Help, we have an injured owl in our yard! What can we do? If you live in North Texas, you call the Blackland Prairie Raptor Center (BPRC) at 972-442-7607. The BPRC is a wildlife rehabilitation facility licensed to care exclusively for injured raptors, i.e., eagles, hawks, owls, ospreys, kites, and other birds of prey. To find out what might happen to our hypothetical injured owl, come to the next meeting of the Texas Master Naturalist Blackland Prairie Chapter on Tuesday, February 11, 2020 for a Naturalist Talk featuring Erich Neupert, Executive Director of the BPRC. As executive director, Neupert is the permitted rehabilitator responsible for overseeing all aspects of the center from rehabilitation and education to fundraising and expanding public awareness of the BPRC. The center receives an average of 600 patients each year. So, finding an injured owl or other raptor is not an isolated event. A brief Chapter meeting will begin at 7:00 PM, followed by Neupert’s Naturalist Talk. This is a free event and non-members are invited to attend. For directions to the Heard Museum visit www.bptmn.org. For more information please email [email protected].
The Blackland Prairie Chapter is one of 48 recognized Texas Master Naturalist chapters throughout the State. Our chapter meets in McKinney Texas on the second Tuesday of each month and draws members from communities in Collin and Hunt counties and adjacent areas. The goal of the Texas Master Naturalist program is to provide an opportunity for concerned adult citizens of all ages to learn about the natural environment and use this knowledge to provide volunteer service in the form of community education, conservation, restoration, and demonstration projects. The Texas Master Naturalist program began in 1998 as a joint effort between Texas Parks and Wildlife Department and Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Services.
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