January 2024
DUES ARE DUE by the end of January 2024
Please send in your 2024 membership dues so that the Chapter can pay its bills and fund its activities without having to spend time with fund raising. 2024 dues are again $20 per individual and $35 for a couple. Send in care of ETCMN Treasurer to: P.O. Box 131184, Tyler, TX 75707-1184
April 2023
City Nature Challenge 2023 Flyer
December 2022
Dues are Due
Be the first to send in your 2023 membership dues to assure the Chapter can pay its bills and fund its activities without having to spend time with fund raising. 2023 dues are again $20 per individual and $35 for a couple. Send in care of ETCMN Treasurer to: P.O. Box 131184, Tyler, TX 75707-1184
State Master Naturalist has changed the rules for payment for next year and we must require your dues be paid by the end of January, 2023, please.
You can pay dues by cash or checks at the holiday party or at any in person gathering of the Chapter between now and the end of January 2023 to assure you remain a member in good standing in the Chapter with all implied privileges.
All 2022 class members please note that although your tuition payment covered your 2022 dues, you do owe 2023 dues and dues for every year thereafter to remain in good standing.
Thanks, ETCMN Treasurer, Phil Guthrie mphilipguthrie@sbcglobal.net
Be a Mentor for the 2023 Class Members
Whatever you do in the new year, do make a New Year’s resolution to be a part of the newly organized Mentor Program! Denise Gary and Beverly Guthrie will be pairing new class members with a veteran member who can guide them through the sometimes-confusing period of training. Rules for volunteering and posting hours can be overwhelming at times and having a friend to ask questions of will make things easier and clearer.
Should you choose to help, time demands will be small. There will be a Zoom meeting or two before classes begin on January 17th, you will need to put the evening of January 17th on your calendar for attending the orientation class with your mentee, and you may want to plan a walk, coffee or some other opportunity to get together and become friends. Duties are flexible and you and your mentee can decide how much interaction needs to take place and how you want to make the new class member feel welcome.
If you have a small bit of time and want to make a big difference in welcoming in the new class, please contact Beverly at finwren@sbcglobal.net to get further details. New class members are fun and interesting, and your involvement will make a big difference. Come help us make this first mentor effort a big success!
November 2022
Project Feeder Watch
Register your site and details on The Cornell Lab Project FeederWatch website and pay a fee of $18 if you are not already a member of Cornell Lab. Begin (or continue) watching birds at your bird feeders from November through April. You are allowed to observe for two consecutive days every week. Then log on to the website and report your observations. For more depth you may decide to record behaviors and report those, too. Contact Lance Homeniuk (903-987-3410 or homeniuk@yahoo.com) for more information. Report hours as “Chapter Data Collection Projects.”
July 2022
2023 Class
East Texas Chapter is now accepting applications for 2023 training. If interested, see the Join Us tab.
May 2022
Final Tally City Nature Challenge
This year’s City Nature Challenge (CNC) came to a close Monday May 9th at 9am. It culminated over six months of planning and preparation and resulted in:
- Observations: 4865
- Species: 1220
- Observers: 184
These total observation results placed us in seventh place of the fifteen CNC cities in Texas. Without a doubt this was a very respectable first year for us!
April / May 2022
Fellow Chapter members and Master Naturalists, we are hosting the City Nature Challenge for our area in East Texas next year. This is a big project with opportunities for everyone to participate and acquire volunteer service hours in 2022. Stay informed by visiting our iNaturalist site for up-to-date information.
April 2022
A number of our hard working members were recognized for their service. All are to be congratulated! Thank you for your continued service to the community and to our Chapter! Here are those who achieved IC, Recertification for 2022 or who passed a milestone level of service since the last awards ceremony in January:
Recertifications for 2022
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Edmund |
Mark |
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Gray |
Patricia (Patti) |
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Guthrie |
Beverly |
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Guthrie |
Phil |
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Homeniuk |
Lance |
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Lumpkins |
Robert (Bob) |
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Rauscher |
Wanda |
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Reynolds |
Ann |
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Rottman |
Ray |
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Rueb-Hall |
Karen |
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Smith |
Lindsey |
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Vorsas |
Caryn |
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Vorsas |
Joe |
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Williams |
Bobbie |
*Denise Gary and Jim Walker, class of 2022 have both Initially Certified and Double Certified, thus earning the 2022 recertification award.
*Earning Initial certification was Carol Lanthrum – Class of 2021
250 Hours
Bronze Dragonfly
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Edmund |
Mark |
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Emry-Arthur |
Sara |
500 Hours
Silver Dragonfly
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Spradlin |
Pat |
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Williams |
Bobbie |
1000 Hours
Gold Dragonfly
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Karen Rueb-Hall |
January 2022
CONGRATULATIONS to all those who have recertified, initially certified, double certified and reached milestone levels of service in 2021!!! You deserve a hand!
Thanks to our outgoing Membership Director, Vickie Hoppis for compiling this list.
Initial certification:
Class of 2017—Ilene Getzone who also earned double certification
Class of 2020—Allison Utley who also earned double certification, Holly Boyd, Nelson Jones, Polly Jones, Cynthia Siegel, & Kellie Phea
Class of 2021—Mim Hershey, Mark Edmund who also earned double certification, Terri Gerber, Dan Gerber, Donna Smith and Shanna Wilbanks