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Virtual Volunteer Fair
May 2, 2023 @ 9:00 am - 11:30 am
VMS opportunity: TMN Virtual Volunteer Service
The Virtual Volunteer Fair will be an opportunity for our partner conservation organizations to present volunteer service projects that need volunteers from a distance or virtually! Save the Date and plan to join us on May 2nd and 3rd 2023, for this series of project presentations showcasing opportunities from across the state and across the spectrum of natural resource topics.
Sessions will be recorded and uploaded to our website post-event for those who cannot attend the live presentations.
Virtual Volunteer Fair Agenda
The following projects are described in the “Catalog of Projects” in the order presented below.
Tuesday, May 2nd
9:00 AM – 9:15 AM Introduction
9:15 AM – 9:30 AM Butterfly Monitoring – Irmi Willcockson, Gulf Coast Chapter President, Texas Butterfly Monitoring Network Co-Chair
9:30 AM – 9:45 AM Time to Restore: Connecting People, Plants, and Pollinators – Samantha Brewer, Volunteer Engagement Coordinator
9:45 AM – 10:00 AM Armchair Botanist: Mapping the Plants of Texas – Ashley Bordelon, Herbarium Collections Manager
10:00 AM – 10:15 AM Capturing Conservation: Researching Conservation Organizations, Projects, & Issues by Texas Ecoregion – Taylor Keys, Program Director
10:15 AM – 10:30 AM Plants of Texas Rangelands Virtual Herbarium – Megan Clayton, Professor & Extension Range Specialist
10:30 AM – 10:45 AM Woody Plant Encroachment in Grasslands: Teaching by RAP ’ping – Erika Sullivan, Master Student
10:45 AM – 11:00 AM Review of Knowledge for Species Potentially Impacted by Wind Energy Development in the Gulf of Mexico – Rachel Lange, NRS-IV Habitat Assessment Biologist
11:00 AM – 11:15 AM Conclusion & Wrap Up
Wednesday, May 3rd
9:00 AM – 9:15 AM Introduction
9:15 AM – 9:30 AM Eclipse Educators! – Dorian Janney, Education and Outreach Coordinator
9:30 AM – 9:45 AM Macroinvertebrate Guide and Student Worksheet – Melissa Felty (Alderson), Conservation Education Manager
9:45 AM – 10:00 AM Texas Aquatic Science TEKS Alignment – Melissa Felty (Alderson), Conservation Education Manager
10:00 AM – 10:15 AM Virtual Tour of Texas: Flora and Fauna of Every Ecoregion – Karina Araujo, Marketing Manager
10:15 AM – 10:30 AM Discovering Bigtooth Maple Canyons: The Hunt to Map a Unique Texas Habitat – Amie Treuer-Kuehn, Ecologist
10:30 AM – 10:45 AM Natural History & Environment of Jackson Plantation Historic Site – Katelyn Landry, Program & Education Coordinator
10:45 AM – 11:00 AM Seasonal trifold pamphlets for Cooper Lake State Park Complex – Alicia O’Connor, Park Interpreter
11:00 AM – 11:15 AM Conclusion & Wrap Up
Catalog of Projects
The Catalog of Projects below list ALL service project details along with the Project Contact and their email address. If you are interested in a particular project, please reach out to the Project Contact directly if you did not get a chance to sign up during the event.
In addition, the projects are noted as statewide or by eco-region in the project description. Keep in mind that some site-based projects may offer aspects of the project that don’t require your presence at the site. If they do require your presence to assist, please make sure to consider the project’s location compared to your chapter’s region and your training as a Master Naturalist. Be sure projects you choose are within ecoregion(s) you are trained for and are pre-approved by your chapter.
How do I join?
Registration to attend our Virtual Volunteer Fair is now open. It is free to register! You can attend any or all project proposal presentations – come and go as you please! TMN volunteers will earn Volunteer Service hours for attending all project proposal sessions – please use the “TMN Virtual Volunteer Service Fair” Statewide Project Opportunity for logging service hours.
If you’ve never used WebEx as a platform at all, the WebEx 101 Guide linked is a great place to start – plus there are live testing sites on the Cisco WebEx page for any day users to test their equipment and set up.
REGISTRATION IS OPEN!
You can register for both days by clicking here: Register Here!
How do I Sign up to Volunteer?
At the completion of EACH project proposal and then again at the end of the event, we will share the “Project Volunteer Registration” survey.
Will open up day of event in May 2023!
How do I log Hours?
