Diario del proyecto Flora and Fauna of Ellis and Navarro counties, Texas

Monday – January 23, 2017
“Prairielands Groundwater Conservation District Outreach Program and Water Education Trailer”
Location: First United Methodist Church
505 W. Marvin Ave., Waxahachie, TX
Family Life Center - Gathering Room
Indian Trail Chapter, Texas Master Naturalist

7:00 PM - Program by Karen Siddall – Public Relations & Education
Administrator for Prairielands Groundwater Conservation
District; Cleburne, TX; and Texas Master Naturalist

January’s program will feature the Prairielands GCD Outreach Program and Water Education Trailer – a discussion of the district’s growing outreach and education activities for schools and community organizations, with a short video about the district and a tour of the trailer and its exhibits.
Karen Siddall retired from the City of Irving after almost 20 years as the stormwater program coordinator and more than 34 years in municipal service in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex. She currently serves as the Public Relations and Education Administrator for the Prairielands Groundwater Conservation District covering Ellis, Hill, Johnson, and Somervell counties. She is a Texas Master Naturalist, Rio Brazos Chapter. Additionally, she has been a volunteer water monitor and trainer with the Texas Stream Team program for 21 years. She has a Bachelor of Science and Master of Arts in Criminal Justice with a minor in Biology.

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.
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

Monday – February 27, 2017

“HARVESTING NATIVE TEXAS PLANT SEEDS”

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 Randy Johnson, President – Dallas Chapter of the

Native Plant Society of Texas

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.

Randy will provide an instructional presentation on harvesting seeds of native plants for use in your home landscape."

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.
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