Submissions of articles and photos are encouraged and much appreciated! Please e-mail your submissions to Midden Editor-in Chief, Diane Humes. Thanks in advance for your contributions! Opportunity: Administrative Work > Communications
Join us at the Environmental Institute of Houston at the UHCL campus for weeding, planting, and other maintenance activities. We meet every Tuesday (except University holidays) from 9am – 11am. For more information contact Wendy Reistle Voluntary Opportunity: Wetland Restoration-EIH (Environmental Institute of Houston)
Please remember to dress for the weather, wear sturdy shoes or boots that can get muddy, and bring work gloves. Find out more information and RSVP by contacting Christy Taylor Opportunity: Exploration Green – NRM
March 1 – April 30 @ 9:00 am - noon Help identify and count migrating raptors at Sylvan Beach (or Little Cedar Bayou Park) in La Porte. No experience necessary. Items to bring: Chair, binoculars, water, sun screen, hat. Contact Lynn Wright, lynn-wright@comcast.net, for more information. Opportunity: HawkWatch
Please remember to dress for the weather, wear sturdy shoes or boots that can get muddy, and bring work gloves. Find out more information and RSVP by contacting Christy Taylor Opportunity: Exploration Green – NRM
Prairie Restoration volunteer work at San Jacinto Battleground State Historic Site that includes potting and planting grasses and forbs. Meet by the park headquarters next to the stone columns at the entrance to the park. Contact Jim Duron for more information.
March 1 – April 30 @ 9:00 am - noon Help identify and count migrating raptors at Sylvan Beach (or Little Cedar Bayou Park) in La Porte. No experience necessary. Items to bring: Chair, binoculars, water, sun screen, hat. Contact Lynn Wright, lynn-wright@comcast.net, for more information. Opportunity: HawkWatch
Join us for prairie restoration activities: potting, lateral transfers, weeding and more at Armand Bayou Nature Center. Volunteers meet at the green house. For more information contact Jim Duron.
March 1 – April 30 @ 9:00 am - noon Help identify and count migrating raptors at Sylvan Beach (or Little Cedar Bayou Park) in La Porte. No experience necessary. Items to bring: Chair, binoculars, water, sun screen, hat. Contact Lynn Wright, lynn-wright@comcast.net, for more information. Opportunity: HawkWatch
We will be at the Anahuac Wildlife Refuge; we will meet at the East Unit Gate located on FM 1985 - this is not a far drive from Bolivar on the east side of Galveston Bay. Please remember to dress for the weather, wear sturdy shoes or boots that can get muddy, and bring work... Read More →
March 1 – April 30 @ 9:00 am - noon Help identify and count migrating raptors at Sylvan Beach (or Little Cedar Bayou Park) in La Porte. No experience necessary. Items to bring: Chair, binoculars, water, sun screen, hat. Contact Lynn Wright, lynn-wright@comcast.net, for more information. Opportunity: HawkWatch
When: Saturday March 4, 2 PM- 5 PM Where: Nature Center at Galveston Island SP, hands-on at Beachside Day Use What should you expect: Classroom time in the Nature Center from 2 PM- 3:30 PM, hands-on program with real-life participants from 3:30 PM- 5 PM What to bring/ wear: Close-toed shoes to get wet and... Read More →
March 1 – April 30 @ 9:00 am - noon Help identify and count migrating raptors at Sylvan Beach (or Little Cedar Bayou Park) in La Porte. No experience necessary. Items to bring: Chair, binoculars, water, sun screen, hat. Contact Lynn Wright, lynn-wright@comcast.net, for more information. Opportunity: HawkWatch
March 1 – April 30 @ 9:00 am - noon Help identify and count migrating raptors at Sylvan Beach (or Little Cedar Bayou Park) in La Porte. No experience necessary. Items to bring: Chair, binoculars, water, sun screen, hat. Contact Lynn Wright, lynn-wright@comcast.net, for more information. Opportunity: HawkWatch
This month we will continue discussion of A Thirsty Land: The Making of an American Water Crisis by Seamus McGraw. Contact Cheryl Barajas for more information. The Heritage Book Study Group meets the first Monday of the month at 1 pm. Opportunity: AT: Heritage Book Study Group
Join us at the Environmental Institute of Houston at the UHCL campus for weeding, planting, and other maintenance activities. We meet every Tuesday (except University holidays) from 9am – 11am. For more information contact Wendy Reistle Voluntary Opportunity: Wetland Restoration-EIH (Environmental Institute of Houston)
March 1 – April 30 @ 9:00 am - noon Help identify and count migrating raptors at Sylvan Beach (or Little Cedar Bayou Park) in La Porte. No experience necessary. Items to bring: Chair, binoculars, water, sun screen, hat. Contact Lynn Wright, lynn-wright@comcast.net, for more information. Opportunity: HawkWatch
Monthly board meeting via zoom. Visitors always welcome. Contact GBAC President Pam House for the zoom link.
