This Thursday: April 9, 9am-12 We’re hitting the road to Brazoria County to collect Powdery alligator flag/Thalia dealbata before it gets hot and buggy. Volunteers can go directly to the collection site OR carpool in the TCWP van from Clear Lake. The van will leave promptly at 9am from the office at 1250 Bay Area... Read More →
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Insects and S'more: Â Emmeline Dodd (GBAC Master Naturalist) Chapter Meeting: Â Class members to attend |
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Book selection: Cadillac Desert:The American West and Its Disappearing Water by Marc Reisner - April, May, June |
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Bayou Ecology: Â Mark Kramer (Stewardship Manager, Armand Bayou Nature) Water Quality Testing: Â Diane Humes and GBAC Master Naturalists Let's All Gyotaku! Â Julie Massey
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Wetland restoration and preservation activities at Sheldon Lake SP. Â Led by Marissa Sipocz of Texas A&M Extension. April 15: We will focus on collecting more material this week. We are expecting rain most of this week, and in the mornings no less. However, we are hosting a new group of home-schoolers next Wednesday and... Read More → |
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CANCELLED DUE TO IMPENDING BAD WEATHER IN GALVESTON: Beach and Bay Ecology: Â Beach - Jamie Ashby and Bill Ashby (GBAC Master Naturalists); Bay - Nathan Veatch and Dr. Steve Alexander (GBAC Master Naturalists) Dune restoration: Â Â Dick Benoit (Charter Member, GBAC Master Naturalists)
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All, Here is the stormwater wetland volunteer update for this week. This Thursday: April 23, 9am-12 Cullen will lead the crews in preparing the nursery to look its best for the Earth Day event this Saturday (see below for more info about that). This will be a great primer on wetland weed identification! Â At the... Read More → |
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Galveston Island State Park Maintenance Area Monday, April 20 & 27, 2015 9 AM until Noon Since we missed this week's work day we'll plan on 2 mondays in a row to get back on our biweekly schedule. The two activities will be to (1) pot seedlings in one gallon pots and (2) plant in... Read More → |
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Wetland restoration and preservation activities at Sheldon Lake SP. Â Led by Marissa Sipocz of Texas A&M Extension. |
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Birds - Colonial and Migratory: Â Winnie Burkett (Houston Audubon Society) Birding Field Trip to Audubon High Island Preserves
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 This Thursday: April 23, 9am-12 Cullen will lead the crews in preparing the nursery to look its best for the Earth Day event this Saturday (see below for more info about that). This will be a great primer on wetland weed identification!  At the same time, Mary Carol will be hosting a workshop... Read More → |
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This Saturday is our wetland nursery open house as part of Exploration Green’s  Earth Day event in Clear Lake. If you are intending to participate as a docent, or would like to, can you confirm with me? You can join in for all or part of the 9am-12 Open House.  We will be showing people... Read More →
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Hello Everyone Moody Gardens is having their Earth Day event this Saturday April 25th in the Visitor Center Atrium. For the first time, the Master Naturalists are sponsoring 3 tables for displays and activities: one on shells, one on birds and one with handouts from the Extension office. The event is free and opens to... Read More → |
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 As part of the 2015 Great Texas Birding Classic, the folks at Galveston Island State Park (GISP) are joining up with Audubon TERN to enter a team in the Regional Big Sit Tournament. In this competition, teams select a 17-foot diameter circle from which to bird. Team members can rotate in shifts or can... Read More →
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Working Together and With The Public: Julie Massey Can you Canoe?:  Vic Madamba (GBAC Master Naturalist and ABNC Volunteer) GRADUATION!! |
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We are hosting a shoreline clean up at the Texas City Prairie Preserve on Friday, May 1st 2015 from 9:00am to 11:30am. Several weeks ago we had a successful clean-up on the spit of the TCPP property near the oystercatcher nests and we are looking to do the same along the accessable parts of the... Read More → |
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Help our partners at Friends of Galveston Island State Park entertain and inform the community at a free admission day at the park! Â Lots of volunteer opportunities for chapter members. Â Please contact Rick Becker for further information. |


