Aug 1 2024

Fielder Museum: The Seashores of Ancient Arlington - Arlington (July 21 - Sept 28)

Jul 21 2024 - 11:00am to Sep 28 2024 - 3:00pm

Fielder Museum

1616 W. Abram

Arlington , TX

The Seashores of Ancient Arlington: A Rich Fossil Record exhibit will run daily from July 21 to the end of September and will feature fossil displays and special presentations on Arlington's unique significance in Texas geology and paleontology.

Opening Day Reception: Sunday, July 21, at 2 p.m. Special presentation and fossil showing by Art Sahlstein, discoverer of the Arlington Archosaur Site.

The museum is open 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday and other times by appointment. Admission is $5 for ages 12 and over. Free for children under 12.

Info: [email protected]

Event Website:

https://www.facebook.com/events/287311974426835/?acontext=%7B%22event_action_his…

U.S. Green Building Council: Women in Green Luncheon - Austin, Dallas, El Paso, Houston, San Antonio

Aug 1 2024 - 8:00am

TBA Austin, Dallas, El Paso, Houston, San Antonio , TX

See map: Google Maps

Save the date for the statewide Women in Green luncheon, featuring Keynote Speaker Lucia Athens, author of The Sustainability Revolutionists.

This year our WIG event will be held simultaneously in all five USGBC Texas Regions, connected via webcast to create one big Texas event. In-person gatherings will be held in the following Regions (exact locations and registration details to be announced soon):

• Central Region - Indeed Tower Conference Center

• Gulf Coast Region - Gensler Houston

• North Region - Beck Imaginarium

• South Region - Lake|Flato Architects

• West Region - Center for Civic Empowerment

Any person who supports and promotes the leadership of women in the field of sustainability is welcome to attend the Women in Green luncheon.

Event Website:

https://usgbctexas.org/event-5733182

Native Plant Society of Texas, North Central Chapter: The Inner Workings of Vegetative Diversity: Monocots, Dicots & Beyond - Fort Worth

Aug 1 2024 - 6:30pm

Fort Worth Botanic Garden

3220 Botanic Garden Rose Room

Fort Worth , TX

See map: Google Maps

The Inner Workings of Vegetative Diversity: Monocots, Dicots & Beyond

Speaker: Taylor Garrison, TPWD Biologist

It has long been known that healthy ecosystems thrive from and by diversity. The needs of wildlife include food, water and shelter. Plants provide all three. But to take it further, there are specifics in the relationships between which types of plants, what other living things rely on or interact with plants, and the arrangement of plants that can affect the ecological health of an area.

The fun part? The "area" can be your quarter acre pocket prairie or a 10,000-acre ranch or preserve. The tools are all the same in interpreting and managing a prairie regardless of size. The recipe though can be different. This presentation will broadly cover what prairies area, what they need to function, the importance of monocots (aka grasses and such), forb diversity and their importance, woody species (the good, bad, and ugly), and lastly genetics of prairie plant species and we can help.

Taylor Garrison is a private lands biologist with TPWD covering Dallas, Ellis, Kaufman, Navarro and Freestone Counties.

Event Website:

https://www.npsot.org/chapters/north-central/

TCEQ: Public Meeting on Rock & Concrete Crushing Facility Permit - Sherman

Aug 1 2024 - 7:00pm

Kidd Key Auditorium

400 N Elm Street

Sherman , TX

See map: Google Maps

A Permanent Concrete Crushing Facility is seeking to establish itself in Grayson County on S. Fannin Avenue, just outside the city limits of Sherman and Denison. This location, east of Texoma Medical Center and close to Downtown Denison, is currently home to a sand and gravel pit operated by North Texas Natural Select Materials (NTNSM). The constant traffic of large trucks from this site has already taken a toll on local roads, which will worsen if the concrete crusher is approved.

Texoma Residents Against the Concrete Crusher (TRACC) has organized to oppose the concrete crusher project, citing concerns about particulate air pollution from concrete crushing, emissions and safety risks associated with heavy trucks, potential groundwater contamination, and the overall deterioration of local quality of life. We are deeply concerned that this facility could pose significant health risks for people living or working within miles of the proposed site.

You may submit public comment or attend the public meeting.

See nodenisoncrusher.org or TRACC Facebook page

Event Website:

https://www.nodenisoncrusher.org/public-meeting-1