KABT BioBlog

Greetings all! Stan suggested Woodson State Lake for the spring fieldtrip April 29-30. I contacted the park manager and they have plenty of space in their primitive campground. Cross Timbers area is about 5 mi. away and sounds like a very diverse area with potential for hiking. Does anyone have ideas for program content or potential facilitators?

I agree with most of what has already been said by Brad and Harry, so some of my comments will be repetitive but at least in that case others may know what things are appreciated by all…

- I have enjoyed every field trip that I have participated in and in those cases where I couldn’t participate I knew that I was missing something valuable.

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I will say that, personally, the thing I valued most about KABT field trips was a chance to learn from others who knew more than me. Though I was interested in the specifics of each field trip as shared by trip leaders, I second Brad’s comments about time to get off in small groups. I know I learned as much wildflower identification, natural…[Read more]

Some random observations about “successful” field trips from my perspective.

Camping is good. It seems that camping out in the area of the field trip really helps to make connections–with each other and the local enviornment. The first thoughts that come to mind are sitting around the campfires as we wait for the different…[Read more]

As I was driving home on Saturday from the board meeting, my mind got to rambling. One of the rambles focused on KABT field trips. It occurred to me that all of us have different ideas of what we consider to be successful trips or trips that we would want to attend. I thought over the years to the field trips I’ve been on and organized and…[Read more]