Flora and Fauna of Ellis and Navarro counties, Texas's Boletim

Arquivos de periódicos de junho 2018

04 de junho de 2018

MAMMAL SKINS AND SKULLS

Monday – June 25, 2018
MAMMAL SKINS AND SKULLS

Location: First United Methodist Church
505 W. Marvin Ave., Waxahachie, TX
Family Life Center - Gathering Room

Indian Trail Chapter, Texas Master Naturalist
· 6:00 PM - Business Meeting
· 7:00 PM - Program by Gwen Eishen - Educator for the Texas Wildlife Association and Certified Texas

Master Naturalist

Gwen Eishen’s presentation will explore identification and specialized adaptations of native Texas mammals with animal skulls and skins, all while learning about the animal’s habitat, food sources, and adaptations for survival.

Gwen is a Texas native, growing up in Duncanville with Ten Mile Creek in her back yard. She found her love of wildlife while being part of the last generation who got to grow up playing outside in the woods and creeks. She has a bachelor’s degree from Texas A &M University – Commerce in Wildlife Conservation. Since 2012, she has worked as an outdoor educator for many local natural resources organizations. She completed two animal behavior research internships in 2013; African Elephants with the Dallas Zoo and Asiatic Black Bears with the Bear Trust International. She is currently an Educator for the Texas Wildlife Association, teaching students and training teachers in Collin, Dallas, Denton, and Tarrant Counties.

Indian Trail Chapter is part of the statewide Texas Master Naturalist Volunteer Program of the Texas Parks & Wildlife Department and the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service.

The Mission …to develop a corps of well-informed volunteers to provide education, outreach,
and service dedicated to the beneficial management of natural resources and natural areas
within their communities for the State of Texas.

This program is part of a series of “no cost” “open to the public” Master Naturalist programs offered the fourth Monday (generally) of each month, 7:00 – 8:00 p.m. Please bring a friend! For more information, please call the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension at 972-825-5175 or email: information@itmnc.com

Posted on 04 de junho de 2018, 10:08 PM by cgritz cgritz | 0 comentários | Deixar um comentário

19 de junho de 2018

UPDATING THE PROJECT

Hello to all our members for the Flora and Fauna of Ellis and Navarro counties, Texas!

I'm considering dropping this traditional project in favor of the new collection project. To that end, I've set up a companion collection project for Ellis and Navarro Counties, https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/indian-trail-flora-and-fauna-project

Please check it out and click the "follow" button on the page to receive updates in the News section. It should show up in your project list then, too.

The advantage of a collection project is that it automatically collects all the observations that meet the project rules. Traditional projects like this one (Flora and Fauna of Ellis and Navarro counties, Texas) don't, and all observations must be added either by the observer or one at a time by someone else. And we've had a huge influx of observations in our two counties! Great news! But so much so, that currently I'm about 2,250 observations behind in adding the new ones in. Unfortunately this can't be done all at once, but just one at a time.

So, please compare the two projects, this one and the new one and let me know what you think. Do you like the new look, the ease of going through the observations, the species list, the stats, etc. Or do you like this older style better? And if you do, please tell me why.

Thanks, I'm looking forward to your input.

Carolyn
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Posted on 19 de junho de 2018, 06:03 PM by cgritz cgritz | 2 comentários | Deixar um comentário