2@aol.com Every Weds, 9am  - 12pm, earlier during summer...
John Bunker Sands Wetland Center || 1st Saturday Walk & Talk Bird Tour (AT) Saturday, November 1, 2025  ||  7:30am – 9:30am   CT Description:  Join...
Dogwood Canyon Audubon Center || 1st Saturday Bird Walk   (AT) Saturday, November 1, 2025  || 8:30am – 9:30am   CT Description:  Join us for a morning...
November 1, 2025    
9:00 am - 11:00 am
Name: Friends of Oak Cliff Workday Date & Time: Every Tuesday and Saturday 9-11am Location: One of the three parks in Oak Cliff: Kidd Springs,...
Heard Museum || Guided Trails (AT) Saturday, November 1, 2025  |  9:30am – 10:30am CT Description: Experience the ecology, geology, flora and fauna of the...
Laura W Bush Native Texas Park ||  Guided Walk (AT) Saturday, Nov 1, 2025  ||  10:00am –11:00am  CT Join us for a free guided tour...
November 4, 2025    
9:00 am - 11:00 am
Name: Friends of Oak Cliff Workday Date & Time: Every Tuesday and Saturday 9-11am Location: One of the three parks in Oak Cliff: Kidd Springs,...
November 5, 2025    
9:00 am - 12:00 pm
Western Heights Cemetery Volunteer Day 1617 Fort Worth Ave. Callas, TX 75208 Contact lead: Van Johnson, vanindallas2@aol.com Every Weds, 9am  - 12pm, earlier during summer...
If you have ever had a passing interest or deep passion for reptiles and amphibians, then this is the meeting for you. This talk will...
LLELA || 2nd Saturday Bird Walk (AT) Saturday, November 8, 2025  ||  7:30am  – 9:30am   CT Description:  Birders of all skill levels are welcome to...
Heard Museum || 2nd Saturday Bird Walk (AT) Saturday, November 8, 2025 ||  8am – 9:30am CT Hosted by the Heard & offered by volunteers...
November 8, 2025    
9:00 am - 11:00 am
Preservation Society for Spring Creek Forest “2 nd Saturday” workdays Sept. 2025/ May 2026 Sept. 13, 2025, 9-11am: -- 1770 Holford Road (the center section...
November 8, 2025    
9:00 am - 11:00 am
Name: Friends of Oak Cliff Workday Date & Time: Every Tuesday and Saturday 9-11am Location: One of the three parks in Oak Cliff: Kidd Springs,...
November 8, 2025    
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
W.W. Glover Cemetery Volunteer Day 6650 Military Parkway, Dallas, TX 75227 Contact lead: Kathy Ann Reid, krtexas@protonmail.com April 12, 10 am - 12 pm May 10,...
Friends of Oak Cliff Parks || Bird Walk  with Carrie & Ben(AT) Sunday, November 9, 2025 || 10am – 12noon   CT Description: Join us for...
Twelve Hills Nature Preserve || Bilingual Nature Walk (AT) Sunday, November 09, 2025 || 12noon – 1:30pm   CT Guide: Nancy Escobar Description:  Nancy Escobar is...
November 11, 2025    
9:00 am - 11:00 am
Name: Friends of Oak Cliff Workday Date & Time: Every Tuesday and Saturday 9-11am Location: One of the three parks in Oak Cliff: Kidd Springs,...
TMN North Texas chapter || Joint Hike with our chapter at the Elm Fork Nature  Preserve (AT) Tuesday, November 11, 2025 || 9:30am – 11:30am....
November 12, 2025    
8:30 am - 11:30 am
All information and volunteer dates are under this link: https://interland3.donorperfect.net/weblink/weblink.aspx?name=E347204&id=303 Event Name: (see link) Date/Time: (varies, see link) Address: (varies, see link) Description of event...
November 12, 2025    
9:00 am - 12:00 pm
Western Heights Cemetery Volunteer Day 1617 Fort Worth Ave. Callas, TX 75208 Contact lead: Van Johnson, vanindallas2@aol.com Every Weds, 9am  - 12pm, earlier during summer...
November 14, 2025    
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
When: Friday, November 14th,  2025,  10:00 am - 12:00am Where: Kiest Conservation Area, 3238 S Hampton    75224 KCA West (parking lot side) entrance What:...
Project site name changed to Prairie Creek Marsh and Wildscape (formerly Canyon Creek) Monthly workday 1001 G. Bush Freeway ( Hilton Garden Inn) Every third...
November 15, 2025    
9:00 am - 11:00 am
Name: Friends of Oak Cliff Workday Date & Time: Every Tuesday and Saturday 9-11am Location: One of the three parks in Oak Cliff: Kidd Springs,...
John Bunker Sands Wetland Center || 3rd Saturday Guided Boardwalk Tour (AT) Saturday, November 15, 2025 ||  9:00 AM – 10:30 AM    CT Description:  As...
Dallas Public Library || Floriography: The Language of Flowers (AT) Saturday, November, 15, 2025  ||  11am – 12noon   CT Description:  Take a short trip through...
