Virtual.  Zoom meeting invite and registration details will be posted on TWS Slack channel. The study group series for 2024 is hosted by members of the Coastal Prairie Chapter (CPC) Texas Waters Specialist Study Group.  November's session will cover: Chapter 6: The Role and Function of Wetlands and Estuarine Systems,  pg 87-91   discussion leaders Lisa... Read More →

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 →

Join Birding for Fun for a Bird's Eye View on Behavior in their winter series on Monday evenings.  Classes online are Mondays at 7pm-8pm via zoom.  Fee applies, each class is $15 with discounts on multiple class registrations. Participants may register for individual classes or whole series. Join us for this special series of Monday... Read More →

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 →

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 →

Garden Sign at the SCNP Butterfly Garden - photo by Hoiman Low Members: Come help at Seabourne Creek Nature Park (SCNP), Texas Master Naturalist Coastal Prairie Chapter’s signature project! It is a great way to earn VSP hours; learn about butterflies and prairie plants; and enjoy time with fellow Texas Master Naturalists. There are several... Read More →

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 →

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 →

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  

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 →

“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 Trail, grow out native species in our Coastal Prairie Native Seed Nursery, plant native wildflowers and grasses, remove invasive species, build and... Read More →

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 →

Zoom live webinar series.   Do you love to learn about insects?  Then join Entomologist Wizzie Brown each month on the third Friday at 10am CST for an exciting discussion about creeping things in the backyard. Entomologist Wizzie Brown is a Senior Extension Program Specialist with Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service.  Brown received a BS in... Read More →

Sun in Fog - photo by Noel Zinn Members: Join in the weekend fun at Seabourne.  Every first and third Saturdays, we will be at Seabourne working in the various projects we have going on there.   Come help at Seabourne Creek Nature Park (SCNP), Texas Master Naturalist Coastal Prairie Chapter’s signature project! It is a... Read More →

Volunteers are welcome every Saturday 8:00am -10:00am (except when raining) to work in the Willow Fork Park Pollinator Garden, located just north of Cinco Ranch High School. Put in half an hour or all four hours VSP credit, as you are able. Bring  your typical gardening equipment. Questions? Call Diane Russell 281-797-1527

From the organizer: I’m reaching out to personally invite you to our fall workday at Deer Park Prairie on Saturday, November 16th. This will be our largest workday of the year, and NPAT staff are coming from across Texas to help make it a success! Starting this November, we’re aiming to hold two biannual workdays... Read More →

Volunteers meet at the Irene Stern Community Center, 6920 Katy-Fulshear Rd., at 9:00a.m. to pick up supplies, grab a snack, and listen to a quick safety talk from one of our Fulshear Police Officers and a Thank You from our mayor. Volunteers divide into groups and have the options of picking up roadside litter or... Read More →

TexianMarketDays_Oct222022 SAVE THE DATE! Who: George Ranch Historical Park What: Frontier Days Where: 10215 FM 762 Road  Richmond TX 77469 When: Saturday, 11/16/2024, 9:00 am to 5:00 pm Why: Provide an educational WOW for the attendees