TMN presenter highlighting amphibians
Christ Distel will present “Hidden Marvels: The Amphibians of Texans” at the next meeting of the Texas Master Naturalist’s Hill Country Chapter on Monday, May 22.
The meeting is free to the public and will also feature an advanced training session. The meeting can be attended virtually or in person at the Guadalupe Basin Natural Resources Center, 125 Lehmann Drive, Suite 100, in Kerrville.
Pre-registration is required to attend the chapter meeting session via Zoom and can bodne at us02web.zoom.us/meeting/ register/tZUsd-iurj0jGdJOy-34JNLw3_4gHfEYym-2K.
You will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
Doors open at the Guadalupe Basin Natural Resources Center at 6 p.m. for snacks and socializing.
A short business meeting will be held at 6:30 p.m., and the Advanced Training session is from 7:10 p.m. Chris Distel is a Professor of Biology and Field Station Director at Schreiner University. His research and teaching in ecology and conservation span many groups of species, but he considers himself primarily a herpetologist.
Many of his published experiments evaluate the effects of pesticides interacting with competition in amphibians. He has served as editor for Journal of Herpetology and a board member for the Society for Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry South Central Chapter, as well as Riverside Nature Center in Kerrville.
Chris loves teaching through research. He lives in Kerrville with his amazing wife Sarah and their three intrepid children.
The Texas Master Naturalist Hill Country Chapter is one of 48 regional Texas Master Naturalist volunteer corps and includes 10 counties: Bandera, Edwards, Gillespie, Kendall, Kerr, Kimble, Mason, Menard, Real and San Saba.
Members receive comprehensive training in natural resource management specific to the Texas Hill Country and volunteer in a wide variety of community projects.
For information about the chapter and how to become a Texas Master Naturalist, visit txmn.org/hillcountry.