March 1 – April 30 @ 9:00 am - noon Help identify and count migrating raptors at Sylvan Beach (or Little Cedar Bayou Park) in La Porte. No experience necessary. Items to bring: Chair, binoculars, water, sun screen, hat. Contact Lynn Wright, lynn-wright@comcast.net, for more information. Opportunity: HawkWatch
Prairie Restoration volunteer work at San Jacinto Battleground State Historic Site that includes potting and planting grasses and forbs. Meet by the park headquarters next to the stone columns at the entrance to the park. Contact Jim Duron for more information.
March 1 – April 30 @ 9:00 am - noon Help identify and count migrating raptors at Sylvan Beach (or Little Cedar Bayou Park) in La Porte. No experience necessary. Items to bring: Chair, binoculars, water, sun screen, hat. Contact Lynn Wright, lynn-wright@comcast.net, for more information. Opportunity: HawkWatch
Join us for prairie restoration activities: potting, lateral transfers, weeding and more at Armand Bayou Nature Center. Volunteers meet at the green house. For more information contact Jim Duron.
March 1 – April 30 @ 9:00 am - noon Help identify and count migrating raptors at Sylvan Beach (or Little Cedar Bayou Park) in La Porte. No experience necessary. Items to bring: Chair, binoculars, water, sun screen, hat. Contact Lynn Wright, lynn-wright@comcast.net, for more information. Opportunity: HawkWatch
This program consists of presentations focusing on preventing plastic pollution and the sea turtles of the Gulf. While presenting, team members wear “hero” capes and hats and share what they are doing to help. Students are encouraged to share their efforts now and in the future during the presentations. At the end of each program,... Read More →
March 1 – April 30 @ 9:00 am - noon Help identify and count migrating raptors at Sylvan Beach (or Little Cedar Bayou Park) in La Porte. No experience necessary. Items to bring: Chair, binoculars, water, sun screen, hat. Contact Lynn Wright, lynn-wright@comcast.net, for more information. Opportunity: HawkWatch
March 1 – April 30 @ 9:00 am - noon Help identify and count migrating raptors at Sylvan Beach (or Little Cedar Bayou Park) in La Porte. No experience necessary. Items to bring: Chair, binoculars, water, sun screen, hat. Contact Lynn Wright, lynn-wright@comcast.net, for more information. Opportunity: HawkWatch
March 1 – April 30 @ 9:00 am - noon Help identify and count migrating raptors at Sylvan Beach (or Little Cedar Bayou Park) in La Porte. No experience necessary. Items to bring: Chair, binoculars, water, sun screen, hat. Contact Lynn Wright, lynn-wright@comcast.net, for more information. Opportunity: HawkWatch
Join us at the Environmental Institute of Houston at the UHCL campus for weeding, planting, and other maintenance activities. We meet every Tuesday (except University holidays) from 9am – 11am. For more information contact Wendy Reistle Voluntary Opportunity: Wetland Restoration-EIH (Environmental Institute of Houston)
March 1 – April 30 @ 9:00 am - noon Help identify and count migrating raptors at Sylvan Beach (or Little Cedar Bayou Park) in La Porte. No experience necessary. Items to bring: Chair, binoculars, water, sun screen, hat. Contact Lynn Wright, lynn-wright@comcast.net, for more information. Opportunity: HawkWatch
To register visit: https://www.splashtx.org/nestfest March 14, 2023 9:00 am - 12:00 pm Locations: Sites along Galveston Island, Follets Island, and Bolivar Peninsula
March 1 – April 30 @ 9:00 am - noon Help identify and count migrating raptors at Sylvan Beach (or Little Cedar Bayou Park) in La Porte. No experience necessary. Items to bring: Chair, binoculars, water, sun screen, hat. Contact Lynn Wright, lynn-wright@comcast.net, for more information. Opportunity: HawkWatch
Prairie Restoration volunteer work at San Jacinto Battleground State Historic Site that includes potting and planting grasses and forbs. Meet by the park headquarters next to the stone columns at the entrance to the park. Contact Jim Duron for more information.
