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Apr 4, 2026 | Dragonflyer Newsletters - See the Public Site, Public Announcements

Dragonflyer Issue 96, Q2 2026

The DragonFlyer — Issue 96, Q2 2026

Spring has arrived on the Blackland Prairie, and the latest issue of The DragonFlyer leans fully into the season — celebrating limestone escarpments, trout lilies, and the surprising creatures (scaly and otherwise) that share our urban landscape. Download your copy today!

“Trout Lily: A Story” by Mary May opens the issue with a delightful tale of botanical confusion overheard on a school playground. Two second-graders, eavesdropping on their teachers’ conversation about trout lilies at White Rock Lake, become increasingly baffled by a “fish” with a purple flower and a lizard’s tongue. The story weaves in genuine natural history — spring ephemerals, myrmecochory, and the ecological significance of trout lily colonies as indicators of undisturbed land — and closes with a list of DFW sites where readers can still catch these ephemeral beauties before they disappear for the year.

“Our East Dallas Gem: Project Report from White Rock Prairie” by Brenda Catlett offers a seven-year retrospective on the three-acre restoration effort at White Rock Prairie (Unit 7). Catlett chronicles the ongoing battle against johnsongrass, King Ranch bluestem, and hedge parsley, and shares an update on a novel February intervention: a herd of 250 goats that grazed, tilled, and fertilized their way through the thatch — drawing new visitors and raising public awareness of this precious blackland prairie remnant in the process.

“A Recounting of Tales and Scales” by Caleb Hinojos takes readers inside the Amphibian and Reptile Diversity Research Center at UT Arlington, where curator Greg Pandelis guided a group of Master Naturalists through one of the top ten largest herpetology collections in the world. With over 200,000 specimens — from caecilians and giant Asian salamanders to type specimens and rattlesnakes donated for venom gene research — the tour offered a vivid reminder of how natural history collections continue to drive scientific discovery.

“Herpetological Hitchhikers” by Laura Haynes introduces two non-native herps that have quietly joined the North Texas night chorus: the Mediterranean house gecko and the Rio Grande chirping frog. Both arrived as stowaways — via port traffic and the horticultural trade, respectively — and both have found a foothold in the human-modified habitats of our suburbs. Haynes reviews their remarkable adaptations, current range, and what monitoring research tells us about their impact on native species.

“Escarpments” by Charlie Marshall is the issue’s centerpiece — a wide-ranging, deeply researched meditation on the limestone escarpments of the urban Blackland Prairie. Marshall moves through three compelling sites: the escarpment at White Rock Lake that inspired Frank Lloyd Wright’s Kalita Humphreys Theater (and the ongoing tension between its preservation and development pressures); and the Piedmont Ridge escarpment in South Dallas, whose high points served as surveillance and signaling sites for the Penatuhkah band of the Comanche people. Linda Polen, an anthropologist and Comanche cultural expert, guides Marshall through the ridge’s sacred history — marker trees, a limestone Storytelling Place, and a landscape still holding traces of an Indigenous world. Friends of Piedmont Ridge, with Master Naturalist involvement, are working to restore the site and a nomination for National Historic Landmark status is underway.

Rounding out the issue: an iNat Species Feature on Star Jelly (Nostoc commune), a gelatinous nitrogen-fixing bacteria spotted near the Trinity Forest Trail; and Member Spotlights on Lois Diggs, Anne Edwards, Pamela DeAngelo, and Communications Co-Director Tim Gibson.

The DragonFlyer is published quarterly. Submissions and questions are welcome at dragonflyer@ntmn.org.

The Dragonflyer, August 2020, Volume 82

Sep 1, 2020 | Dragonflyer Newsletters - See the Public Site

Owlets photo by Marcie Haley

A Message from our President

Fall is just around the corner! We can all look forward to bird migrations, cooler weather, and the Texas Master Naturalist 2020 Virtual Annual Meeting! Though volunteer opportunities may have been scaled back this year, there are lots of ways to get hours both at home and in person at our partners’ work days. Read Scott’s summer update here.

