March Meeting Annoucements

March Meeting
The program this month gave us an overview of poison ivy. Amy Martin described how to avoid contact with poison ivy and how to minimize the symptoms of the rash once the itching and inflammation sets in..  Learn more from Amy Martin’s website and take a look at her book Itchy Business: How to Treat the Poison Ivy and Poison Oak Rash, Prevent Exposure and Eradicate the Plant.

See all March Announcements: March_2017_Meeting_All_AnnouncementsV3S

Pemberton Big Springs Conservation Easement
We have a Native Plants and Grasses Planting Day at Pemberton Big Spring on March 11. This event has been postponed after feral hogs ripped up the turf; they trapped and removed dozens of hogs in December and January. We have over 600 native grasses, milkweeds, and wildflowers to plant as well some invasives to remove. We will be there from nine to noon on Saturday morning. If you haven’t been there before or would like to learn more about the Pemberton Big Springs Conservation Easement, there will be an orientation at 8 a.m. that you should find very interesting.  See the calendar for more information.

Native Plants and Prairies Day
The page on the NTMN website is now active. Links are provided so you may learn more about:  Exhibitors, Sponsors, Walk leaders, Speakers and Artists.  Access to the NPPD page is from the NPPD tab on the Public website.

Meet the 10 People Protecting Dallas’ Natural Gifts
This article in the Wild Dallas D Magazine should be familiar to you; five of the ten people are Master Naturalists.  Click here to get to the article.

NTMN Chapter Meeting for April 5, 2017
The meeting place for the April meeting is:
Mountain View College
4849 W. Illinois Ave.
Dallas, TX 75211

We will have more information about the room that we will use later this month. I have attached the latest calendar for board and chapter meetings (the only change from prior calendar is the April meeting at Mountain View College).
Meetings calendar: NTMN Board _Chapter Meetings_2017_Locations_Version_3

For up-to-date information about NTMN activities refer to the calendar on the members website.

Thanks for your participation,

Bruce Stewart
President
North Texas Master Naturalist