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All events are free and open to the public.  Donations are accepted to support all events and programs.

Join us with membership today to receive the monthly Featherless Flyer newsletter with nature articles, program information, updated events and other important refuge information!

    • April 19, 2025
    • 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
    • Hagerman National Wildlife Visitor Center, 6465 Refuge Road, Sherman, TX 75092
    • 8
    Register

    Did you know that every single day, millions of eggs are being laid all around the globe? Get ready to crack into our Eggcellent Eggs class, where we’ll dive into the egg-citing universe of eggs! We’ll uncover their origins, break down their anatomy (shell, white, and yolk!).  Watch the magical moment baby animals burst into the world, and explore the egg-ceptional variety from different birds. Plus, we’ll whip up some fun with visuals and hands-on activities—like cracking open eggs to peek inside! It’s going to be eggstraordinary!  

    Let’s learn about eggs with a short lesson, some fun games and activities, as well as a fun craft! Come join us on April 19 for a free class for youth ages 5-10.  

    Free and open to the public, registration is required.  Donations are accepted to support this and other events and programs sponsored by the Friends of Hagerman NWR.

    Join us with membership today to receive the monthly Featherless Flyer newsletter with nature articles, program information, updated events and other important refuge information.


    • April 19, 2025
    • 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
    • Hagerman National Wildlife Visitor Center, 6465 Refuge Road, Sherman, TX 75092
    • 8
    Register


    Take a Tour on the Wildlife Explorer!

    Come join us for a ride on the Wildlife Explorer! Our new and beautiful tram is available for ninety-minute tours of Hagerman every weekend, weather permitting. Our tours are as varied as our drivers. Each tram driver has her/his approach to the tour: you may learn about wildlife, birds, habitat, refuge history, photography, you name it! To paraphrase, “a Wildlife Explorer tour at Hagerman is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you’re going to get.” But you know it’s going to be good! Come see us! Lots of stops for bird-watching and photography.

    • Weather permitting, seating is limited. 
    • Bring binoculars or borrow ours.
    • Standbys accepted if space permits. 
    • Ages 6 and above.
    • Meet at the visitor center 15 minutes before departure. 

    Free, open to the public, Donations are accepted to support all events and programs sponsored by the Friends of Hagerman NWR.

    Join us with membership today to receive the monthly Featherless Flyer newsletter with nature articles, program information, updated events and other important refuge information!

    • April 20, 2025
    • 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
    • Hagerman National Wildlife Visitor Center, 6465 Refuge Road, Sherman, TX 75092
    • 8
    Register


    Take a Tour on the Wildlife Explorer!

    Come join us for a ride on the Wildlife Explorer! Our new and beautiful tram is available for ninety-minute tours of Hagerman every weekend, weather permitting. Our tours are as varied as our drivers. Each tram driver has her/his approach to the tour: you may learn about wildlife, birds, habitat, refuge history, photography, you name it! To paraphrase, “a Wildlife Explorer tour at Hagerman is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you’re going to get.” But you know it’s going to be good! Come see us! Lots of stops for bird-watching and photography.

    • Weather permitting, seating is limited. 
    • Bring binoculars or borrow ours.
    • Standbys accepted if space permits. 
    • Ages 6 and above.
    • Meet at the visitor center 15 minutes before departure. 

    Free, open to the public, Donations are accepted to support all events and programs sponsored by the Friends of Hagerman NWR.

    Join us with membership today to receive the monthly Featherless Flyer newsletter with nature articles, program information, updated events and other important refuge information!

    • April 26, 2025
    • Hagerman National Wildlife Visitor Center, 6465 Refuge Road, Sherman, TX 75092

    Join the Work Crew

    Do you enjoy working outside, mowing, sprucing up hiking trails, trimming and removing brush and general cleanup? Show your love for nature by joining the Outdoor Crew at Hagerman National Wildlife Refuge. Outdoor Crew volunteers meet on the First Tuesday and Fourth Saturday of every month. 

    With budget cuts and staff shortages due to retirements, the refuge needs you more than ever!

    For exact times, dates and other details about joining the volunteer Work Crew, please email us at: 

    info@friendsofhagerman.org

    Scouts welcome!


    • April 26, 2025
    • 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
    • Hagerman National Wildlife Visitor Center, 6465 Refuge Road, Sherman, TX 75092
    • 5
    Register


    Take a Tour on the Wildlife Explorer!

    Come join us for a ride on the Wildlife Explorer! Our new and beautiful tram is available for ninety-minute tours of Hagerman every weekend, weather permitting. Our tours are as varied as our drivers. Each tram driver has her/his approach to the tour: you may learn about wildlife, birds, habitat, refuge history, photography, you name it! To paraphrase, “a Wildlife Explorer tour at Hagerman is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you’re going to get.” But you know it’s going to be good! Come see us! Lots of stops for bird-watching and photography.

    • Weather permitting, seating is limited. 
    • Bring binoculars or borrow ours.
    • Standbys accepted if space permits. 
    • Ages 6 and above.
    • Meet at the visitor center 15 minutes before departure. 

    Free, open to the public, Donations are accepted to support all events and programs sponsored by the Friends of Hagerman NWR.

    Join us with membership today to receive the monthly Featherless Flyer newsletter with nature articles, program information, updated events and other important refuge information!

    • April 27, 2025
    • 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
    • Hagerman National Wildlife Visitor Center, 6465 Refuge Road, Sherman, TX 75092
    • 0
    Join waitlist


    Take a Tour on the Wildlife Explorer!

    Come join us for a ride on the Wildlife Explorer! Our new and beautiful tram is available for ninety-minute tours of Hagerman every weekend, weather permitting. Our tours are as varied as our drivers. Each tram driver has her/his approach to the tour: you may learn about wildlife, birds, habitat, refuge history, photography, you name it! To paraphrase, “a Wildlife Explorer tour at Hagerman is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you’re going to get.” But you know it’s going to be good! Come see us! Lots of stops for bird-watching and photography.

    • Weather permitting, seating is limited. 
    • Bring binoculars or borrow ours.
    • Standbys accepted if space permits. 
    • Ages 6 and above.
    • Meet at the visitor center 15 minutes before departure. 

    Free, open to the public, Donations are accepted to support all events and programs sponsored by the Friends of Hagerman NWR.

    Join us with membership today to receive the monthly Featherless Flyer newsletter with nature articles, program information, updated events and other important refuge information!

    • May 02, 2025
    • May 04, 2025
    Special Closure:  The Meyers Unit and associated Raasch Trail will be closed to the public from the evening of May 2nd (Friday night) through May 4th (Sunday night)

    The rest of the refuge will remain open to the public.

      • May 03, 2025
      • 6:15 AM - 9:00 AM
      • H Pad, Sadler TX, 76264
      Register

      The Little Sit Sunrise Bird Count

      Meet Jack and the Bird Census Team while learning how to identify the birds of North Texas, and enjoy the beautiful sunrise over Lake Texoma! Modeled after Cornell's national "Big Sit" event, the public is invited to join a group of dedicated birders at sunrise to conduct a bird count as multiple species fly to the water and the surrounding land to feed.  Leaders will bring spotting scopes and will provide tips for identification of the many species you will see.

      This event begins 30 minutes before sunrise (sunrise is 6:38 AM) and lasts a couple of hours, but all are welcome to come and go as they please. Participants are advised to bring a chair, binoculars and water. 