September Chapter Meeting this Wednesday!

On Wednesday, September 2nd from 7-8:30, Christopher Roos, Professor of Anthropology at SMU, will present Native Hunters, Prairies, and Bison, a look at the methods indigenous people used to manage prairies and bison herds. He will discuss the role of fire in the evolution of global grasslands and methods that Indigenous hunters use controlled wildfires in grasslands to improve their hunting. Read all about it here.

Citizen Science Project: September Bioblitz

Our own Sam Kieschnick is hosting another Bioblitz on iNaturalist September 6-12. there will be 7 daily challenges which offer a great way to engage with nature while competing with other local Master Naturalist chapters to see who records the most (and most interesting) observations. Learn more here.

Photo: Sam Kieshnick

Class of 2020 Update

Our new Naturalists are finding all kinds of ways to earn hours and engage with one another and the Chapter despite this year’s limitations. Learn about how they continue to innovate here.

Sharing Nature at the Office

Read about how Jeanne practices citizen science (recording over 60 species on eBird!) and helps her coworkers learn about the wonderfully wild world just outside the office window here.

Photo: White Ibis by Jeanne Kuehn

2020 Virtual Annual Meeting October 14-17

For only $55, you can access nearly 100 general sessions, virtually-offered technical sessions, and some fun surprises surrounding the Annual Meeting! Steve Wilson tells us all about it here, or if you’re ready to go for it, register now here!

Earning Volunteer Hours and Advanced Training: Opportunities Abound!

Are you craving some outdoor activities where you can engage with nature and support our partners? Is helping out from home more of interest? Want to build out or help with our educational trunks? Are you into social media? There are so many ways to get volunteer hours the opportunities are nearly endless!

Russ Olivier offers dozens of ways to earn volunteer hours and advanced training. Take a look here.
Elaine White is seeking a few good trunk coordinators. Learn all about it.
Do you love to use Pinterest, Instagram or Facebook? Amy Martin is looking for people to enhance our visibility on social media.

Mayors’ Monarch Pledge Success in Carrollton

Our members are working to create habitat as part of the National Wildlife Federation’s Mayors’ Monarch Pledge program. Read about how they are creating demonstration gardens and educating residents about these important pollinators.

Aquatic Alliance

The Texas Stream Team members continues to work hard monitoring our waterways during the pandemic. Read more about their efforts here.

Photo by Richard Grayson

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Dragonflyer #73 – June 2018

Jun 12, 2018 | Dragonflyer Newsletters - See the Public Site, Short Announcements

A Message from our President

Bruce Stewart summarizes the role of the citizen scientist as it has developed through the centuries, and reminds us of what we can do to continue this valuable work in the community. Read the article here (https://public.ntmn.org/presidents-message-what-is-old-is-new-again) .

New Look, Same Dragonflyer!

As Newsletter Editor, I have the opportunity to read up on the chapter’s happenings before anyone else. And, as our sometimes 14-page .pdfs have proven, we are a busy chapter! Well, we assume you’re just as busy doing outdoor things, or nature-related things, or family things, or… well, you get it. We want to provide you with the information you want, in an easy to read and search format.

From now on, we’ll be hosting our Dragonflyer-worthy content on our NTMN website (https://public.ntmn.org/) , and then sending you the most current info and happenings straight to your inbox. Read the articles you want. Skip over the ones that don’t apply to you. And, you can always check in on our website if you want to know more.

Let us know what you think: newsletter@ntmn.org (mailto:newsletter@ntmn.org).

I want to hear from you!

Jennifer Weisensel
NTMN Newsletter Editor
NTMN Class of 2008

Next Month is our Summer Social!

Join us on July 11th at Texas Discovery Gardens in Fair Park as we not only have our annual summer social, but we will also be celebrating 20 YEARS as a TMN chapter! Enjoy a pot luck dinner, conversing with fellow members, an ice cream contest, and displays and games that highlight our 20-year history. Click here (https://public.ntmn.org/2018-summer-social-on-july-11-at-630pm) for more information and to sign up to volunteer for the social.

