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INDIAN TRAIL CHAPTER, TEXAS MASTER NATURALIST – 2015 TRAINING CLASS – WAXAHACHIE, TX
APPLICATION DEADLINE: August 19, 2015
CLASSES BEGIN: September 15, 2015

“Master Naturalist 2015 Annual Training Class”

Indian Trail Chapter, Texas Master Naturalist will hold their Annual Training Classes on Tuesdays, 6:00 to 9:00 p.m., from September 15 to November 17. 2015 at First United Methodist Church Family Life Center, 505 West Marvin Avenue, Waxahachie. The Texas Master Naturalist Program is co-sponsored by the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service and the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. Applications are due by August 19, 2015. For more information and to receive an Application, please e-mail training@itmnc.com or ellis-tx@tamu.edu, or contact the AgriLife Extension Service Office by phone: 972-825-5175.

AUGUST 24, 2015 Indian Trail Chapter monthly program, free and open to the public:

Location: First United Methodist Church

505 W. Marvin Ave., Waxahachie, TX

Family Life Center - Gathering Room

7:00 PM - Program by Randy Johnson, President – Dallas Chapter of the
Native Plant Society of Texas

Pollinators and Native Plants - An Ancient Marriage

Randy Johnson is the past Director of Horticulture at Texas Discovery Gardens and he currently serves as the Horticulture Manager at the Dallas Zoo. From Mesquite, TX, Randy attended Texas A&M University where he earned a degree in Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences. He is the current president of the Dallas Chapter of the Native Plant Society of Texas and also has a personal business - Randy Johnson Organics, through which he grows and sells native plants and offers consultations on various environmental topics.

In his presentation titled “Pollinators and Natives - An Ancient Marriage” Randy emphasizes the fact that pollinators and flowering plants co-evolved with and for each other. The need to create and maintain pollinator habitat is discussed with examples of native genera offered. Diversity is the keyword and its importance to the maintenance of natural systems is highlighted.

AUGUST 24, 2015 Indian Trail Chapter monthly program, free and open to the public:

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

7:00 PM - Program by Randy Johnson, President – Dallas Chapter of the
Native Plant Society of Texas

Pollinators and Native Plants - An Ancient Marriage

Randy Johnson is the past Director of Horticulture at Texas Discovery Gardens and he currently serves as the Horticulture Manager at the Dallas Zoo. From Mesquite, TX, Randy attended Texas A&M University where he earned a degree in Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences. He is the current president of the Dallas Chapter of the Native Plant Society of Texas and also has a personal business - Randy Johnson Organics, through which he grows and sells native plants and offers consultations on various environmental topics.

In his presentation titled “Pollinators and Natives - An Ancient Marriage” Randy emphasizes the fact that pollinators and flowering plants co-evolved with and for each other. The need to create and maintain pollinator habitat is discussed with examples of native genera offered. Diversity is the keyword and its importance to the maintenance of natural systems is highlighted.

Indian Trail Chapter's next program will be
An Introduction to Dragonflies and Damselflies, presented by Omar Bocanegra, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

Date: September 28, 2015
Time: 7:00 p.m.
Location: First United Methodist Church
505 W. Marvin Avenue, Waxahachie, TX
Family Life Center Gathering Room
Free and open to the public, please join us and bring a friend!

Omar Bocanegra is a wildlife biologist for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's Arlington, Texas Field Office. He will present the biology and life history of dragonflies and damselflies, along with a short look at some of the common species in Texas.

Omar has worked for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for over 16 years on endangered species issues, as well as fish and aquatic insect studies. He received both his Bachelor of Science in Environmental Biology and Master of Science in Biology from the University of Texas at Arlington. His Master's research focused on sexual selection in the Desert Firetail damselfly.

The 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. For more information on the Texas Master Naturalist program, here is a link: http://txmn.org/ .