      The location of the Little Sit is technically in Sadler, TX, but it is within the boundaries of Hagerman NWR.

      Location: H Pad, Sadler, Texas 76264 

      GPS Coordinates: 

      33.734961, -96.780582


      Directions from the Hagerman Visitor Center:

      • Take a right (north) out of the Visitor Center parking lot road.
      • At the bottom of the hill, take a left onto the gravel road (Wildlife Dr).
      • The road will end at the Big Mineral Day Use Area. Take a right onto Bennett Lane.
      • You will cross a bridge over Big Mineral Creek, then go over a low water crossing.
      • There will be several small gravel roads going off to the right.
      • Stay on Bennett until the road forks, then go right.
      • When the road forks again, go right.
      • Take the gravel road to the right marked “H” (you will see oil tanks on the NE corner) and go all the way to the end.

      Free and open to the public.  Donations are accepted to support this and other events and programs sponsored by the Friends of Hagerman NWR.

      Join us with membership today to receive the monthly Featherless Flyer newsletter with nature articles, program information, updated events and other important refuge information.

      • May 03, 2025
      • 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
      • Hagerman National Wildlife Visitor Center, 6465 Refuge Road, Sherman, TX 75092
      • 9
      Register


      Take a Tour on the Wildlife Explorer!

      Come join us for a ride on the Wildlife Explorer! Our new and beautiful tram is available for ninety-minute tours of Hagerman every weekend, weather permitting. Our tours are as varied as our drivers. Each tram driver has her/his approach to the tour: you may learn about wildlife, birds, habitat, refuge history, photography, you name it! To paraphrase, “a Wildlife Explorer tour at Hagerman is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you’re going to get.” But you know it’s going to be good! Come see us! Lots of stops for bird-watching and photography.

      • Weather permitting, seating is limited. 
      • Bring binoculars or borrow ours.
      • Standbys accepted if space permits. 
      • Ages 6 and above.
      • Meet at the visitor center 15 minutes before departure. 

      Free, open to the public, Donations are accepted to support all events and programs sponsored by the Friends of Hagerman NWR.

      Join us with membership today to receive the monthly Featherless Flyer newsletter with nature articles, program information, updated events and other important refuge information!

      • May 06, 2025
      • Hagerman National Wildlife Visitor Center, 6465 Refuge Road, Sherman, TX 75092

      Join the Work Crew

      Do you enjoy working outside, mowing, sprucing up hiking trails, trimming and removing brush and general cleanup? Show your love for nature by joining the Outdoor Crew at Hagerman National Wildlife Refuge. Outdoor Crew volunteers meet on the First Tuesday and Fourth Saturday of every month. 

      With budget cuts and staff shortages due to retirements, the refuge needs you more than ever!

      For exact times, dates and other details about joining the volunteer Work Crew, please email us at: 

      info@friendsofhagerman.org

      Scouts welcome!


      • May 06, 2025
      • Hagerman National Wildlife Visitor Center, 6465 Refuge Road, Sherman, TX 75092

      Join the Work Crew

      Do you enjoy working outside, mowing, sprucing up hiking trails, trimming and removing brush and general cleanup? Show your love for nature by joining the Outdoor Crew at Hagerman National Wildlife Refuge. Outdoor Crew volunteers meet on the First Tuesday and Fourth Saturday of every month. 

      With budget cuts and staff shortages due to retirements, the refuge needs you more than ever!

      For exact times, dates and other details about joining the volunteer Work Crew, please email us at: 

      info@friendsofhagerman.org

      Scouts welcome!


      • May 08, 2025
      • 10:00 AM - 3:30 PM
      • Hagerman National Wildlife Visitor Center, 6465 Refuge Road, Sherman, TX 75092
      • 7
      Register


      Take a Tour on the Wildlife Explorer!

      Come join us for a ride on the Wildlife Explorer! Our new and beautiful tram is available for ninety-minute tours of Hagerman every weekend, weather permitting. Our tours are as varied as our drivers. Each tram driver has her/his approach to the tour: you may learn about wildlife, birds, habitat, refuge history, photography, you name it! To paraphrase, “a Wildlife Explorer tour at Hagerman is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you’re going to get.” But you know it’s going to be good! Come see us! Lots of stops for bird-watching and photography.

      • Weather permitting, seating is limited. 
      • Bring binoculars or borrow ours.
      • Standbys accepted if space permits. 
      • Ages 6 and above.
      • Meet at the visitor center 15 minutes before departure. 

      Free, open to the public, Donations are accepted to support all events and programs sponsored by the Friends of Hagerman NWR.

      Join us with membership today to receive the monthly Featherless Flyer newsletter with nature articles, program information, updated events and other important refuge information!

      • May 10, 2025
      • 8:00 AM - 3:00 PM
      • 6465 Refuge Road, Sherman, TX 75092

      Nature Festival: May 10

      Learn to Attract More Wildlife to Your Property

      Schedule for the Day:

      8:00 am

      Early Bird Walk, Visitor Center parking lot

      10:00 am -11:30 am

      Lecture: Wilding Your World - Karen Glenn, TMN

      Benefiting native plants and wildlife, Multipurpose Room

      10:00 am - 12:00 pm

      Children's Crafts (Pavilion)

      Mammal skins/skulls & bird skulls

      10:00 am -11:00 am Tram Tour (Reservations Required)
      11:00 am - 2:00 pm Ice Hole Food Truck (carport)
      12:00 pm - 12:30 Storytelling with Doris Haynie (Pavilion)
      12:00 pm - 1:00 pm  Tram Tour (Reservations Required)
       12:30 pm - 1:30 pm

      Lecture: Native Wildflowers of North Texas - Carol Clark, TMN

      -A visual feast through the seasons - VC

       1:00 pm - 3:00 pm Butterfly Garden Walk
      2:00 pm - 3:00 pm

      Lecture: All About Water - Margaret Avard, TMN

      Impacts of native plants, local water sources, drinking (Multipurpose Room)

      2:00 pm - 3:00 pm Children's Craft ( Pavilion)

      Mammal skins/skulls and bird skulls

      2:00 pm - 3:00 pm Tram Tour (Reservations Required)











      • May 10, 2025
      • 8:00 AM - 9:30 AM
      • Hagerman National Wildlife Visitor Center, 6465 Refuge Road, Sherman, TX 75092
      Register

      Join the Birding Experts for an Early Bird Walk

      Master Naturalist Jack Chiles will lead this Early Bird Walk, weather permitting.  Participants will view birds and wildlife along Harris Creek Trail, walking about two miles, and returning to the Visitor Center in time for the Second Saturday program.

      Free and open to the public.  Donations are accepted to support this and other events and programs sponsored by the Friends of Hagerman NWR.

      Join us with membership today to receive the monthly Featherless Flyer newsletter with nature articles, program information, updated events and other important refuge information.

      • May 10, 2025
      • 10:00 AM
      • Hagerman National Wildlife Visitor Center, 6465 Refuge Road, Sherman, TX 75092

      Rewilding Lands with Karen Glenn

      Photo by Jennifer Vince-Recksiek



      • May 10, 2025
      • 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
      • Hagerman National Wildlife Visitor Center, 6465 Refuge Road, Sherman, TX 75092
      • 4
      Register


      Take a Tour on the Wildlife Explorer!