Wednesday, July 11th starting at 6:30 pm at Texas Discovery Gardens. See you then!
Vice President Rose Mercer competing at the 2017 Summer Social’s annual seed spitting contest.

Volunteer Projects At a Glance

Spring Big Chapter Project (https://public.ntmn.org/spring-big-chapter-project-at-lakewood-outdoor-learning-area-by-ginger-greatens)
On March 31st at the Spring Big Chapter Project, 40 dedicated, enthusiastic Master Naturalists joined together to plant 25 native trees and 120 native plants.

City Nature Challenge (https://public.ntmn.org/city-nature-challenge-by-sam-kieschnick)
Our own TPWD Advisor, Sam Kieschnick, gives his always enthusiastic account of the City Nature Challenge; it’s purpose, it’s value, and it’s results.

Quarterly Volunteer Award Winner – Natha Taylor

In Jim Folger’s article (https://public.ntmn.org/natha-taylor-historic-birder) , he notes that Natha is the “gold medalist” of birding and historian duties, and scrapbook extraordinare. Read about her efforts as a NTMN since 2001.

Native Prairie Walks

This year in April and May, the annual Native Plants & Prairies Day morphed into Native Prairie Walks (https://public.ntmn.org/native-prairie-walks). Several NTMNs volunteered for this effort, and its success can be measured by the amount of attendees that appeared throughout Dallas County to learn about native plants and walked away as outdoor enthusiasts.

Fall Class Happenings

Have you heard about the new fall class at Mountain View College? Registration is open through June 20^th. A lot of hard work has gone into making this class a reality. More information here (https://public.ntmn.org/fall-class-at-mountain-view-college) .

The Media Room

Here we’ll post photos and videos and such by our great photo committee and video committee members. This issue:

Spring Big Chapter Project (https://www.flickr.com/photos/128346633@N02/albums/72157665507290577)

Native Prairie Walks (https://www.flickr.com/photos/128346633@N02/albums/72157694748953241)

Save the Date for the TMN Annual Meeting in Georgetown, Texas

Are you an active NTMN member? Save the Date for the Annual Meeting in Georgetown, October 26 – 28th.

Call for proposals has ended, but there is still time to develop your submission for scrapbook, photos, videos, and several other contests. Coming soon to the Annual Conference website (https://txmn.org/2018-annual-meeting/) .

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Parting Shot – NTMN volunteers at work at the Spring BCP.

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The Dragonflyer – Volume 73 – January/February 2018

Feb 26, 2018 | Dragonflyer Newsletters - See the Public Site

The Dragonflyer – Volume 73 – January/February is now available! This edition includes some wonderful photography by our photography committee, a recap of our annual end-of-year awards banquet, some personal narratives from those members who were awarded scholarships to attend the 2017 TMN Annual Conference, and what is ahead for our chapter in 2018.

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The Dragonflyer – Volume 72 – November/December 2017 Issue

Dec 5, 2017 | Dragonflyer Newsletters - See the Public Site

The Dragonflyer – Volume 72 – November/December 2017 is now available! Our chapter has been busy in November, and it looks like our December will end on the same note. With recaps of those activities to articles about planning ahead for 2018, here’s 21 jam-packed pages of news! See attached most recent edition of The Dragonflyer.

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The Dragonflyer – Volume 71 – September/October 2017 Issue

Oct 16, 2017 | Dragonflyer Newsletters - See the Public Site

The Dragonflyer – Volume 71 – September/October 2017 is now available! Read up on all the chapter happenings. VH opportunities, the Monarch migration, a special event partnership with Master Gardeners and Athletes for Change, a well-attended open house, and information on the upcoming Big Chapter Project on 11/11.

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The Dragonflyer – Volume 70 – July/August 2017

Aug 19, 2017 | Dragonflyer Newsletters - See the Public Site

The Dragonflyer – Volume 70 – July/August 2017 is now available!

