2016
ANNUAL PLANT SALE
Trinity Forks Chapter
Native Plant Society of Texas
When: April 2nd 10am to 1pm
Where: Parking lot, Home Depot, 852
Long Prairie Road, Flower Mound
What: 1,100 Native Plants, both
nursery -grown and member-donated
20 volunteers to answer your
questions about gardening with
native plants
For further information, contact Rodney Barton 940-321-6526 or Fonda Fox 940-627-2343
Hard to “out skunk” a squirrel—photos
from Dorothy Thetford
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Animal Facts to Amaze You
Bears can sense food from 18 miles away;
Giraffes usually sleep for about 20 min. a day;
A shark does not have any bones - its skeleton is made entirely of cartilage;
A skunk's spray can be smelled by humans from a mile away;
The only mammal physically incapable of jumping is the elephant;
Bats are the only mammals that can fly;
Bees can find the most efficient route between flowers faster than a supercomputer;
Dogs often contagiously yawn after seeing a person yawn;
Scientists identify about 15,000 new species each year;
Crows can remember individual human faces for years after an encounter
http://www.wisegeek.com/these-10-animal-facts-will-amaze-you
Send your idea for Last Word to: [email protected]
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Texas A&M AgriLIFE Extension
WHO WE ARE
Our mission. . . ”to develop a corps of well-informed volunteers who
provide education, outreach, and service dedicated to the
beneficial management of natural resources and natural areas within our community”
Our vision. . .
Elm Fork Chapter
Texas A&M AgriLIFE Extension
Joseph A. Carroll Building
401 W. Hickory Street
Denton, TX 76201—9026
940-349-2883
“In our community, Elm Fork Chapter of the Texas
Master Naturalist program will be recognized as a
primary source of information, education and service to support natural resources
and natural areas today and in the future.”
We’re on the web:
www.txmn.org/elmfork
Board of Directors
PRESIDENT—Ray Kreutzfeld
Hope your boxes are
ready— w. odum
IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT—Jan
Deatherage
VICE-PRESIDENT—Sharon Clark
SECRETARY—Mary Morrow
TREASURER—Don Fikes
CLASS REPRESENTATIVE—Becky Bertoni
MEMBER-at-LARGE—Bill Coleman
COMMITTEES:
Communication: e-mail Donna Wolfe; website
Martha Peet; Naturalist News Wanda Odum
Opportunities: Susan Myers
Publicity: Sheri Bratton
Training: Cindy Maloney
ADVISORS:
Janet Laminack, Extension Agent
TPWD—Ricardo Torres
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Monthly Chapter Meetings
9:30 a.m. preceded by a social time at 9:00 a.m. on the third Thursday of each month. Chapter meetings are open to the public.
Next meeting will be March 17, 2016,
at the Elections Building.
Speaker: Cullen Hanks, TPWD Texas Nature Tracker Program
(Austin), Texas Horned Lizards and Herps in the area
701 Kimberly Drive, Denton, TX 76208
Elections /Technical Building
Denton County Admin Complex
Board Meetings
The Board meets each second Thursday of the month
at 9:30 a.m. The Board last met March 10, 2016. Next
monthly Board meeting is April 14, 2016.
Board meetings are open to members.
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