      Come join us for a ride on the Wildlife Explorer! Our new and beautiful tram is available for ninety-minute tours of Hagerman every weekend, weather permitting. Our tours are as varied as our drivers. Each tram driver has her/his approach to the tour: you may learn about wildlife, birds, habitat, refuge history, photography, you name it! To paraphrase, “a Wildlife Explorer tour at Hagerman is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you’re going to get.” But you know it’s going to be good! Come see us! Lots of stops for bird-watching and photography.

      • Weather permitting, seating is limited. 
      • Bring binoculars or borrow ours.
      • Standbys accepted if space permits. 
      • Ages 6 and above.
      • Meet at the visitor center 15 minutes before departure. 

      Free, open to the public, Donations are accepted to support all events and programs sponsored by the Friends of Hagerman NWR.

      Join us with membership today to receive the monthly Featherless Flyer newsletter with nature articles, program information, updated events and other important refuge information!

      • May 10, 2025
      • 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
      • Hagerman National Wildlife Visitor Center, 6465 Refuge Road, Sherman, TX 75092
      • 9
      Register


      Take a Tour on the Wildlife Explorer!

      Come join us for a ride on the Wildlife Explorer! Our new and beautiful tram is available for ninety-minute tours of Hagerman every weekend, weather permitting. Our tours are as varied as our drivers. Each tram driver has her/his approach to the tour: you may learn about wildlife, birds, habitat, refuge history, photography, you name it! To paraphrase, “a Wildlife Explorer tour at Hagerman is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you’re going to get.” But you know it’s going to be good! Come see us! Lots of stops for bird-watching and photography.

      • Weather permitting, seating is limited. 
      • Bring binoculars or borrow ours.
      • Standbys accepted if space permits. 
      • Ages 6 and above.
      • Meet at the visitor center 15 minutes before departure. 

      Free, open to the public, Donations are accepted to support all events and programs sponsored by the Friends of Hagerman NWR.

      Join us with membership today to receive the monthly Featherless Flyer newsletter with nature articles, program information, updated events and other important refuge information!

      • May 10, 2025
      • 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
      • Hagerman National Wildlife Refuge, 6465 Refuge Road, Sherman, TX 75092

      Enjoy the Butterfly Garden at Hagerman NWR

      Garden docents will be on hand to help identify the Texas native plants and visiting butterflies.  Literature on plants and butterflies will be available. Special activities for families: scavenger hunts, the Metamorphosis Puppet and more. Registration is not necessary.

      The garden is free of charge and open to the public from sunrise to sunset every day of the year.

      Donations are accepted to support the Butterfly Garden, Garden Walks and other events and programs sponsored by the Friends of Hagerman NWR.

      Join us with membership today to receive the monthly Featherless Flyer newsletter with nature articles, program information, updated events and other important refuge information!

      Photo of American Lady Butterfly by Laurie Sheppard

      • May 10, 2025
      • 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
      • Hagerman National Wildlife Visitor Center, 6465 Refuge Road, Sherman, TX 75092
      • 2
      Register


      Take a Tour on the Wildlife Explorer!

      Come join us for a ride on the Wildlife Explorer! Our new and beautiful tram is available for ninety-minute tours of Hagerman every weekend, weather permitting. Our tours are as varied as our drivers. Each tram driver has her/his approach to the tour: you may learn about wildlife, birds, habitat, refuge history, photography, you name it! To paraphrase, “a Wildlife Explorer tour at Hagerman is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you’re going to get.” But you know it’s going to be good! Come see us! Lots of stops for bird-watching and photography.

      • Weather permitting, seating is limited. 
      • Bring binoculars or borrow ours.
      • Standbys accepted if space permits. 
      • Ages 6 and above.
      • Meet at the visitor center 15 minutes before departure. 

      Free, open to the public, Donations are accepted to support all events and programs sponsored by the Friends of Hagerman NWR.

      Join us with membership today to receive the monthly Featherless Flyer newsletter with nature articles, program information, updated events and other important refuge information!

      • May 11, 2025
      • 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
      • Hagerman National Wildlife Visitor Center, 6465 Refuge Road, Sherman, TX 75092
      • 8
      Register


      Take a Tour on the Wildlife Explorer!

      Come join us for a ride on the Wildlife Explorer! Our new and beautiful tram is available for ninety-minute tours of Hagerman every weekend, weather permitting. Our tours are as varied as our drivers. Each tram driver has her/his approach to the tour: you may learn about wildlife, birds, habitat, refuge history, photography, you name it! To paraphrase, “a Wildlife Explorer tour at Hagerman is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you’re going to get.” But you know it’s going to be good! Come see us! Lots of stops for bird-watching and photography.

      • Weather permitting, seating is limited. 
      • Bring binoculars or borrow ours.
      • Standbys accepted if space permits. 
      • Ages 6 and above.
      • Meet at the visitor center 15 minutes before departure. 

      Free, open to the public, Donations are accepted to support all events and programs sponsored by the Friends of Hagerman NWR.

      Join us with membership today to receive the monthly Featherless Flyer newsletter with nature articles, program information, updated events and other important refuge information!

      • May 11, 2025
      • 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
      • Hagerman National Wildlife Refuge, 6465 Refuge Road, Sherman, TX 75092

      Enjoy the Butterfly Garden at Hagerman NWR

      Garden docents will be on hand to help identify the Texas native plants and visiting butterflies.  Literature on plants and butterflies will be available. Special activities for families: scavenger hunts, the Metamorphosis Puppet and more. Registration is not necessary.

      The garden is free of charge and open to the public from sunrise to sunset every day of the year.

      Donations are accepted to support the Butterfly Garden, Garden Walks and other events and programs sponsored by the Friends of Hagerman NWR.

      Join us with membership today to receive the monthly Featherless Flyer newsletter with nature articles, program information, updated events and other important refuge information!

      Photo of American Lady Butterfly by Laurie Sheppard

      • May 17, 2025
      • 1:00 PM
      • Hagerman National Wildlife Refuge, 6465 Refuge Road, Sherman, TX 75092

      Tips and settings to photograph Wildflowers and Dragonflies. Wayne Milczarek will show some of the tools used to get great images and explain how they are used.


      Event Leader: Nancy Miller

      fohphotoclub@friendsofhagerman.org

      • May 18, 2025
      • 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
      • Hagerman National Wildlife Visitor Center, 6465 Refuge Road, Sherman, TX 75092
      • 6
      Register


      Take a Tour on the Wildlife Explorer!

      Come join us for a ride on the Wildlife Explorer! Our new and beautiful tram is available for ninety-minute tours of Hagerman every weekend, weather permitting. Our tours are as varied as our drivers. Each tram driver has her/his approach to the tour: you may learn about wildlife, birds, habitat, refuge history, photography, you name it! To paraphrase, “a Wildlife Explorer tour at Hagerman is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you’re going to get.” But you know it’s going to be good! Come see us! Lots of stops for bird-watching and photography.

      • Weather permitting, seating is limited. 
      • Bring binoculars or borrow ours.
      • Standbys accepted if space permits. 
      • Ages 6 and above.
      • Meet at the visitor center 15 minutes before departure. 

      Free, open to the public, Donations are accepted to support all events and programs sponsored by the Friends of Hagerman NWR.

      Join us with membership today to receive the monthly Featherless Flyer newsletter with nature articles, program information, updated events and other important refuge information!

