On Saturday morning, the 29th of October 2022, over 40 people gathered at the entrance of Ramsey Park to a memorial for the late Frank Wiseman, team leader and teacher of the local Master Naturalist groups.

Tulipán Del Monte, also referred to as the Heart Leaf Hibiscus, is a strikingly beautiful plant native to the Rio Grande Valley. Noted as being found in Cameron, Hidalgo, Willacy, and Starr Counties, it naturally grows among woodier shrubs and can be difficult to locate unless it is in bloom and its gorgeous, velvet-like petals…

Frank Wiseman was the quintessential group photo guru. No matter what, it either began with a group shot or ended with a group shot.

This long, slender, non-venomous Coachwhip, a Texas native snake, stopped by the other day for a nice visit. It was basking in the sun near an old, repurposed hay cart that had been adorned with pieces of dead, dried black brush tree branches in order to support two different varieties of native passion flower vine.

When we were looking for a house in 2014, we had decided we wanted space, so we would not have a neighbor right outside our window, and ideally we wanted to live near a resaca. As the new school year loomed and our house hunting had failed to produce any results, we decided to give…

The San Benito Wetlands is 165 acres of ponds that were previously used to treat the City of San Benito’s wastewater. Many are unaware of the site so let’s begin with the backstory. . . .