November 16, 2025    
9:00 am - 11:00 am
LLELA || Thrive Nature Walk –(AT) Sunday, November 16, 2025 | 9am – 11am   CT Description:  Sights of plants and wildlife, smells of fresh air...
November 16, 2025    
9:00 am - 10:30 am
LLELA || Nature Walk  at Thrive(AT) Sunday, November 16, 2025  ||  9am  – 10:30am   CT Description:  Sights of plants and wildlife, smells of fresh air...
Ned Fritz Nature Preservation || Yellow Walk in the Bonton Woods (AT) Sunday, November  16, 2025 || 2pm – 4pm   CT  Arrive at 1:45pm. Guide:...
November 18, 2025    
9:00 am - 11:00 am
Name: Friends of Oak Cliff Workday Date & Time: Every Tuesday and Saturday 9-11am Location: One of the three parks in Oak Cliff: Kidd Springs,...
November 19, 2025    
9:00 am - 12:00 pm
Western Heights Cemetery Volunteer Day 1617 Fort Worth Ave. Callas, TX 75208 Contact lead: Van Johnson, vanindallas2@aol.com Every Weds, 9am  - 12pm, earlier during summer...
Heard Museum || 3rd Thursday Bird Walk (AT) Thursday, November 20, 2025 ||  8am – 9:30am CT Description: 3rd Thursday Bird Walks in the Heard...
Event Name: Paschall Park Butterfly Trail Workday (VH) Date/Time: Friday November 21, 2025, 8-10am Address: Paschall Park Butterfly Trail, 1001 New Market Road, Mesquite, 75149...
November 21, 2025    
8:00 am - 3:00 pm
All information and volunteer dates are under this link: https://interland3.donorperfect.net/weblink/weblink.aspx?name=E347204&id=303 Event Name: (see link) Date/Time: (varies, see link) Address: (varies, see link) Description of event...
Prairie & Timber Audubon Society Field Trip || Chalk Hill Farm (AT) Saturday, November 22, 2025  ||  7:30am – 10:30am   CT Target Birds: Winter residents...
November 22, 2025    
9:00 am - 11:00 am
Name: Friends of Oak Cliff Workday Date & Time: Every Tuesday and Saturday 9-11am Location: One of the three parks in Oak Cliff: Kidd Springs,...
Trinity River Audubon Center || Sunday Morning Bird Walk (AT) Sunday, November 23, 2025  ||  9am  – 10am   CT More Info & to register:  https://trinityriver.audubon.org/events/sunday-morning-bird-walk-13...
November 25, 2025    
9:00 am - 11:00 am
Name: Friends of Oak Cliff Workday Date & Time: Every Tuesday and Saturday 9-11am Location: One of the three parks in Oak Cliff: Kidd Springs,...
November 26, 2025    
9:00 am - 12:00 pm
Western Heights Cemetery Volunteer Day 1617 Fort Worth Ave. Callas, TX 75208 Contact lead: Van Johnson, vanindallas2@aol.com Every Weds, 9am  - 12pm, earlier during summer...
November 29, 2025    
9:00 am - 11:00 am
Name: Friends of Oak Cliff Workday Date & Time: Every Tuesday and Saturday 9-11am Location: One of the three parks in Oak Cliff: Kidd Springs,...
Tandy Hills Prairie Sky/Star Party (FYI) Saturday, November 29, 2025   6:00 PM or after dark The Fort Worth Astronomical Society presents their Saturday star party...
Constellation of Living Memorials First Annual Symposium (AT) Tuesday, December 3rd, 2025    9:00 AM – 5:00 PM Advanced Registration Required:  https://www.eventbrite.com/e/constellation-of-living-memorials-symposium-tickets-1968290594152 Location: Water and Land...
December 2, 2025    
9:00 am - 11:00 am
Name: Friends of Oak Cliff Workday Date & Time: Every Tuesday and Saturday 9-11am Location: One of the three parks in Oak Cliff: Kidd Springs,...
December 3, 2025    
9:00 am - 12:00 pm
Western Heights Cemetery Volunteer Day 1617 Fort Worth Ave. Callas, TX 75208 Contact lead: Van Johnson, vanindallas2@aol.com Every Weds, 9am  - 12pm, earlier during summer...
NTMN December Chapter Meeting
Tarantulas: SO Awesome! Topic: We will discuss the general biology of tarantulas, variety, habitat, predation & defense, local species native to Texas, and threats to...
John Bunker Sands Wetland Center || 1st Saturday Walk & Talk Bird Tour (AT) Saturday, December 6, 2025  ||  7:30am – 11:30am   CT Description:  Join...
Dogwood Canyon Audubon Center || 1st Saturday Bird Walk   (AT) Saturday, December 6, 2025  || 8:30am – 9:30am   CT Description:  Join us for a morning...
December 6, 2025    
9:00 am - 11:00 am
Name: Friends of Oak Cliff Workday Date & Time: Every Tuesday and Saturday 9-11am Location: One of the three parks in Oak Cliff: Kidd Springs,...
Heard Museum || Guided Trails (AT) Saturday, December 6, 2025  |  9:30am – 10:30am CT Description: Experience the ecology, geology, flora and fauna of the...
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