      • May 24, 2025
      • Hagerman National Wildlife Visitor Center, 6465 Refuge Road, Sherman, TX 75092

      Join the Work Crew

      Do you enjoy working outside, mowing, sprucing up hiking trails, trimming and removing brush and general cleanup? Show your love for nature by joining the Outdoor Crew at Hagerman National Wildlife Refuge. Outdoor Crew volunteers meet on the First Tuesday and Fourth Saturday of every month. 

      With budget cuts and staff shortages due to retirements, the refuge needs you more than ever!

      For exact times, dates and other details about joining the volunteer Work Crew, please email us at: 

      info@friendsofhagerman.org

      Scouts welcome!


      • May 24, 2025
      • 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
      • Hagerman National Wildlife Refuge, 6465 Refuge Road, Sherman, TX 75092

      Enjoy the Butterfly Garden at Hagerman NWR

      Garden docents will be on hand to help identify the Texas native plants and visiting butterflies.  Literature on plants and butterflies will be available. Special activities for families: scavenger hunts, the Metamorphosis Puppet and more. Registration is not necessary.

      The garden is free of charge and open to the public from sunrise to sunset every day of the year.

      Donations are accepted to support the Butterfly Garden, Garden Walks and other events and programs sponsored by the Friends of Hagerman NWR.

      Join us with membership today to receive the monthly Featherless Flyer newsletter with nature articles, program information, updated events and other important refuge information!

      Photo of American Lady Butterfly by Laurie Sheppard

      • May 24, 2025
      • 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
      • Hagerman National Wildlife Visitor Center, 6465 Refuge Road, Sherman, TX 75092
      • 8
      Register


      Take a Tour on the Wildlife Explorer!

      Come join us for a ride on the Wildlife Explorer! Our new and beautiful tram is available for ninety-minute tours of Hagerman every weekend, weather permitting. Our tours are as varied as our drivers. Each tram driver has her/his approach to the tour: you may learn about wildlife, birds, habitat, refuge history, photography, you name it! To paraphrase, “a Wildlife Explorer tour at Hagerman is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you’re going to get.” But you know it’s going to be good! Come see us! Lots of stops for bird-watching and photography.

      • Weather permitting, seating is limited. 
      • Bring binoculars or borrow ours.
      • Standbys accepted if space permits. 
      • Ages 6 and above.
      • Meet at the visitor center 15 minutes before departure. 

      Free, open to the public, Donations are accepted to support all events and programs sponsored by the Friends of Hagerman NWR.

      Join us with membership today to receive the monthly Featherless Flyer newsletter with nature articles, program information, updated events and other important refuge information!

      • June 01, 2025
      • 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
      • Hagerman National Wildlife Visitor Center, 6465 Refuge Road, Sherman, TX 75092
      • 8
      Register


      Take a Tour on the Wildlife Explorer!

      Come join us for a ride on the Wildlife Explorer! Our new and beautiful tram is available for ninety-minute tours of Hagerman every weekend, weather permitting. Our tours are as varied as our drivers. Each tram driver has her/his approach to the tour: you may learn about wildlife, birds, habitat, refuge history, photography, you name it! To paraphrase, “a Wildlife Explorer tour at Hagerman is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you’re going to get.” But you know it’s going to be good! Come see us! Lots of stops for bird-watching and photography.

      • Weather permitting, seating is limited. 
      • Bring binoculars or borrow ours.
      • Standbys accepted if space permits. 
      • Ages 6 and above.
      • Meet at the visitor center 15 minutes before departure. 

      Free, open to the public, Donations are accepted to support all events and programs sponsored by the Friends of Hagerman NWR.

      Join us with membership today to receive the monthly Featherless Flyer newsletter with nature articles, program information, updated events and other important refuge information!

      • June 03, 2025
      • Hagerman National Wildlife Visitor Center, 6465 Refuge Road, Sherman, TX 75092

      Join the Work Crew

      Do you enjoy working outside, mowing, sprucing up hiking trails, trimming and removing brush and general cleanup? Show your love for nature by joining the Outdoor Crew at Hagerman National Wildlife Refuge. Outdoor Crew volunteers meet on the First Tuesday and Fourth Saturday of every month. 

      With budget cuts and staff shortages due to retirements, the refuge needs you more than ever!

      For exact times, dates and other details about joining the volunteer Work Crew, please email us at: 

      info@friendsofhagerman.org

      Scouts welcome!


      • June 07, 2025
      • 6:00 AM - 9:00 AM
      • H Pad, Sadler TX, 76264
      Register

      The Little Sit Sunrise Bird Count

      Meet Jack and the Bird Census Team while learning how to identify the birds of North Texas, and enjoy the beautiful sunrise over Lake Texoma! Modeled after Cornell's national "Big Sit" event, the public is invited to join a group of dedicated birders at sunrise to conduct a bird count as multiple species fly to the water and the surrounding land to feed.  Leaders will bring spotting scopes and will provide tips for identification of the many species you will see.

      This event begins 30 minutes before sunrise (sunrise is 6:19 AM) and lasts a couple of hours, but all are welcome to come and go as they please. Participants are advised to bring a chair, binoculars and water. 

      The location of the Little Sit is technically in Sadler, TX, but it is within the boundaries of Hagerman NWR.

      Location: H Pad, Sadler, Texas 76264 

      GPS Coordinates: 

      33.734961, -96.780582


      Directions from the Hagerman Visitor Center:

      • Take a right (north) out of the Visitor Center parking lot road.
      • At the bottom of the hill, take a left onto the gravel road (Wildlife Dr).
      • The road will end at the Big Mineral Day Use Area. Take a right onto Bennett Lane.
      • You will cross a bridge over Big Mineral Creek, then go over a low water crossing.
      • There will be several small gravel roads going off to the right.
      • Stay on Bennett until the road forks, then go right.
      • When the road forks again, go right.
      • Take the gravel road to the right marked “H” (you will see oil tanks on the NE corner) and go all the way to the end.

      Free and open to the public.  Donations are accepted to support this and other events and programs sponsored by the Friends of Hagerman NWR.

      Join us with membership today to receive the monthly Featherless Flyer newsletter with nature articles, program information, updated events and other important refuge information.

      • June 14, 2025
      • 8:00 AM - 9:30 AM
      • Hagerman National Wildlife Visitor Center, 6465 Refuge Road, Sherman, TX 75092
      Register

      Join the Birding Experts for an Early Bird Walk

      Master Naturalist Jack Chiles will lead this Early Bird Walk, weather permitting.  Participants will view birds and wildlife along Harris Creek Trail, walking about two miles, and returning to the Visitor Center in time for the Second Saturday program.

      Free and open to the public.  Donations are accepted to support this and other events and programs sponsored by the Friends of Hagerman NWR.

      Join us with membership today to receive the monthly Featherless Flyer newsletter with nature articles, program information, updated events and other important refuge information.

      • June 14, 2025
      • 10:00 AM
      • Hagerman National Wildlife Visitor Center, 6465 Refuge Road, Sherman, TX 75092

      Dickcissels with Dr. Wayne Meyer

      Photo by Pam Rendall-Bass

      • June 14, 2025
      • 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
      • Hagerman National Wildlife Refuge, 6465 Refuge Road, Sherman, TX 75092

      Enjoy the Butterfly Garden at Hagerman NWR

      Garden docents will be on hand to help identify the Texas native plants and visiting butterflies.  Literature on plants and butterflies will be available. Special activities for families: scavenger hunts, the Metamorphosis Puppet and more. Registration is not necessary.

