Past News & Events

June 5, 2018 - San Antonio, TX

“The Monarch Conservation Movement”,

by Katie Boyer

The San Antonio NPAT Chapter welcomes Ms. Katie Boyer to our Monthly Meeting

Tuesday, beginning at 7:00pm

At the City of San Antonio’s Lions Field Adult and Senior Center. 

Welcome Katie Boyer!
Katie serves as the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Southwest Region’s Monarch Outreach Specialist, in the Austin Ecological Services Field Office. In this role, Katie coordinates monarch butterfly conservation efforts with a variety of partners and leads outreach efforts to increase awareness of monarch and pollinator decline.  Katie holds a Bachelor of Science in Resource Conservation from the University of Montana and a Master of Natural Resources in Environmental Policy from Utah State University.

OUR AGENDA
7:00 to 7:10pm: Welcome by Don Kirchoff
7:10 to 8:10pm: “The Monarch Conservation Movement” by Katie Boyer.
This presentation will cover monarch biology and the conservation movement to recover the beloved insect.
STATISTIC: The eastern migratory population of the monarch butterfly has declined by 80-90 percent in the past 20 years, which has prompted an international movement to conserve this majestic species.
8:10 to 8:30pm: Q&A and Announcements

July 7-10, 2018 - Houston, TX

2018 North American Prairie Conference

From the Gulf Coast to Canada, tallgrass prairie extends through North America.  Come see and learn about our unique coastal prairies!

NPAT is proud to cohost this event: Saturday, 8:00am - Tuesday, 5:00pm

University of Houston - Clear Lake, 2700 Bay Area Blvd, Houston, TX 77058-1002

The initial schedule is as follows:
Saturday, July 7: Arrival, Vendor & Exhibitor Setup
Sunday, July 8:  Opening; Sessions
Monday, July 9:  Field Trips
Tuesday, July 10: Sessions; Closing

(Monitor this site - more details will be shared as they become available.)

 

April 3, 2018 - San Antonio, TX

San Antonio NPAT Chapter Monthly Meeting

Tuesday, 7-8:30pm

Lions Field Adult & Senior Center, Community Rm., 2809 Broadway, San Antonio.

Martin Reid, Consultant, “Birds, Bugs and Beyond..”

     
Hummingbird moth Hyles lineata dining on an         Black-chinned hummingbird Archilochus alexandri
American Basket-flower Centaurea americana          female feeding on Prairie Paintbrush Castilleja
Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center                      purpurea Getty Images

• Please make this entry on your calendar for the FIRST TUESDAY in APRIL and join us in downtown San Antonio! (The drive will DEFINITELY be worth the time.) Spring is definitely here, and the timing is perfect for Mr. Reid’s visit and presentation!
• Martin Reid, who bases his consulting business in San Antonio, describes his website, www.martinreid.com: “This all about Nature. The primary theme is the identification and distribution of wild creatures, and the main focus is birds - with a strong secondary focus on butterflies and dragonflies.”
(His philosophy is ‘right up NPAT’s alley!)
• Mr. Reid has lived and birded in Texas for 27 years, and offers bird survey services to landowners, businesses, and governmental organizations. In particular he has experience with assisting landowners prepare a management plan for switching from an agricultural tax exemption to a wildlife tax exemption, plus providing any bird-related activities included in such plans.  Martin also surveys butterflies and dragonflies.

OUR AGENDA
7:00 to 7:10pm: Welcome by Don Kirchoff
7:10 to 8:10pm: Presentation by Martin Reid
8:10 to 8:30pm: Q&A and Announcements

February 12, 2018 - Fort Worth, TX

Fort Worth Chapter Meet-up!

Monday, from 6:30pm – 8pm

“The Upper Whites Branch Stream and Prairie Restoration” at Bluestem Park, Chris Hamilton, Peloton Land Solutions
We are very excited about our new meet-up location -  it’s a LEED certified building! (Look for the wind turbine!)  SETC Fusion and Parking- map Location is: 5301 Campus Drive in Fort Worth: Tarrant County College – South Campus in the Center of Excellence for Energy Technology

February 17, 2018 - Dallas, TX

“Work Morning” at Boy Scout Hill

(This replaces Dallas Chapter’s February Monthly Meeting)

White Rock Lake, Dallas!

