October 30: The weather looks questionable for Wednesday. Plan to meet at the Exploration Green nursery around 8:00 am to assess the conditions. If thunderstorms are present then we'll move inside to our office and clean seed. If the weather looks fair we'll be potting up what's remaining from the last Anahuac collection day. Rosemary will... Read More →

October 31:  This week in the wetlands we will be down at Gulf Coast Bird Observatory nursery again this week.  We will continue the work from pond 1A cleaning, sorting and repotting as needed. The wetland nursery at Gulf Coast Bird Observatory is located at 299 TX Highway 332, Lake Jackson, TX 77566. From the parking lot... Read More →

UH CL Environmental Institute of Houston (EIH) needs volunteers to help at their education event "Becoming an Outdoor Girl" on November 2nd.  There are 70 girls registered and they will be rotating through several events. If you can help out, even for part of the day contact Wendy Reistle 281.283.3045 (W), 713.478.2884 (C) Opportunity:  Youth Field... Read More →

Saturday, November 2, from 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM. We will plant American Beauty Berry Plants in the park and as do some additional invasive species removal around the pavilion area. This event will be limited to around 40 volunteers. The Nature Center is a 148-acre site of undeveloped wetlands, offering native flora & fauna & public... Read More →

November 6: We'll be back at the Exploration Green nursery continuing to pot up our collected plants. Let's plan to meet around 8:00 am. The weather is going to be spectacular! Rosemary will be standing in for me again as hero of the week! I'll be down on the refuge as the nursery grow-out ponds... Read More →

November 7, 2019 We will be at Exploration Green Nursery continuing with the maintenance and potting of plants. The Wetland Nursery at Exploration Green is located near 1801 Neptune Lane, Clear Lake City (Houston) 77062. Park along the street near the bridge (from which you can see the nursery) and take the northeast trail. Do not park... Read More →

Friday, November 8, from 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM. We will expand the Butterfly Garden/Monarch Waystation area to double its current size. We will be adding new dirt, plants and planting seeds. We will also add dirt and plants to the existing beds in the park. This event will have registration at the park on the day of... Read More →

Volunteers are needed to support various nature stations and games at Galveston Island State Park on November 9, 9:00am - 2:00pm.  Volunteers needed from 7:30 am - 3:30pm.  You do not have to stay the whole time. Please contact Dave Bary if you are interested in helping   Opportunity:  Nature Program Support

Our next regular workday will be this Saturday, November 9th, from 8:00 a.m. to noon. Most of our work will involve cleanup work and weeding at the tree nursery, but a small crew might go over to Phase 2 to untie trees and pull up stakes. However, we will meet at the nursery first. See the... Read More →

November 14, 2019   Sorry for the late notice, I've been checking the weather and busy setting up samplers this week. Thursday's workday will be in the office at 1335 Regents Park Dr.  We will be cleaning seed. For more information contact Christie Taylor [email protected] Opportunity: Stormwater Wetlands Project, put location in the comments

Please join us for our bimonthly GBAC Adopt a Highway clean-up on FM 3005 in Galveston! We’ll meet at the Brasfield home located at 16922 Beachcomber Drive, City of Jamaica Beach on Galveston Island at sunrise.  Supplies and tools will be provided.   We normally clean for 1.5 to 2.0 hours. Please review the safety video... Read More →

Join us this Saturday (November 16) to help plant about 60-70 native shrubs and plants at the Gulf Coast Bird Observatory (GCBO) Quintana Neotropic Bird Sanctuary! We are re-vegetating the open middle section of the sanctuary to establish a tree canopy and undergrowth for the migrating birds using this important stop-over site. Also, 24 trees will... Read More →

November 20, 2019 This Wednesday I will be filling in for Colleen while she is at training in College Station. We have a group of students from the YES! Prep school coming to volunteer at the Exploration Green Nursery and learn about the stormwater wetland project. The Wetland Nursery at Exploration Green is located near 1801 Neptune... Read More →

November 21, 2019 Is our regularly scheduled third Thursday workday at the GCBO Wetland Nursery. We will be continuing to organize Pond 1B and repot plants as needed. The wetland nursery at Gulf Coast Bird Observatory is located at 299 TX Highway 332, Lake Jackson, TX 77566. From the parking lot by the new building, take... Read More →

If you are looking for a good way to work off those extra holiday calories, please join us this Saturday at the Exploration Green tree nursery, where we will work from 8:00 a.m to noon. Our task for the day is to move trees we will be planting from the mats to the gate (to make for... Read More →