With volunteer opportunity announcements, in-depth project highlights, and photos from our July Summer Social, there’s a little bit for everyone. Take a look:

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The Dragonflyer – Volume 69 – May/June 2017

May 31, 2017 | Dragonflyer Newsletters - See the Public Site

The Dragonflyer – Volume 69 – May/June 2017 is now available! Our chapter has been busy! Take a look:

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The Dragonflyer – Volume 68 – March/April 2017

Apr 11, 2017 | Dragonflyer Newsletters - See the Public Site

The Dragonflyer – Volume 68 – March/April 2017 now available! It’s spring and there’s lots going on and lots to do. Take a look:

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Dragonflyer 65 August/September, 2016

Sep 2, 2016 | Dragonflyer Newsletters - See the Public Site

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6:30 PM - NPAT Fort Worth Chapter Hybrid Meeting (AT)

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9:30 AM - Edible Gardening Class (AT)

5:45 AM - Lights Out Spring Bird Survey (VH)

9:00 AM - Western Heights Cemetery Volunteer Day (VH)

10:00 AM - Oak Cliff Garden Forum meeting || Sunflowers – (AT)

5:00 PM - Brookhaven College Windmill Garden (VH)

6:30 PM - Wild Ones DFW || Phenology Training - How to Use Nature's Notebook (AT)

6:30 PM - Time to Restore Workshop - Texas (Virtual) (AT)

7:00 PM - TMN North Texas chapter meeting || How iNat and Citizen Science are Changing What we Know (AT)

5:45 AM - Lights Out Spring Bird Survey (VH)

8:30 AM - Urban Riparian and Stream Restoration Training – San Antonio (AT)

8:00 AM - Clymer Meadow~The Nature Conservancy (VH)

9:00 AM - Cedar Ridge Preserve Conservation in Action (VH)

10:00 AM - Right Plant, Right Place: Indoor Environments at BRIT (AT)

5:45 AM - Lights Out Spring Bird Survey (VH)

7:00 AM - John Bunker Sands Wetland Center - Saturday Visitor Outreach (VH)

7:30 AM - John Bunker Sands Bird Tours (VH)

7:30 AM - Guided Bird Walk at Connemara Meadow (AT)

8:00 AM - Warren Ferris Cemetery Workday (VH)

8:00 AM - Beginning Birding Course at Hagerman NWR (AT)

8:00 AM - Warren Ferris Cemetery Workday (VH)

8:30 AM - Dogwood Canyon Audubon Center || First Saturday Bird Walk (AT)

9:00 AM - Friends of Oak Cliff Workday (VH)

9:00 AM - Cedar Ridge Preserve Conservation in Action (VH)

9:00 AM - Nature Journaling at Twelve Hills (AT)

9:00 AM - Grow North Texas || Beekeeping 101 with Rex & Laura (AT)

9:00 AM - Drawing in the Garden: Trial Garden (AT)

9:00 AM - Workday at Oak Cliff Nature Preserve

9:00 AM - Introduction to Dallas Museum of Natural History (AT)

9:00 AM - Northaven Trail Meadow Planting (VH)

9:00 AM - Frankford Prairie Workday (VH)

9:00 AM - Northaven Trail Workday

9:30 AM - Ned and Genie Fritz Texas Buckeye Trail Workday (VH)

10:00 AM - Palo Pinto Mountains State Park Hike (AT)

10:00 AM - Laura W Bush Native Texas Park || Guided Walk (AT)

10:00 AM - Northaven Work Day (VH)

10:00 AM - Northaven Trail Workday

10:00 AM - Prairie Fires at FWNC (AT)

11:00 AM - Dogwood Canyon Audubon Center || Golden Cheek Warbler Walks (AT)

12:00 AM - John Bunker Sands Wetland Center || 1st Saturday Walk & Talk Bird Tour (AT)

5:45 AM - Lights Out Spring Bird Survey (VH)

8:30 AM - Twelve Hills - Sunday Workdays (VH)