      The garden is free of charge and open to the public from sunrise to sunset every day of the year.

      Donations are accepted to support the Butterfly Garden, Garden Walks and other events and programs sponsored by the Friends of Hagerman NWR.

      Join us with membership today to receive the monthly Featherless Flyer newsletter with nature articles, program information, updated events and other important refuge information!

      Photo of American Lady Butterfly by Laurie Sheppard

      • June 28, 2025
      • Hagerman National Wildlife Visitor Center, 6465 Refuge Road, Sherman, TX 75092

      Join the Work Crew

      Do you enjoy working outside, mowing, sprucing up hiking trails, trimming and removing brush and general cleanup? Show your love for nature by joining the Outdoor Crew at Hagerman National Wildlife Refuge. Outdoor Crew volunteers meet on the First Tuesday and Fourth Saturday of every month. 

      With budget cuts and staff shortages due to retirements, the refuge needs you more than ever!

      For exact times, dates and other details about joining the volunteer Work Crew, please email us at: 

      info@friendsofhagerman.org

      Scouts welcome!


      • June 28, 2025
      • 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
      • Hagerman National Wildlife Refuge, 6465 Refuge Road, Sherman, TX 75092

      Enjoy the Butterfly Garden at Hagerman NWR

      Garden docents will be on hand to help identify the Texas native plants and visiting butterflies.  Literature on plants and butterflies will be available. Special activities for families: scavenger hunts, the Metamorphosis Puppet and more. Registration is not necessary.

      The garden is free of charge and open to the public from sunrise to sunset every day of the year.

      Donations are accepted to support the Butterfly Garden, Garden Walks and other events and programs sponsored by the Friends of Hagerman NWR.

      Join us with membership today to receive the monthly Featherless Flyer newsletter with nature articles, program information, updated events and other important refuge information!

      Photo of American Lady Butterfly by Laurie Sheppard

      • July 02, 2025
      • Hagerman National Wildlife Visitor Center, 6465 Refuge Road, Sherman, TX 75092

      Join the Work Crew

      Do you enjoy working outside, mowing, sprucing up hiking trails, trimming and removing brush and general cleanup? Show your love for nature by joining the Outdoor Crew at Hagerman National Wildlife Refuge. Outdoor Crew volunteers meet on the First Tuesday and Fourth Saturday of every month. 

      With budget cuts and staff shortages due to retirements, the refuge needs you more than ever!

      For exact times, dates and other details about joining the volunteer Work Crew, please email us at: 

      info@friendsofhagerman.org

      Scouts welcome!


      • July 05, 2025
      • 6:00 AM - 9:00 AM
      • H Pad, Sadler TX, 76264
      Register

      The Little Sit Sunrise Bird Count

      Meet Jack and the Bird Census Team while learning how to identify the birds of North Texas, and enjoy the beautiful sunrise over Lake Texoma! Modeled after Cornell's national "Big Sit" event, the public is invited to join a group of dedicated birders at sunrise to conduct a bird count as multiple species fly to the water and the surrounding land to feed.  Leaders will bring spotting scopes and will provide tips for identification of the many species you will see.

      This event begins 30 minutes before sunrise (sunrise is 6:25 AM) and lasts a couple of hours, but all are welcome to come and go as they please. Participants are advised to bring a chair, binoculars and water. 

      The location of the Little Sit is technically in Sadler, TX, but it is within the boundaries of Hagerman NWR.

      Location: H Pad, Sadler, Texas 76264 

      GPS Coordinates: 

      33.734961, -96.780582


      Directions from the Hagerman Visitor Center:

      • Take a right (north) out of the Visitor Center parking lot road.
      • At the bottom of the hill, take a left onto the gravel road (Wildlife Dr).
      • The road will end at the Big Mineral Day Use Area. Take a right onto Bennett Lane.
      • You will cross a bridge over Big Mineral Creek, then go over a low water crossing.
      • There will be several small gravel roads going off to the right.
      • Stay on Bennett until the road forks, then go right.
      • When the road forks again, go right.
      • Take the gravel road to the right marked “H” (you will see oil tanks on the NE corner) and go all the way to the end.

      Free and open to the public.  Donations are accepted to support this and other events and programs sponsored by the Friends of Hagerman NWR.

      Join us with membership today to receive the monthly Featherless Flyer newsletter with nature articles, program information, updated events and other important refuge information.

      • July 12, 2025
      • 10:00 AM
      • Hagerman National Wildlife Visitor Center, 6465 Refuge Road, Sherman, TX 75092

      Mammals of Texoma with Dr. Bryon Clark

      Photo by Bill McKee

      • July 12, 2025
      • 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
      • Hagerman National Wildlife Refuge, 6465 Refuge Road, Sherman, TX 75092

      Enjoy the Butterfly Garden at Hagerman NWR

      Garden docents will be on hand to help identify the Texas native plants and visiting butterflies.  Literature on plants and butterflies will be available. Special activities for families: scavenger hunts, the Metamorphosis Puppet and more. Registration is not necessary.

      The garden is free of charge and open to the public from sunrise to sunset every day of the year.

      Donations are accepted to support the Butterfly Garden, Garden Walks and other events and programs sponsored by the Friends of Hagerman NWR.

      Join us with membership today to receive the monthly Featherless Flyer newsletter with nature articles, program information, updated events and other important refuge information!

      Photo of American Lady Butterfly by Laurie Sheppard

      • July 26, 2025
      • Hagerman National Wildlife Visitor Center, 6465 Refuge Road, Sherman, TX 75092

      Join the Work Crew

      Do you enjoy working outside, mowing, sprucing up hiking trails, trimming and removing brush and general cleanup? Show your love for nature by joining the Outdoor Crew at Hagerman National Wildlife Refuge. Outdoor Crew volunteers meet on the First Tuesday and Fourth Saturday of every month. 

      With budget cuts and staff shortages due to retirements, the refuge needs you more than ever!

      For exact times, dates and other details about joining the volunteer Work Crew, please email us at: 

      info@friendsofhagerman.org

      Scouts welcome!


      • July 26, 2025
      • 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
      • Hagerman National Wildlife Refuge, 6465 Refuge Road, Sherman, TX 75092

      Enjoy the Butterfly Garden at Hagerman NWR

      Garden docents will be on hand to help identify the Texas native plants and visiting butterflies.  Literature on plants and butterflies will be available. Special activities for families: scavenger hunts, the Metamorphosis Puppet and more. Registration is not necessary.

      The garden is free of charge and open to the public from sunrise to sunset every day of the year.

      Donations are accepted to support the Butterfly Garden, Garden Walks and other events and programs sponsored by the Friends of Hagerman NWR.

      Join us with membership today to receive the monthly Featherless Flyer newsletter with nature articles, program information, updated events and other important refuge information!

      Photo of American Lady Butterfly by Laurie Sheppard

      • August 02, 2025
      • 6:15 AM - 9:00 AM
      • H Pad, Sadler TX, 76264
      Register

      The Little Sit Sunrise Bird Count

      Meet Jack and the Bird Census Team while learning how to identify the birds of North Texas, and enjoy the beautiful sunrise over Lake Texoma! Modeled after Cornell's national "Big Sit" event, the public is invited to join a group of dedicated birders at sunrise to conduct a bird count as multiple species fly to the water and the surrounding land to feed.  Leaders will bring spotting scopes and will provide tips for identification of the many species you will see.

