First place Exemplary Project Award team leaders Tim Long and Sandy Parker at their display board at the annual state meeting of Texas Master Naturalists. Thank you for all you’re doing… Read More →
Congrats to our 2017 Photo Contest Winners
Congratulations to our 2017 Chapter Photo Contest winners. Sirens of the Sea – Bill Breaux Spoonbill Selfie – Candice Annen Prairie Ponderings – Marlynn Miller Overall winner for the chapter… Read More →
Alan Wilde – Awarded 2017 Everyday Hero for Galveston Community
Alan Wilde, Class of 2001, has been recognized by the Galveston Daily News as one of their 2017 Everyday Heroes for his volunteer efforts. Alan was recognized for his untiring… Read More →
Congrats to Dick Benoit – Terry Hershey Bayou Preservation Stewardship Award
Dick Benoit, one of the founders of the Galveston Bay Area Chapter – TX Master Naturalist, was awarded the Terry Hershey Bayou Preservation Award this year. Dick has been a… Read More →
GBAC Wins 1st Place in the EPA/Gulf of Mexico Program Sponsored Gulf Guardian Award
Our chapter has been named 1st place winner in the civic/non-profit category for the bi-annual 2017 EPA/Gulf of Mexico program for our citizen science approach to confronting plastic pollution in… Read More →
2016 Year End Celebration
Our GBAC-TXMN annual event was a night of fun and memories. Thank you to the Class of 2016 for doing such an outstanding job of documenting our 15 years anniversary of… Read More →
We Rocked the 2016 Texas MN Conference
What an amazing weekend for the Galveston Bay chapter at the 2016 Texas Master Naturalist conference. The State unveiled a new category for volunteer service hours – a 15,000 volunteer… Read More →
Emmeline Dodd – Named 2016 ABNC -Armand Yramategui Conservation Award
Congratulations to Emmeline Dodd, GBAC class of 2004, on being awarded the prestigious Armand Yramategui Conservation Award. Emmeline has dedicated her life to nature as a naturalist, environmentalist, educator, advocate,… Read More →
Congrats to Marie Asscherick – 10,000 Hours of Volunteer Service
Congratulations to Marie Asscherick for reaching the pinnacle of volunteer service for the Texas Master Naturalist community. She has reached and now surpassed the 10,000 volunteer hour service pinnacle and is still… Read More →
Welcome Back – Emeritus Luncheon
On Friday, September 9th, the transition/emeritus committee hosted our first Emeritus community luncheon. The luncheon focus was to welcome back members of our community that we have not seen for… Read More →