12:00 AM - Nature Discovery Trunk Reservations || Pollinator Trunk

5:45 AM - Lights Out Spring Bird Survey (VH)

8:30 AM - Early Birds at FWNC (AT)

9:00 AM - Lewisville Lake Environmental Learning Area (LLELA) Monday Morning Mayhem (VH)

5:45 AM - Lights Out Spring Bird Survey (VH)

7:30 AM - Lewisville Lake Environmental Learning Area Trailhead Tuesdays (VH)

8:00 AM - Texas Discovery Gardens Workday Every Tuesday from 8 to 12 (VH)

9:00 AM - Friends of Oak Cliff Workday (VH)

9:30 AM - Edible Gardening Class (AT)

7:00 PM - Preservation Society for Spring Creek Forest Virtual Meeting (AT)

5:45 AM - Lights Out Spring Bird Survey (VH)

9:00 AM - Western Heights Cemetery Volunteer Day (VH)

5:45 AM - Lights Out Spring Bird Survey (VH)

9:00 AM - Cedar Ridge Preserve Conservation in Action (VH)

5:30 PM - Dallas College Mountain View|| Nature and the Stars (AT)

5:30 PM - Nature and the Stars at Dallas College Mountain View

7:00 PM - Fort Worth Audubon Society Hybrid Meeting (AT)

12:00 AM - Nature Discovery Trunk Reservations || Pollinator Trunk

12:00 AM - Nature Discovery Trunk Reservations || Outreach Trunk

12:00 AM - Nature Discovery Trunk Reservations || Bird Trunk

5:45 AM - Lights Out Spring Bird Survey (VH)

7:00 AM - John Bunker Sands Wetland Center - Saturday Visitor Outreach (VH)

8:00 AM - White Rock Lake Shoreline Spruce Up (VH)

8:00 AM - Heard Museum || 2nd Saturday Bird Walk (AT)

8:00 AM - Beginning Birding Course at Hagerman NWR (AT)

8:00 AM - Early Bird Walk with Jack Chiles at Hagerman NWR (AT)

8:30 AM - Birding in the Park with Fort Worth Audubon Society (AT)

9:00 AM - Spring Creek Forest - 2nd Saturday Workdays (VH)

9:00 AM - Wilderness Survival 101 (AT)

9:00 AM - Friends of Oak Cliff Workday (VH)

9:00 AM - City of Garland Earth Day (VH)

9:00 AM - Keep Rowlett Beautiful Pollinator Garden Workday at Schrade Bluebonnet Park (VH)

9:00 AM - Spring Big Chapter Project: Dallas College Cedar Valley Campus

9:00 AM - BIG CHAPTER PROJECT (VH)

10:00 AM - WW Glover Cemetery Prairie Habitat Restoration (VH)

12:00 PM - Big Chapter Project Special Talk (AT)

10:00 AM - Trinity River Audubon Center Flock party (VH)

10:00 AM - Laura W Bush Native Texas Park || Guided Walk (AT)

10:00 AM - W.W.Glover Cemetery Workday (VH)

10:00 AM - Second Saturday at Hagerman NWR (AT)

10:00 AM - Kayak Tour at FWNC (AT)

10:00 AM - Mycoremediation: Decontaminate the Environment using Fungi (AT)

4:00 PM - Snakard Ranch at Chalk Mountain Prairie Tour & Mothing with Fort Worth NPAT (AT)

5:45 AM - Lights Out Spring Bird Survey (VH)

8:30 AM - Twelve Hills - Sunday Workdays (VH)

8:30 AM - Early Birds at FWNC (AT)

12:00 PM - April Mushroom Foray with North Texas Mycological Association (AT)

10:00 AM - Friends of Oak Cliff Parks || Wildflower Walk – Brian Halsell (AT) rescheduled

6:30 PM - Texas Native Cats || Ocelot Conservation and Research (AT)

5:45 AM - Lights Out Spring Bird Survey (VH)

9:00 AM - Lewisville Lake Environmental Learning Area (LLELA) Monday Morning Mayhem (VH)

