Our Chapter Advisor, Javier de Leon, was the recipient of the TMN State Office’s 2020 Chapter Advisor Award at this year’s TMN state meeting.

As we approach a new TMN year, we would like to say thank you to the 2020 Rio Grande Valley Chapter Officers, Directors, Standing Committee Chairs, and previous newsletter editor. Your dedication and hard work is greatly appreciated. Thank you for making a difference! – Diane Hall 2020 Leadership: Officers President: Larry Johnson  1st Vice President: Tami Bulow 2nd Vice President:…

I learned more about vultures than I have ever learned before.

by Julia Jorgensen Descendants of ancient rodents, tree squirrels are found on every continent except Australia and Antarctica. North America is home to eight of the world’s twenty-six species. The eastern gray squirrel (Sciurus carolinensus) and the fox squirrel (Sciurus niger) are common in the eastern and southern U.S., while the western U.S. hosts the…

Doug Tallamy, PhD, professor at the University of Delaware’s Department of Entomology and Wildlife Ecology, and author of a recent book, “Nature’s Best Hope — Restoring Nature’s Relationships,” gave an outstanding presentation at the 2020 Virtual TMN meeting with workable ideas whereby he proposes that we can make our “combined yards” — across the nation — “into…