VMS opportunity: TMN Virtual Volunteer Service Fair
We’re excited for next week’s Virtual Volunteer Fair – February 3rd & 4th, 2021.
Click on the link for the full Catalog of Projects. Please use this to review projects you may be interested in volunteering with. Our speakers are excited to share these opportunities for conservation outreach, stewardship and education with you.
Don’t forget – you MUST register for each day separately with the links below in order to get each day’s WebEx Link. Use the following links to sign up for one or both days of the Virtual Volunteer Fair:
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.
Wednesday February 3rd
- 9:00 – 9:10 AM Introduction
- 9:10 – 9:20 George W. Bush Presidential Library Native Texas Park Docent
- 9:20 – 9:30 Prairie Restoration Maintenance Plan
- 9:30 – 9:40 Erosion Plot Design
- 9:40 – 9:50 Social Media Content
- 9:50 – 10:00 BREAK
- 10:00 – 10:10 Flora and Fauna Guide to the Chris W. Burkett Service Center Demonstration Gardens\
- 10:10 – 10:20 Virtual Interpretive Videos
- 10:20 – 10:30 Request for Social Media Content emphasizing the natural resources and flora and fauna of Southeast Texas.
- 10:30 – 10:40 3 Rivers Foundation Biodiversity and Educational Assistance
- 10:40 – 10:50 Nature Notes Contributor
- 10:50 – 11:00 BREAK
- 11:00 – 11:10 Butterfly Monitoring
- 11:10 – 11:20 Texas Butterfly Monitoring Co-coordinator
- 11:20 – 11:30 Texas Aquatic Science Video and e-Book Production
- 11:30 – 11:40 Adopt-A-Paddling Trail
- 11:40 – 11:50 Monitoring Invasive Aquatic Species Through Birding
- 11:50 – 12:00 PM Conclusion & Wrap Up
Thursday February 4th
- 9:00 – 9:10 AM Introduction
- 9:10 – 9:20 Bracken Cave Preserve video projects
- 9:20 – 9:30 City Nature Challenge 2021 in the Rio Grande Valley
- 9:30 – 9:40 AquaPlant Website Review & Enhancement
- 9:40 – 9:50 Invasive Species Surveys and Verification
- 9:50 – 10:00 BREAK
- 10:00 – 10:10 Adopt-A-Loop – Great Texas Wildlife Trails
- 10:10 – 10:20 Fat Bat project
- 10:20 – 10:30 Story Time for Bats
- 10:30 – 10:40 Plant ID Bingo
- 10:40 – 10:50 Aligning TPWD Educational Resources with the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS)
- 10:50 – 11:00 BREAK
- 11:00 – 11:10 Texas Municipal Park Providers Inventory
- 11:10 – 11:20 Aquatic Plant Photo Submission Round 2
- 11:20 – 11:30 Armchair Botanist: Community Scientists Transcribing Specimen Labels
- 11:30 – 11:40 Horned Lizard Conservation Educational Materials
- 11:40 – 11:50 TPWD’s Texas Ecological Analytical Mapper user testing – GroundTruther tool
- 11:50 – 12:00 PM Conclusion & Wrap Up