9:00 AM - Ranch Management University (AT)

5:45 AM - Lights Out Spring Bird Survey (VH)

7:30 AM - Lewisville Lake Environmental Learning Area Trailhead Tuesdays (VH)

8:00 AM - Texas Discovery Gardens Workday Every Tuesday from 8 to 12 (VH)

9:00 AM - Friends of Oak Cliff Workday (VH)

9:30 AM - Edible Gardening Class (AT)

10:00 AM - Palo Pinto Mountains State Park Hike (AT)

12:00 PM - TMN Tuesdays Virtual Series || Virtual Volunteer Fair (AT)

6:00 PM - Setting Up for Success Landowner Series: Accessing Information and Resources (Virtual) (AT)

5:45 AM - Lights Out Spring Bird Survey (VH)

8:00 AM - Clymer Meadow~The Nature Conservancy (VH)

9:00 AM - Western Heights Cemetery Volunteer Day (VH)

12:00 PM - Webinar – Livestock 101: Economics and Markets

12:00 PM - Webinar – Conservation Status Evaluation of Trans-Pecos SGCN Groundwater Dependent Invertebrates (AT)

3:30 PM - Beyond Butterflies: Discovering Moths at BRIT (AT)

6:30 PM - Webinar – 21st Century Texas: Climate, Water, Science, and Society (AT)

5:45 AM - Lights Out Spring Bird Survey (VH)

7:00 AM - Outreach Trunk Reservation for TI Earth Day

7:00 AM - Trinity River Audubon Center Webinar || How to participate in the City Nature Challenge with iNaturalist (AT)

9:00 AM - Cedar Ridge Preserve Conservation in Action (VH)

9:30 AM - TMN-Elm Fork Chapter meeting || Miles and Miles of Texas: My Visit-Every-State-Park Retirement Adventure (AT)

10:00 AM - WW Glover Cemetery Prairie Habitat Restoration (VH)

10:00 AM - W.W.Glover Cemetery Workday (VH)

12:00 AM - Nature Discovery Trunk Reservations || Outreach Trunk

5:45 AM - Lights Out Spring Bird Survey (VH)

8:00 AM - Prairie Birding Walk at Sid Richardson Tract/Benbrook Lake (AT)

8:00 AM - Dallas College workshop || Building Sustainability Together (AT)

7:00 AM - John Bunker Sands Wetland Center - Saturday Visitor Outreach (VH)

7:30 AM - Trinity River Audubon Center || Morning Bird Walk (AT)

8:00 AM - Prairie Creek Marsh and Wildscape Service Day (VH)

8:00 AM - Beginning Birding Course at Hagerman NWR (AT)

8:00 AM - Texas Stream Team Standard Core Water Quality Citizen Scientist Training (AT)

9:00 AM - Friends of Oak Cliff Workday (VH)

9:00 AM - Cedar Ridge Preserve Conservation in Action (VH)

9:00 AM - Westpoint Prairie Tour and Bioblitz with Fort Worth NPAT (AT)

9:00 AM - BioBlitz with Ft Worth NPAT

9:00 AM - ITMN Wildflower Walk (AT)

9:00 AM - Tenison Park Pollinator Garden Workday (VH)

9:00 AM - Joppa Freedom Town Association Earth Day Celebration

10:00 AM - Laura W Bush Native Texas Park || Guided Walk (AT)

10:00 AM - Citizen Science iNaturalist at FWNC (AT)

10:00 AM - Northaven Trail Workday (VH)

10:00 AM - City of Dallas Water Utilities || Waterwise Seminar–Transforming your yard with Native Plants (AT)

11:00 AM - Trinity River Audubon Center Author Talk || A Charisma of Owls (AT)

11:00 AM - Audubon Dallas Webinar|| A Charisma of Owls w/ Lynn Barber (AT)

12:00 PM - Dogwood Canyon Audubon Center || Bird Watching 101 (AT)

1:00 PM - Earth Day in the Prairie Outreach Event (VH)