Saturday, 9 -10:30am, Weather permitting!

Boy Scout Hill, the prairie at the SW corner of Mockingbird & Buckner, is possibly THE MOST VISIBLE BLACKLAND PRAIRIE ‘REMNANT’ in Dallas!... due to its location at the corner of two large thoroughfares. Let’s help it look the best it can!  Photo by Kat T.
• We will identify spring growth, clean up trash as needed, and start pulling Queen Anne’s lace.
• This workday is approved for North Texas Master Naturalist Hours.
• FOR MORE INFO,  call:Leigh Ann Ellis, 214.321.7159
DIRECTIONS:
• Access from eastbound Mockingbird, turn on East Lawther; take first left in parking lot.
OR
• take East Lawther exit from westbound Mockingbird, turn left on East Lawther, go to stop sign, take left to top of hill and a right into the parking lot.

CANCELLED-February 28, 2018 - Houston, TX

UPDATE!!! Due to circumstances beyond our control, tonight’s meeting has been cancelled. We apologize for the inconvenience.

HNPAT Chapter Welcomes Jim Blackburn!

Wednesday from 6:30-8:30pm

HNPAT Monthly Chapter meets at Cherie Flores Garden Pavillion at Hermann Park, 1500 Hermann Drive, Houston, TX 77004

This month we have the honor of hosting Jim Blackburn, an environmental lawyer and planner, co-director of the SSPEED Center at Rice University, Professor in the Practice of Environmental Law in the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department at Rice and author of A Texan Plan for the Texas Coast, (forthcoming, November 2017, Texas A&M University Press).

He will be discussing the “Texas Coastal Exchange”, a system developed at the Severe Storm Prevention, Education and Evacuation from Disaster (“SSPEED”) Center at Rice University, for buying and selling ecological services such as carbon sequestration, water supply enhancement, flood mitigation and fish and wildlife enhancement.

Restoration of coastal and inland prairies is a key driver of Texas Coastal Exchange, and this restoration along with certain grazing techniques could revolutionize conservation thinking as well as the farm and ranch economy and the oil and gas industry.

February 28 - March 2, 2018 - Austin, TX

2018 Texas Land Conservation Conference

Wednesday thru Friday

Location: Hilton - Austin Airport Hotel
Visit: TLTC for more info on the event, how to become a sponsor or exhibitor, and the detailed Conference Agenda.
  “Working to Strengthen & Advance Texas Land Trusts”—2018 marks fifteen years since the Council was established as a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, an independent association for all Texas land trusts. 

March 3, 2018 - Fort Parker State Park, Mexia, TX

REGISTER ONLINE NOW!

NPAT members; current & future Chapter Leaders!

Learn about chapter-formation & more!

March 4, 2018 - Needville, TX

Pollinator Plant Propagation Workshop

Sunday, 10am-3pm

CoSponsors: HNPAT and TPWD

REGISTER NOW 

Take a drive to beautiful Brazos Bend State Park
Dining Hall, 21901 FM 762 Rd, Needville, TX 77461.

• Please join HNPAT, Morningstar Nursery and Monarch Gateway to learn prairie plant propagation for pollinators.
• Prairie Seekers Training

 

March 6, 2018 - San Antonio, TX

San Antonio Chapter Meeting

Tuesday, 7:00- 8:30pm

We Welcome, Janis K. Bush, Ph.D.

“Monarch / Milkweed Survey results; planting nectar food plants near areas of milkweeds.”

 

Monarchs on Milkweed by Patricia A. Wood, Photographer, NWF

Dr. Bush is Chair of the Department of Environmental Science and Ecology; Professor of Environmental Science at UT San Antonio’s College of Sciences. She is also Director of: “Teaching and Research in Environmental Ecology” (TREE) and “Educating Youth in Ecology” (EYE).

OUR AGENDA:
7:00 to 7:10pm: Welcome by Don Kirchoff
7:10 to 8:00pm: Presentation by Janis K. Bush, Ph.D.
8:00 to 8:30pm: Q&A and Announcements
Location: Lions Field Adult & Senior Center, Community Room, 2809 Broadway, San Antonio, TX

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