Attend a town hall meeting to add your input on the city’s budget for the Fiscal Year 2023-24. See dates and locations on website link below.
Aug 15 2023
City of Dallas: Budget Town Hall Meetings - Dallas (Aug. 10-24)
Texas Plant Conservation: Conference 2023 - Fort Worth (Aug. 14-15)
The Texas Plant Conservation Conference is a professional-level meeting serving scientists, land managers, state and federal agencies, local governments, and other professionals with an interest in plant conservation in Texas and adjacent regions. Conference attendees explore current research and conservation projects on rare plants, native plant communities, plant monitoring methods and plant management practices for native Texas plants. This conference is ideal for conservation organizations, agencies, academics, and members of the public interested in native plant conservation.
Registration open until July 15.
Tarrant County Commissioners Court: Texas Solar for All Vote - Fort Worth
The Tarrant County Commissioners Court will vote Tuesday on whether to join other Texas cities in competing for a $400 million solar grant. The measure failed last month.
Anyone who’s interested in speaking at the Tarrant County Commissioners Court meeting or submitting a public comment, should sign up here.
Lights Out Texas: Fall Migration (Aug. 15 - Nov. 30)
Lights Out Texas is a campaign to turn off lights at night between 11 p.m. and 6 a.m. during spring and fall wildbird migrations to help protect nocturnally migrating birds.
Originally launched in 2017 by Houston Audubon, Lights Out Texas has grown statewide and is facilitated by Audubon Texas in collaboration with conservation non-profits, universities, governmental organizations and Texans dedicated to the conservation of birds.
The full fall migration starts Aug. 15 and ends on Nov. 30.
The peak fall migration is Sept. 6 through Oct. 29.