March 1 – April 30 @ 9:00 am - noon Help identify and count migrating raptors at Sylvan Beach (or Little Cedar Bayou Park) in La Porte. No experience necessary. Items to bring: Chair, binoculars, water, sun screen, hat. Contact Lynn Wright, lynn-wright@comcast.net, for more information. Opportunity: HawkWatch
Join us for prairie restoration activities: potting, lateral transfers, weeding and more at Armand Bayou Nature Center. Volunteers meet at the green house. For more information contact Jim Duron.
March 1 – April 30 @ 9:00 am - noon Help identify and count migrating raptors at Sylvan Beach (or Little Cedar Bayou Park) in La Porte. No experience necessary. Items to bring: Chair, binoculars, water, sun screen, hat. Contact Lynn Wright, lynn-wright@comcast.net, for more information. Opportunity: HawkWatch
March 1 – April 30 @ 9:00 am - noon Help identify and count migrating raptors at Sylvan Beach (or Little Cedar Bayou Park) in La Porte. No experience necessary. Items to bring: Chair, binoculars, water, sun screen, hat. Contact Lynn Wright, lynn-wright@comcast.net, for more information. Opportunity: HawkWatch
March 1 – April 30 @ 9:00 am - noon Help identify and count migrating raptors at Sylvan Beach (or Little Cedar Bayou Park) in La Porte. No experience necessary. Items to bring: Chair, binoculars, water, sun screen, hat. Contact Lynn Wright, lynn-wright@comcast.net, for more information. Opportunity: HawkWatch
March 1 – April 30 @ 9:00 am - noon Help identify and count migrating raptors at Sylvan Beach (or Little Cedar Bayou Park) in La Porte. No experience necessary. Items to bring: Chair, binoculars, water, sun screen, hat. Contact Lynn Wright, lynn-wright@comcast.net, for more information. Opportunity: HawkWatch
VOL – AT Committee meeting via ZOOM Contact Mike Petitt for more information.
Join us at the Environmental Institute of Houston at the UHCL campus for weeding, planting, and other maintenance activities. We meet every Tuesday (except University holidays) from 9am – 11am. For more information contact Wendy Reistle Voluntary Opportunity: Wetland Restoration-EIH (Environmental Institute of Houston)
March 1 – April 30 @ 9:00 am - noon Help identify and count migrating raptors at Sylvan Beach (or Little Cedar Bayou Park) in La Porte. No experience necessary. Items to bring: Chair, binoculars, water, sun screen, hat. Contact Lynn Wright, lynn-wright@comcast.net, for more information. Opportunity: HawkWatch
March 1 – April 30 @ 9:00 am - noon Help identify and count migrating raptors at Sylvan Beach (or Little Cedar Bayou Park) in La Porte. No experience necessary. Items to bring: Chair, binoculars, water, sun screen, hat. Contact Lynn Wright, lynn-wright@comcast.net, for more information. Opportunity: HawkWatch
North America is host to eleven species of wrens. All are small, most reclusive, and they are always on the move. Males often sing year round and their scolding calls from the undergrowth may be the only hint that they are around. Known to many a non-birder as the "the little bird with the perky... Read More →
Prairie Restoration volunteer work at San Jacinto Battleground State Historic Site that includes potting and planting grasses and forbs. Meet by the park headquarters next to the stone columns at the entrance to the park. Contact Jim Duron for more information.
March 1 – April 30 @ 9:00 am - noon Help identify and count migrating raptors at Sylvan Beach (or Little Cedar Bayou Park) in La Porte. No experience necessary. Items to bring: Chair, binoculars, water, sun screen, hat. Contact Lynn Wright, lynn-wright@comcast.net, for more information. Opportunity: HawkWatch
Join us for prairie restoration activities: potting, lateral transfers, weeding and more at Armand Bayou Nature Center. Volunteers meet at the green house. For more information contact Jim Duron.