2:00 PM - City of Richardson || Creatures in the Garden (AT)

12:00 AM - Nature Discovery Trunk Reservation || Outreach Trunk

5:45 AM - Lights Out Spring Bird Survey (VH)

8:30 AM - Twelve Hills - Sunday Workdays (VH)

9:00 AM - LLELA || Thrive Nature Walk –(AT)

11:00 AM - Dogwood Canyon Audubon Center || Guided Tree ID Walk (AT)

11:30 AM - Oak Cliff Earth Day (VH)

1:00 PM - Tenison Park Pollinator Garden Workday (VH)

5:45 AM - Lights Out Spring Bird Survey (VH)

8:30 AM - Early Birds at FWNC (AT)

9:00 AM - Lewisville Lake Environmental Learning Area (LLELA) Monday Morning Mayhem (VH)

12:00 PM - Beyond Words: What Animals Think and Feel by Carl Safina at BRIT Reads (Hybrid) (AT)

12:00 AM - Nature Discovery Trunk Reservations || Outreach Trunk

5:45 AM - Lights Out Spring Bird Survey (VH)

7:30 AM - Lewisville Lake Environmental Learning Area Trailhead Tuesdays (VH)

8:00 AM - Texas Discovery Gardens Workday Every Tuesday from 8 to 12 (VH)

9:00 AM - Friends of Oak Cliff Workday (VH)

9:30 AM - Edible Gardening Class (AT)

3:00 PM - Urban Forest Advisory Committee (VH)

7:00 PM - TMN North Texas chapter || Naturalist Book Worm meeting (AT)

5:45 AM - Lights Out Spring Bird Survey (VH)

8:00 AM - Photographing Butterflies in the Garden (AT)

8:00 AM - Texas Riparian and Stream Ecosystem Workshop: Lake Granbury Watershed (AT)

9:00 AM - Western Heights Cemetery Volunteer Day (VH)

9:00 AM - Branching Out Dallas Park Tree Planting Tommie Allen Park (VH)

12:00 PM - Webinar – Assessment of South Texas Loma Habitat for Texas Tortoise (AT)

5:45 AM - Lights Out Spring Bird Survey (VH)

9:00 AM - Cedar Ridge Preserve Conservation in Action (VH)

10:00 AM - WW Glover Cemetery Prairie Habitat Restoration (VH)

10:00 AM - W.W.Glover Cemetery Workday (VH)

12:00 AM - Nature Discovery Trunk Reservations || Pollinator Trunk

12:00 AM - City Nature Challenge: North Texas Master Naturalist Project

5:45 AM - Lights Out Spring Bird Survey (VH)

9:00 AM - Spring Landowner Workshop – Prairie Stewardship (AT)

8:00 PM - Dogwood Canyon Audubon Center || Moth Night (AT)

7:00 AM - John Bunker Sands Wetland Center - Saturday Visitor Outreach (VH)

9:00 AM - Friends of Oak Cliff Workday (VH)

9:00 AM - Native Landscape Certification Program || NLCP Level 1- Hybrid (AT)

9:00 AM - Sid Richardson Tract Prairie Walkabout with Fort Worth NPAT (AT)

9:00 AM - Bachman Greenbelt Bioblitz (VH)

9:00 AM - Northaven Trail Meadow Workday (VH)

9:00 AM - Artists in the Wild!

9:30 AM - Ned and Genie Fritz Texas Buckeye Trail Workday (VH)

10:00 AM - Bug Fest in Grand Prairie (VH)

10:00 AM - Laura W Bush Native Texas Park || Guided Walk (AT)

12:15 PM - "Wild Cup" Bioblitz at Cedar Hill State Park (VH)

2:00 PM - All About Bats with Twelve Hills Nature Center (AT)

8:00 PM - Tandy Hills Prairie Sky/Star Party (FYI)

5:45 AM - Lights Out Spring Bird Survey (VH)

8:30 AM - Trinity Trails Bird Walk with Fort Worth Audubon (AT)

8:30 AM - Twelve Hills - Sunday Workdays (VH)