      This event begins 30 minutes before sunrise (sunrise is 6:43 AM) and lasts a couple of hours, but all are welcome to come and go as they please. Participants are advised to bring a chair, binoculars and water. 

      The location of the Little Sit is technically in Sadler, TX, but it is within the boundaries of Hagerman NWR.

      Location: H Pad, Sadler, Texas 76264 

      GPS Coordinates: 

      33.734961, -96.780582


      Directions from the Hagerman Visitor Center:

      • Take a right (north) out of the Visitor Center parking lot road.
      • At the bottom of the hill, take a left onto the gravel road (Wildlife Dr).
      • The road will end at the Big Mineral Day Use Area. Take a right onto Bennett Lane.
      • You will cross a bridge over Big Mineral Creek, then go over a low water crossing.
      • There will be several small gravel roads going off to the right.
      • Stay on Bennett until the road forks, then go right.
      • When the road forks again, go right.
      • Take the gravel road to the right marked “H” (you will see oil tanks on the NE corner) and go all the way to the end.

      Free and open to the public.  Donations are accepted to support this and other events and programs sponsored by the Friends of Hagerman NWR.

      Join us with membership today to receive the monthly Featherless Flyer newsletter with nature articles, program information, updated events and other important refuge information.

      • August 05, 2025
      • Hagerman National Wildlife Visitor Center, 6465 Refuge Road, Sherman, TX 75092

      Join the Work Crew

      Do you enjoy working outside, mowing, sprucing up hiking trails, trimming and removing brush and general cleanup? Show your love for nature by joining the Outdoor Crew at Hagerman National Wildlife Refuge. Outdoor Crew volunteers meet on the First Tuesday and Fourth Saturday of every month. 

      With budget cuts and staff shortages due to retirements, the refuge needs you more than ever!

      For exact times, dates and other details about joining the volunteer Work Crew, please email us at: 

      info@friendsofhagerman.org

      Scouts welcome!


      • August 05, 2025
      • Hagerman National Wildlife Visitor Center, 6465 Refuge Road, Sherman, TX 75092

      Join the Work Crew

      Do you enjoy working outside, mowing, sprucing up hiking trails, trimming and removing brush and general cleanup? Show your love for nature by joining the Outdoor Crew at Hagerman National Wildlife Refuge. Outdoor Crew volunteers meet on the First Tuesday and Fourth Saturday of every month. 

      With budget cuts and staff shortages due to retirements, the refuge needs you more than ever!

      For exact times, dates and other details about joining the volunteer Work Crew, please email us at: 

      info@friendsofhagerman.org

      Scouts welcome!


      • August 09, 2025
      • 10:00 AM
      • Hagerman National Wildlife Visitor Center, 6465 Refuge Road, Sherman, TX 75092

      Dragonflies and Damselflies with Dr. Wayne Meyer

      Photo by Brenda Kay Edwards


      • August 09, 2025
      • 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
      • Hagerman National Wildlife Refuge, 6465 Refuge Road, Sherman, TX 75092

      Enjoy the Butterfly Garden at Hagerman NWR

      Garden docents will be on hand to help identify the Texas native plants and visiting butterflies.  Literature on plants and butterflies will be available. Special activities for families: scavenger hunts, the Metamorphosis Puppet and more. Registration is not necessary.

      The garden is free of charge and open to the public from sunrise to sunset every day of the year.

      Donations are accepted to support the Butterfly Garden, Garden Walks and other events and programs sponsored by the Friends of Hagerman NWR.

      Join us with membership today to receive the monthly Featherless Flyer newsletter with nature articles, program information, updated events and other important refuge information!

      Photo of American Lady Butterfly by Laurie Sheppard

      • August 23, 2025
      • Hagerman National Wildlife Visitor Center, 6465 Refuge Road, Sherman, TX 75092

      Join the Work Crew

      Do you enjoy working outside, mowing, sprucing up hiking trails, trimming and removing brush and general cleanup? Show your love for nature by joining the Outdoor Crew at Hagerman National Wildlife Refuge. Outdoor Crew volunteers meet on the First Tuesday and Fourth Saturday of every month. 

      With budget cuts and staff shortages due to retirements, the refuge needs you more than ever!

      For exact times, dates and other details about joining the volunteer Work Crew, please email us at: 

      info@friendsofhagerman.org

      Scouts welcome!


      • August 23, 2025
      • 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
      • Hagerman National Wildlife Refuge, 6465 Refuge Road, Sherman, TX 75092

      Enjoy the Butterfly Garden at Hagerman NWR

      Garden docents will be on hand to help identify the Texas native plants and visiting butterflies.  Literature on plants and butterflies will be available. Special activities for families: scavenger hunts, the Metamorphosis Puppet and more. Registration is not necessary.

      The garden is free of charge and open to the public from sunrise to sunset every day of the year.

      Donations are accepted to support the Butterfly Garden, Garden Walks and other events and programs sponsored by the Friends of Hagerman NWR.

      Join us with membership today to receive the monthly Featherless Flyer newsletter with nature articles, program information, updated events and other important refuge information!

      Photo of American Lady Butterfly by Laurie Sheppard

      • September 02, 2025
      • Hagerman National Wildlife Visitor Center, 6465 Refuge Road, Sherman, TX 75092

      Join the Work Crew

      Do you enjoy working outside, mowing, sprucing up hiking trails, trimming and removing brush and general cleanup? Show your love for nature by joining the Outdoor Crew at Hagerman National Wildlife Refuge. Outdoor Crew volunteers meet on the First Tuesday and Fourth Saturday of every month. 

      With budget cuts and staff shortages due to retirements, the refuge needs you more than ever!

      For exact times, dates and other details about joining the volunteer Work Crew, please email us at: 

      info@friendsofhagerman.org

      Scouts welcome!


      • September 06, 2025
      • 6:45 AM - 9:00 AM
      • H Pad, Sadler TX, 76264
      Register

      The Little Sit Sunrise Bird Count

      Meet Jack and the Bird Census Team while learning how to identify the birds of North Texas, and enjoy the beautiful sunrise over Lake Texoma! Modeled after Cornell's national "Big Sit" event, the public is invited to join a group of dedicated birders at sunrise to conduct a bird count as multiple species fly to the water and the surrounding land to feed.  Leaders will bring spotting scopes and will provide tips for identification of the many species you will see.

      This event begins 30 minutes before sunrise (sunrise is 7:07 AM) and lasts a couple of hours, but all are welcome to come and go as they please. Participants are advised to bring a chair, binoculars and water. 

      The location of the Little Sit is technically in Sadler, TX, but it is within the boundaries of Hagerman NWR.

      Location: H Pad, Sadler, Texas 76264 

      GPS Coordinates: 

      33.734961, -96.780582


      Directions from the Hagerman Visitor Center:

      • Take a right (north) out of the Visitor Center parking lot road.
      • At the bottom of the hill, take a left onto the gravel road (Wildlife Dr).
      • The road will end at the Big Mineral Day Use Area. Take a right onto Bennett Lane.
      • You will cross a bridge over Big Mineral Creek, then go over a low water crossing.
      • There will be several small gravel roads going off to the right.
      • Stay on Bennett until the road forks, then go right.
      • When the road forks again, go right.
      • Take the gravel road to the right marked “H” (you will see oil tanks on the NE corner) and go all the way to the end.