March 1 – April 30 @ 9:00 am - noon Help identify and count migrating raptors at Sylvan Beach (or Little Cedar Bayou Park) in La Porte. No experience necessary. Items to bring: Chair, binoculars, water, sun screen, hat. Contact Lynn Wright, lynn-wright@comcast.net, for more information. Opportunity: HawkWatch
March 1 – April 30 @ 9:00 am - noon Help identify and count migrating raptors at Sylvan Beach (or Little Cedar Bayou Park) in La Porte. No experience necessary. Items to bring: Chair, binoculars, water, sun screen, hat. Contact Lynn Wright, lynn-wright@comcast.net, for more information. Opportunity: HawkWatch
ALL ARE WELCOME - The Texas Master Naturalist Monofilament Collection and Recycling team is hosting a fishing line cleaning activity Texas Master Naturalists participate in numerous beach cleanup events. During those events volunteers separately collect monofilament fishing line. In many cases, that line is tangled up with other debris. At this cleanup event we will remove hooks, lures... Read More →
March 1 – April 30 @ 9:00 am - noon Help identify and count migrating raptors at Sylvan Beach (or Little Cedar Bayou Park) in La Porte. No experience necessary. Items to bring: Chair, binoculars, water, sun screen, hat. Contact Lynn Wright, lynn-wright@comcast.net, for more information. Opportunity: HawkWatch
March 1 – April 30 @ 9:00 am - noon Help identify and count migrating raptors at Sylvan Beach (or Little Cedar Bayou Park) in La Porte. No experience necessary. Items to bring: Chair, binoculars, water, sun screen, hat. Contact Lynn Wright, lynn-wright@comcast.net, for more information. Opportunity: HawkWatch
Join us at the Environmental Institute of Houston at the UHCL campus for weeding, planting, and other maintenance activities. We meet every Tuesday (except University holidays) from 9am – 11am. For more information contact Wendy Reistle Voluntary Opportunity: Wetland Restoration-EIH (Environmental Institute of Houston)
March 1 – April 30 @ 9:00 am - noon Help identify and count migrating raptors at Sylvan Beach (or Little Cedar Bayou Park) in La Porte. No experience necessary. Items to bring: Chair, binoculars, water, sun screen, hat. Contact Lynn Wright, lynn-wright@comcast.net, for more information. Opportunity: HawkWatch
Monthly board meeting via zoom. Visitors always welcome. Contact GBAC President Pam House for the zoom link.
This program consists of presentations focusing on preventing plastic pollution and the sea turtles of the Gulf. While presenting, team members wear “hero” capes and hats and share what they are doing to help. Students are encouraged to share their efforts now and in the future during the presentations. At the end of each program,... Read More →
March 1 – April 30 @ 9:00 am - noon Help identify and count migrating raptors at Sylvan Beach (or Little Cedar Bayou Park) in La Porte. No experience necessary. Items to bring: Chair, binoculars, water, sun screen, hat. Contact Lynn Wright, lynn-wright@comcast.net, for more information. Opportunity: HawkWatch
Prairie Restoration volunteer work at San Jacinto Battleground State Historic Site that includes potting and planting grasses and forbs. Meet by the park headquarters next to the stone columns at the entrance to the park. Contact Jim Duron for more information.
March 1 – April 30 @ 9:00 am - noon Help identify and count migrating raptors at Sylvan Beach (or Little Cedar Bayou Park) in La Porte. No experience necessary. Items to bring: Chair, binoculars, water, sun screen, hat. Contact Lynn Wright, lynn-wright@comcast.net, for more information. Opportunity: HawkWatch
The first day of the 2023 class will be held at Armand Bayou Nature Center
Join us for prairie restoration activities: potting, lateral transfers, weeding and more at Armand Bayou Nature Center. Volunteers meet at the green house. For more information contact Jim Duron.
March 1 – April 30 @ 9:00 am - noon Help identify and count migrating raptors at Sylvan Beach (or Little Cedar Bayou Park) in La Porte. No experience necessary. Items to bring: Chair, binoculars, water, sun screen, hat. Contact Lynn Wright, lynn-wright@comcast.net, for more information. Opportunity: HawkWatch
A weekend filled with festivities celebrating the renovated beachside of Galveston Island State Park! Visit this link for more information Join us for a weekend filled with celebration as we officially reopen the beachside of our park. In 2019, Galveston Island State Park's beachside closed for a complete renovation after Hurricane Ike devastated the island in 2008.... Read More →
