March 2 – Spring Symposium – Join virtually or in person at Ladybird Johnson Wildflower Center in Austin! Registration is now open. For event details and registration click here.
March 5- Chapter Meeting at Cibolo Nature Center Auditorium – 6:00pm – Social Time; 6:45pm – Chapter Announcements, followed by the Speaker
Speakers: Rufus Stephens and Jan Wrede. Rufus is a Certified Wildlife Biologist and educator. He has worked as a wildlife biologist for 35 years, 23 years with TPWD. Rufus is one of the founders of the Texas Master Naturalist program and in recognition for this accomplishment was a corecipient of the Wildlife Management Institute’s award for Innovation. Jan is a non-fiction writer and environmental educator. She worked for 19 years as the director of education and citizen science at the Cibolo Nature Center and wrote weekly nature columns for the local newspapers. She also was a secondary science teacher for 15 years.
Topic: Land Stewardship for Birds and the Importance of Native Plant Communities. Fifty years of data indicate that bird populations are declining at alarming rates. Birds have declined in all major habitats most often because of habitat destruction or degradation. What you do with your land can restore and enhance native plant communities needed to produce the cover, food, and water needed for thriving bird populations. The presentation will focus on why native plant communities are key to healthy bird populations and what you can do to help.
March 8 – 9:00am – Noon – Second Saturday Workday at Cibolo Nature Center Demonstration Gardens.
Please bring work gloves, hat, water, sun and insect protection.
April 2 – Chapter Meeting at Cibolo Nature Center Auditorium – 6:00pm – Social Time; 6:45pm – Chapter Announcements, followed by the Speaker
Speaker: Ryan Bass
Topic: TBA
April 13 – 9:00am – Noon – Second Saturday Workday at Cibolo Nature Center Demonstration Gardens.
Please bring work gloves, hat, water, sun and insect protection
April 20 – Spring Plant Sale – Herff Farm Teaching Barn
May 7 – Chapter Meeting at Cibolo Nature Center Auditorium – 6:00pm – Social Time; 6:45pm – Chapter Announcements, followed by the Speaker
Speaker: John Benedict, a retired Texas A&M Entomology professor whose specialty was Insect Pest Management, has been working since 2010 with professional archeologists to investigate prehistoric archeology sites.
Topic: Native plants Used by Prehistoric Peoples of Texas and the USA
May 11 – 9:00am – Noon – Second Saturday Workday at Cibolo Nature Center Demonstration Gardens.
Please bring work gloves, hat, water, sun and insect protection
June 4 – 6:00pm – Chapter Pot Luck Dinner – Cibolo Nature Center Auditorium
