Oct 18 2024

Lights Out Texas: Fall Migration Season - Texas (Aug. 15-Nov. 30)

Aug 15 2024 - 11:00pm to Nov 30 2024 - 6:00am
Statewide TX

Lights Out Texas organizers ask that residents, building managers and businesses turn off their outdoor lights from 11 p.m. till 6 a.m. from Aug. 15 to Nov. 30 to prevent bird deaths. Outdoor lighting distracts and confuses migrating birds who typically fly at night.

Peak fall migration season is Sept. 5 to Oct. 29.

NPSOT & TPWF: Native Plant Promotion - Select H-E-B Stores (Oct. 16-Oct. 30)

Oct 16 2024 - 11:00am to Oct 30 2024 - 2:00pm
Select H-E-B stores TX

From Oct. 16-30, 200-plus H-E-B stores will offer a wide selection of native plants, including stores in Allen, Burleson, Cleburne, Ennis, Frisco, Fort Worth (Alliance), Granbury, Hudson Oaks, Mansfield, McKinney and Stephenville.

In celebration of Texas Native Plant Week, the nonprofit Native Plant Society of Texas will table and educate customers, at select H-E-B stores, about Texas native plants.

In addition, a Texas Parks and Wildlife Foundation Pollinators & Prairies Seed Giveaway will be held on Oct. 19, 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. 

See participating H-E-B stores.

Twelve Hills Natural Area: Full Moon Walk & Talk - Dallas

Oct 18 2024 - 7:00pm to 9:00pm
Twelve Hills Nature Center
817 Mary Cliff Rd
Dallas , TX

Take a walk in the Full Moon light with Amy Martin, the Moonlady and author of Wild DFW: Explore the Amazing Nature Around Dallas-Fort Worth. We’ll recreate the hike from Wild DFW’s "After Dark" chapter with Marcie Haley and Kristi Kerr Leonard.

But first, let’s talk poetic about Moon, how the lunar phases affect our mood and shape wildlife’s activities. Attendees acting as the Sun, Earth, and Moon, attendees will embody the lunar phases to show how they’re created as Amy explains the pertinent points of each one. Plus why life on Earth owes its existence to the Moon and synchrony.

Then off on a night hike with breaks for discussing the qualities of moonlight and why the Moon moves us so deeply. Plus plenty of Moon-shadow dancing and Moon song singing. Bring ultraviolet lights to see lichens glow!