AT: Integrating Native Plants – Chapter Program Clear Lake NPSOT

Hybrid In person and Virtual Session, see description for program details

November 11th, hybrid meeting with onsite meeting at UHCL Bayou Building, Forest Room.  Virtual session begins at 7pm - 8:30pm Topic:  Keeping it Local: Integrating Native Plants in Your Landscape  What’s all the hype about native plants? Through photos and stories, native Texan Cherie Colburn demonstrates her gardening mantra of “first, do no harm” by... Read More →

Free

VSP Pop-Up Coastal Prairie Planting @GBF Kemah Headquarters

Galveston Bay Foundation 1725 N Hwy 146, Kemah, TX, United States

Galveston Bay Foundation will be hosting a "flash" prairie planting event at the Kemah HQ office. Unfortunately, a service group had to cancel, and we already have all the plants ready for planting. Instead of returning them to the plant nursery, we've decided to hold this planting event! No experience is necessary—GBF staff will be... Read More →

VSP: Coastal Prairie Conservancy – Tuesday Work Day at Indiangrass Prairie

CPC Indiangrass Preserve-Field Office 31975 Hebert Road, Waller, Texas

The Coastal  Prairie Conservancy (CPC) seeks “Preserve and Native Nursery Volunteers”. Its COVID-19 Update notes volunteer opportunities are “Open to vaccinated volunteers”. “Come get your hands dirty on the prairie. Every Tuesday and Friday on the Indiangrass Preserve, volunteers participate in activities critical to the success of our restoration program. Volunteers maintain the Ann Hamilton... Read More →

AT: TMN Tuesdays Webinar – Technical Guidance Projects Showcase

Virtual - Webinar

Virtual.  Free. Description: Join Various Texas Master Naturalist Chapters as they present on how they provide landowner and community technical guidance assistance through their specialized service projects —which can be emulated and adopted by other chapters across the state! Speaker: Texas Master Naturalist Blackland Prairie Chapter, El Camino Real Chapter, Hays County Chapter, Hill Country Chapter,... Read More →

Free

AT: Riparian and Stream Ecosystem Program – Richland-Chambers Reservoir Watershed

In person

Free, In person.  The Texas Water Resources Institute (TWRI) will host a Texas Riparian and Stream Ecosystem Education Program from 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. November 14 in Blooming Grove.    Workshop location is 121 S Fordyce St, Blooming Grove, TX 76626 A catered lunch will be available to participants for $15. To register please RSVP here by... Read More →

Free

VSP Weekly Bird Walk at John Paul Landing Environmental Education Center

John Paul Landing Park Environmental Education Center 9950 Katy Hockley Road, Cypress, TX

Start your day with a guided walk to explore the birds of John Paul Landing Park. All ages and levels of experience welcome. Please bring your own equipment, water, and bug spray, etc. Hats and sunscreen are recommended as there is little shade along the 2-mile route. Walks leave from John Paul Landing Environmental Education... Read More →

VSP Private Open House and tour of Long Acres Ranch for CPC members

Long Acres Ranch 2317 Williams Way Blvd, Richmond, TX, United States

Long Acres Ranch will host an Open House to introduce chapter members to the facility and their programs. A trailer tour of the property will be part of the event. Please check Slack for the SUG  

VSP Annual Planning Meeting for HMNS-SL Outreach 2025

Zoom Online Meeting Advance registration required

Annual Planning Meeting for HMNS-SL Outreach via Zoom. Join us to help plan the 2025 Outreach programs our chapter will be presenting at Houston Museum of Natural Science - Sugar Land on the 2nd and 4th Saturdays of each month. We will also talk about ways to make our outreach more effective and engage more... Read More →

VSP Seed collecting at Nash Prairie

This is a reschedule of the cancelled October 31st trip . Exact locations and other information are available at the google form sign up link: https://bit.ly/24seedrsvp .(Note: Please use the lower case letters as shown.)Seed collecting trips scheduled in the future will be announced in the CPC monthly newsletter (sign up here) and listed on the... Read More →