Texas Master Naturalists can earn hours for attending the Virtual Volunteer Fair and for participating in service projects presented during the fair. A VMS (Volunteer Management System) Quick Guide reference document has been created to help show these opportunities and how to log them: VMS Quick Guide
VMS opportunity: TMN Virtual Volunteer Service
The Virtual Volunteer Fair will be an opportunity for our partner conservation organizations to present volunteer service projects that need volunteers from a distance or virtually! Save the Date and plan to join us on May 2nd and 3rd 2023, for this series of project presentations showcasing opportunities from across the state and across the spectrum of natural resource topics.
Sessions will be recorded and uploaded to our website post-event for those who cannot attend the live presentations.
Virtual Volunteer Fair Agenda
The following projects are described in the “Catalog of Projects” in the order presented below.
Tuesday, May 2nd
9:00 AM – 9:15 AM Introduction
9:15 AM – 9:30 AM Butterfly Monitoring – Irmi Willcockson, Gulf Coast Chapter President, Texas Butterfly Monitoring Network Co-Chair
9:30 AM – 9:45 AM Time to Restore: Connecting People, Plants, and Pollinators – Samantha Brewer, Volunteer Engagement Coordinator
9:45 AM – 10:00 AM Armchair Botanist: Mapping the Plants of Texas – Ashley Bordelon, Herbarium Collections Manager
10:00 AM – 10:15 AM Capturing Conservation: Researching Conservation Organizations, Projects, & Issues by Texas Ecoregion – Taylor Keys, Program Director
10:15 AM – 10:30 AM Plants of Texas Rangelands Virtual Herbarium – Megan Clayton, Professor & Extension Range Specialist
10:30 AM – 10:45 AM Woody Plant Encroachment in Grasslands: Teaching by RAP ’ping – Erika Sullivan, Master Student
10:45 AM – 11:00 AM Review of Knowledge for Species Potentially Impacted by Wind Energy Development in the Gulf of Mexico – Rachel Lange, NRS-IV Habitat Assessment Biologist
11:00 AM – 11:15 AM Conclusion & Wrap Up
Wednesday, May 3rd
9:00 AM – 9:15 AM Introduction
9:15 AM – 9:30 AM Eclipse Educators! – Dorian Janney, Education and Outreach Coordinator
9:30 AM – 9:45 AM Macroinvertebrate Guide and Student Worksheet – Melissa Felty (Alderson), Conservation Education Manager
9:45 AM – 10:00 AM Texas Aquatic Science TEKS Alignment – Melissa Felty (Alderson), Conservation Education Manager
10:00 AM – 10:15 AM Virtual Tour of Texas: Flora and Fauna of Every Ecoregion – Karina Araujo, Marketing Manager
10:15 AM – 10:30 AM Discovering Bigtooth Maple Canyons: The Hunt to Map a Unique Texas Habitat – Amie Treuer-Kuehn, Ecologist
10:30 AM – 10:45 AM Natural History & Environment of Jackson Plantation Historic Site – Katelyn Landry, Program & Education Coordinator
10:45 AM – 11:00 AM Seasonal trifold pamphlets for Cooper Lake State Park Complex – Alicia O’Connor, Park Interpreter
11:00 AM – 11:15 AM Conclusion & Wrap Up
Catalog of Projects
The Catalog of Projects below list ALL service project details along with the Project Contact and their email address. If you are interested in a particular project, please reach out to the Project Contact directly if you did not get a chance to sign up during the event.
In addition, the projects are noted as statewide or by eco-region in the project description. Keep in mind that some site-based projects may offer aspects of the project that don’t require your presence at the site. If they do require your presence to assist, please make sure to consider the project’s location compared to your chapter’s region and your training as a Master Naturalist. Be sure projects you choose are within ecoregion(s) you are trained for and are pre-approved by your chapter.
How do I join?
Registration to attend our Virtual Volunteer Fair is now open. It is free to register! You can attend any or all project proposal presentations – come and go as you please! TMN volunteers will earn Volunteer Service hours for attending all project proposal sessions – please use the “TMN Virtual Volunteer Service Fair” Statewide Project Opportunity for logging service hours.
If you’ve never used WebEx as a platform at all, the WebEx 101 Guide linked is a great place to start – plus there are live testing sites on the Cisco WebEx page for any day users to test their equipment and set up.
REGISTRATION IS OPEN!
You can register for both days by clicking here: Register Here!
How do I Sign up to Volunteer?
At the completion of EACH project proposal and then again at the end of the event, we will share the “Project Volunteer Registration” survey.
Will open up day of event in May 2023!
How do I log Hours?
Texas Master Naturalists can earn hours for attending the Virtual Volunteer Fair and for participating in service projects presented during the fair. A VMS (Volunteer Management System) Quick Guide reference document has been created to help show these opportunities and how to log them: VMS Quick Guide