      Free and open to the public.  Donations are accepted to support this and other events and programs sponsored by the Friends of Hagerman NWR.

      Join us with membership today to receive the monthly Featherless Flyer newsletter with nature articles, program information, updated events and other important refuge information.

      • September 06, 2025
      • 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
      • Hagerman National Wildlife Refuge, 6465 Refuge Road, Sherman, TX 75092

      Enjoy the Butterfly Garden at Hagerman NWR

      Garden docents will be on hand to help identify the Texas native plants and visiting butterflies.  Literature on plants and butterflies will be available. Special activities for families: scavenger hunts, the Metamorphosis Puppet and more. Registration is not necessary.

      The garden is free of charge and open to the public from sunrise to sunset every day of the year.

      Donations are accepted to support the Butterfly Garden, Garden Walks and other events and programs sponsored by the Friends of Hagerman NWR.

      Join us with membership today to receive the monthly Featherless Flyer newsletter with nature articles, program information, updated events and other important refuge information!

      Photo of American Lady Butterfly by Laurie Sheppard

      • September 20, 2025
      • 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
      • Hagerman National Wildlife Refuge, 6465 Refuge Road, Sherman, TX 75092

      Enjoy the Butterfly Garden at Hagerman NWR

      Garden docents will be on hand to help identify the Texas native plants and visiting butterflies.  Literature on plants and butterflies will be available. Special activities for families: scavenger hunts, the Metamorphosis Puppet and more. Registration is not necessary.

      The garden is free of charge and open to the public from sunrise to sunset every day of the year.

      Donations are accepted to support the Butterfly Garden, Garden Walks and other events and programs sponsored by the Friends of Hagerman NWR.

      Join us with membership today to receive the monthly Featherless Flyer newsletter with nature articles, program information, updated events and other important refuge information!

      Photo of American Lady Butterfly by Laurie Sheppard

      • September 27, 2025
      • Hagerman National Wildlife Visitor Center, 6465 Refuge Road, Sherman, TX 75092

      Join the Work Crew

      Do you enjoy working outside, mowing, sprucing up hiking trails, trimming and removing brush and general cleanup? Show your love for nature by joining the Outdoor Crew at Hagerman National Wildlife Refuge. Outdoor Crew volunteers meet on the First Tuesday and Fourth Saturday of every month. 

      With budget cuts and staff shortages due to retirements, the refuge needs you more than ever!

      For exact times, dates and other details about joining the volunteer Work Crew, please email us at: 

      info@friendsofhagerman.org

      Scouts welcome!


      • October 04, 2025
      • 7:00 AM - 9:00 AM
      • H Pad, Sadler TX, 76264
      Register

      The Little Sit Sunrise Bird Count

      Meet Jack and the Bird Census Team while learning how to identify the birds of North Texas, and enjoy the beautiful sunrise over Lake Texoma! Modeled after Cornell's national "Big Sit" event, the public is invited to join a group of dedicated birders at sunrise to conduct a bird count as multiple species fly to the water and the surrounding land to feed.  Leaders will bring spotting scopes and will provide tips for identification of the many species you will see.

      This event begins 30 minutes before sunrise (sunrise is 7:26 AM) and lasts a couple of hours, but all are welcome to come and go as they please. Participants are advised to bring a chair, binoculars and water. 

      The location of the Little Sit is technically in Sadler, TX, but it is within the boundaries of Hagerman NWR.

      Location: H Pad, Sadler, Texas 76264 

      GPS Coordinates: 

      33.734961, -96.780582


      Directions from the Hagerman Visitor Center:

      • Take a right (north) out of the Visitor Center parking lot road.
      • At the bottom of the hill, take a left onto the gravel road (Wildlife Dr).
      • The road will end at the Big Mineral Day Use Area. Take a right onto Bennett Lane.
      • You will cross a bridge over Big Mineral Creek, then go over a low water crossing.
      • There will be several small gravel roads going off to the right.
      • Stay on Bennett until the road forks, then go right.
      • When the road forks again, go right.
      • Take the gravel road to the right marked “H” (you will see oil tanks on the NE corner) and go all the way to the end.

      Free and open to the public.  Donations are accepted to support this and other events and programs sponsored by the Friends of Hagerman NWR.

      Join us with membership today to receive the monthly Featherless Flyer newsletter with nature articles, program information, updated events and other important refuge information.

      • October 07, 2025
      • Hagerman National Wildlife Visitor Center, 6465 Refuge Road, Sherman, TX 75092

      Join the Work Crew

      Do you enjoy working outside, mowing, sprucing up hiking trails, trimming and removing brush and general cleanup? Show your love for nature by joining the Outdoor Crew at Hagerman National Wildlife Refuge. Outdoor Crew volunteers meet on the First Tuesday and Fourth Saturday of every month. 

      With budget cuts and staff shortages due to retirements, the refuge needs you more than ever!

      For exact times, dates and other details about joining the volunteer Work Crew, please email us at: 

      info@friendsofhagerman.org

      Scouts welcome!


      • October 11, 2025
      • 10:00 AM
      • Hagerman National Wildlife Visitor Center, 6465 Refuge Road, Sherman, TX 75092


      As winter nears, the waterfowl for which Hagerman NWR was originally established are moving. In this presentation, you'll learn about all the geese and ducks that visit our refuge and the reasons they visit or choose Hagerman for their home.

      Photo by Donnie Simmons

      • October 11, 2025
      • 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
      • Hagerman National Wildlife Refuge, 6465 Refuge Road, Sherman, TX 75092

      Enjoy the Butterfly Garden at Hagerman NWR

      Garden docents will be on hand to help identify the Texas native plants and visiting butterflies.  Literature on plants and butterflies will be available. Special activities for families: scavenger hunts, the Metamorphosis Puppet and more. Registration is not necessary.

      The garden is free of charge and open to the public from sunrise to sunset every day of the year.

      Donations are accepted to support the Butterfly Garden, Garden Walks and other events and programs sponsored by the Friends of Hagerman NWR.

      Join us with membership today to receive the monthly Featherless Flyer newsletter with nature articles, program information, updated events and other important refuge information!

      Photo of American Lady Butterfly by Laurie Sheppard

      • October 25, 2025
      • Hagerman National Wildlife Visitor Center, 6465 Refuge Road, Sherman, TX 75092

      Join the Work Crew

      Do you enjoy working outside, mowing, sprucing up hiking trails, trimming and removing brush and general cleanup? Show your love for nature by joining the Outdoor Crew at Hagerman National Wildlife Refuge. Outdoor Crew volunteers meet on the First Tuesday and Fourth Saturday of every month. 

      With budget cuts and staff shortages due to retirements, the refuge needs you more than ever!

      For exact times, dates and other details about joining the volunteer Work Crew, please email us at: 

      info@friendsofhagerman.org

      Scouts welcome!


      • October 25, 2025
      • 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
      • Hagerman National Wildlife Refuge, 6465 Refuge Road, Sherman, TX 75092

      Enjoy the Butterfly Garden at Hagerman NWR

      Garden docents will be on hand to help identify the Texas native plants and visiting butterflies.  Literature on plants and butterflies will be available. Special activities for families: scavenger hunts, the Metamorphosis Puppet and more. Registration is not necessary.

      The garden is free of charge and open to the public from sunrise to sunset every day of the year.