9:00 AM - Willis Winters Park Volunteer Day (VH)

9:00 AM - Trinity River Audubon Center || Sunday Morning Bird Walk (AT)

10:00 AM - Friends of Oak Cliff Parks || Herb Workshop– Oriel Brown (AT)

10:00 AM - Canoe Tour at FWNC (AT)

2:00 PM - 4th Sunday Nature Walk at Spring Creek Forest (AT)

5:45 AM - Lights Out Spring Bird Survey (VH)

9:00 AM - Lewisville Lake Environmental Learning Area (LLELA) Monday Morning Mayhem (VH)

6:00 PM - ITMN Chapter Hybrid Meeting (AT)

5:45 AM - Lights Out Spring Bird Survey (VH)

7:30 AM - Lewisville Lake Environmental Learning Area Trailhead Tuesdays (VH)

8:00 AM - Texas Discovery Gardens Workday Every Tuesday from 8 to 12 (VH)

9:00 AM - Friends of Oak Cliff Workday (VH)

9:00 AM - Fort Richardson State Park Hike (AT)

1:00 PM - Webinar – Milkweed Biodiversity: Exceptional Plants and Natural History (AT)

6:00 PM - NPSOT Cross Timbers Chapter mtg || Just Enough Latin to go Plant Shopping (AT)

5:45 AM - Lights Out Spring Bird Survey (VH)

9:00 AM - Western Heights Cemetery Volunteer Day (VH)

9:00 AM - Branching Out Dallas Park Tree Planting at Thurgood Marshall Park(VH)

12:00 PM - Webinar – Lunch and Learn Entomology Series (AT)

12:00 PM - Webinar – Reading the Leaves: Common Hardwood Tree Diseases with Foliar Symptoms (AT)

12:00 PM - Webinar – Distribution and Activity of Summer Bats in Texas (AT)

5:45 AM - Lights Out Spring Bird Survey (VH)

9:00 AM - Cedar Ridge Preserve Conservation in Action (VH)

12:00 PM - Webinar – Creating Habitat in Yards, Containers, and Other Tiny Spaces (AT)

7:30 PM - Refuge After Hours at FWNC (AT)

12:00 AM - Nature Discovery Trunk Reservation || Mammal Trunk

12:00 AM - Nature Discovery Trunk Reservations || Prairie Trunk

12:00 AM - Nature Discovery Trunk Reservations || Bird Trunk

12:00 AM - Nature Discovery Trunk Reservations || Pollinator Trunk

12:00 AM - Nature Discovery Trunk Reservations || Herbarium Trunk

5:45 AM - Lights Out Spring Bird Survey (VH)

12:00 AM - Dogwood Canyon Audubon Center || First Saturday Bird Walk (AT)

7:00 AM - John Bunker Sands Wetland Center - Saturday Visitor Outreach (VH)

7:30 AM - John Bunker Sands Bird Tours (VH)

7:30 AM - John Bunker Sands Wetland Center || 1st Saturday Walk & Talk Bird Tour (AT)

8:00 AM - Warren Ferris Cemetery Workday (VH)

8:00 AM - Wildlife Track and Sign Certification (AT)

9:00 AM - Friends of Oak Cliff Workday (VH)

9:00 AM - Cedar Ridge Preserve Conservation in Action (VH)

9:00 AM - Grow North Texas || Beekeeping 101 with Rex & Laura (AT)

9:00 AM - Celebrate Oak Cliff Nature Preserve's Birthday with a Workday!

9:00 AM - Flint Knapping (AT)

10:00 AM - Native Plants and Prairies Day (VH)

10:00 AM - Native Plants and Prairies Day

10:00 AM - Laura W Bush Native Texas Park || Guided Walk (AT)

Lights Out Spring Bird Survey (VH)

March 29, 2026

5:45 am - 8:00 am

Lights Out Bird Monitoring Join the Texas Conservation Alliance and partners to help monitor downtown Dallas for bird/building strikes during the spring migration. All data...