      Donations are accepted to support the Butterfly Garden, Garden Walks and other events and programs sponsored by the Friends of Hagerman NWR.

      Join us with membership today to receive the monthly Featherless Flyer newsletter with nature articles, program information, updated events and other important refuge information!

      Photo of American Lady Butterfly by Laurie Sheppard

      • November 01, 2025
      • 7:30 AM - 9:00 AM
      • H Pad, Sadler TX, 76264
      Register

      The Little Sit Sunrise Bird Count

      Meet Jack and the Bird Census Team while learning how to identify the birds of North Texas, and enjoy the beautiful sunrise over Lake Texoma! Modeled after Cornell's national "Big Sit" event, the public is invited to join a group of dedicated birders at sunrise to conduct a bird count as multiple species fly to the water and the surrounding land to feed.  Leaders will bring spotting scopes and will provide tips for identification of the many species you will see.

      This event begins 30 minutes before sunrise (sunrise is 7:48 AM) and lasts a couple of hours, but all are welcome to come and go as they please. Participants are advised to bring a chair, binoculars and water. 

      The location of the Little Sit is technically in Sadler, TX, but it is within the boundaries of Hagerman NWR.

      Location: H Pad, Sadler, Texas 76264 

      GPS Coordinates: 

      33.734961, -96.780582


      Directions from the Hagerman Visitor Center:

      • Take a right (north) out of the Visitor Center parking lot road.
      • At the bottom of the hill, take a left onto the gravel road (Wildlife Dr).
      • The road will end at the Big Mineral Day Use Area. Take a right onto Bennett Lane.
      • You will cross a bridge over Big Mineral Creek, then go over a low water crossing.
      • There will be several small gravel roads going off to the right.
      • Stay on Bennett until the road forks, then go right.
      • When the road forks again, go right.
      • Take the gravel road to the right marked “H” (you will see oil tanks on the NE corner) and go all the way to the end.

      Free and open to the public.  Donations are accepted to support this and other events and programs sponsored by the Friends of Hagerman NWR.

      Join us with membership today to receive the monthly Featherless Flyer newsletter with nature articles, program information, updated events and other important refuge information.

      • November 04, 2025
      • Hagerman National Wildlife Visitor Center, 6465 Refuge Road, Sherman, TX 75092

      Join the Work Crew

      Do you enjoy working outside, mowing, sprucing up hiking trails, trimming and removing brush and general cleanup? Show your love for nature by joining the Outdoor Crew at Hagerman National Wildlife Refuge. Outdoor Crew volunteers meet on the First Tuesday and Fourth Saturday of every month. 

      With budget cuts and staff shortages due to retirements, the refuge needs you more than ever!

      For exact times, dates and other details about joining the volunteer Work Crew, please email us at: 

      info@friendsofhagerman.org

      Scouts welcome!


      • November 22, 2025
      • Hagerman National Wildlife Visitor Center, 6465 Refuge Road, Sherman, TX 75092

      Join the Work Crew

      Do you enjoy working outside, mowing, sprucing up hiking trails, trimming and removing brush and general cleanup? Show your love for nature by joining the Outdoor Crew at Hagerman National Wildlife Refuge. Outdoor Crew volunteers meet on the First Tuesday and Fourth Saturday of every month. 

      With budget cuts and staff shortages due to retirements, the refuge needs you more than ever!

      For exact times, dates and other details about joining the volunteer Work Crew, please email us at: 

      info@friendsofhagerman.org

      Scouts welcome!


      • December 02, 2025
      • Hagerman National Wildlife Visitor Center, 6465 Refuge Road, Sherman, TX 75092

      Join the Work Crew

      Do you enjoy working outside, mowing, sprucing up hiking trails, trimming and removing brush and general cleanup? Show your love for nature by joining the Outdoor Crew at Hagerman National Wildlife Refuge. Outdoor Crew volunteers meet on the First Tuesday and Fourth Saturday of every month. 

      With budget cuts and staff shortages due to retirements, the refuge needs you more than ever!

      For exact times, dates and other details about joining the volunteer Work Crew, please email us at: 

      info@friendsofhagerman.org

      Scouts welcome!


      • December 06, 2025
      • 7:00 AM - 9:00 AM
      • H Pad, Sadler TX, 76264
      Register

      The Little Sit Sunrise Bird Count

      Meet Jack and the Bird Census Team while learning how to identify the birds of North Texas, and enjoy the beautiful sunrise over Lake Texoma! Modeled after Cornell's national "Big Sit" event, the public is invited to join a group of dedicated birders at sunrise to conduct a bird count as multiple species fly to the water and the surrounding land to feed.  Leaders will bring spotting scopes and will provide tips for identification of the many species you will see.

      This event begins 30 minutes before sunrise (sunrise is 7:19 AM) and lasts a couple of hours, but all are welcome to come and go as they please. Participants are advised to bring a chair, binoculars and water. 

      The location of the Little Sit is technically in Sadler, TX, but it is within the boundaries of Hagerman NWR.

      Location: H Pad, Sadler, Texas 76264 

      GPS Coordinates: 

      33.734961, -96.780582


      Directions from the Hagerman Visitor Center:

      • Take a right (north) out of the Visitor Center parking lot road.
      • At the bottom of the hill, take a left onto the gravel road (Wildlife Dr).
      • The road will end at the Big Mineral Day Use Area. Take a right onto Bennett Lane.
      • You will cross a bridge over Big Mineral Creek, then go over a low water crossing.
      • There will be several small gravel roads going off to the right.
      • Stay on Bennett until the road forks, then go right.
      • When the road forks again, go right.
      • Take the gravel road to the right marked “H” (you will see oil tanks on the NE corner) and go all the way to the end.

      Free and open to the public.  Donations are accepted to support this and other events and programs sponsored by the Friends of Hagerman NWR.

      Join us with membership today to receive the monthly Featherless Flyer newsletter with nature articles, program information, updated events and other important refuge information.

      • December 13, 2025
      • 10:00 AM
      • Hagerman National Wildlife Visitor Center, 6465 Refuge Road, Sherman, TX 75092

      Human Barriers to Conservation with Peter Schulze

      Flying Too Close to Heaven Photo by Lisa Walsh



      • December 27, 2025
      • Hagerman National Wildlife Visitor Center, 6465 Refuge Road, Sherman, TX 75092

      Join the Work Crew

      Do you enjoy working outside, mowing, sprucing up hiking trails, trimming and removing brush and general cleanup? Show your love for nature by joining the Outdoor Crew at Hagerman National Wildlife Refuge. Outdoor Crew volunteers meet on the First Tuesday and Fourth Saturday of every month. 

      With budget cuts and staff shortages due to retirements, the refuge needs you more than ever!

      For exact times, dates and other details about joining the volunteer Work Crew, please email us at: 

      info@friendsofhagerman.org

      Scouts welcome!


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    Events and activities hosted by the Friends of Hagerman are funded by donations and powered solely by volunteers.  There are no fees for admission to the refuge or parking. The refuge is open from sunrise to sunset every day of the year and you may drive on any road unless gated.

    6465 Refuge Road

    Sherman, TX 75092

                 

    Kroger: Stop by the customer service desk at Kroger and link your Kroger Card to the Friends of Hagerman: the Friends will get rewards for every dollar you spend, at no cost to you.

    Please add info@friendsofhagerman.org to your contacts to ensure delivery of registration confirmations, account information and the Featherless Flyer

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