The City Nature Challenge (CNC) is a four-day bioblitz held every April. Cities around the world compete and collaborate to find species, make observations, and connect people with nature in urban areas.
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>>Record in VMS (with travel time) as: Educational Group Presentations: Gideon Lincecum Master Naturalists<< Trained San Felipe de Austin Historic Site volunteers lead a nature walk monthly on the last Sunday of each month beginning at 2:00 p.m. This walk integrates the human and natural history of the historic site. Training is provided to new... Read More → |
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This will be the thirteenth class for our Texas Master Naturalist training for our chapter. Topics will include: Geology Attendance is required for 2026 trainees. Reach out to training director Connie Shortes if you wish to attend. |
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>>Record in VMS (with travel time) as: Educational Group Presentations: Gideon Lincecum Master Naturalists<< In collaboration with site staff, TMN volunteers tailor each visit to the needs of the school and the park, offering engaging talks on topics such as historic naturalists who explored Texas, the cultural and ecological significance of yaupon tea, medicinal uses... Read More →
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>> Record AT hours in VMS as - AT: TPWD Wildlife and Land Management Workshops and Programs << Webinar Description: This webinar will overview the first three years of the North American Bat Monitoring Project in Texas with particular emphasis on species affected by white-nose syndrome (tricolored bats and cave myotis) and those affected by... Read More → |
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>>Record in VMS (including your travel time) as: Educational Group Presentations: Gideon Master Naturalists<< Save the date: It's a morning of fun, teaching and learning at the Giddings Intermediate School. April 30, 2026 The 15-minute rotations will run from 8:00 - 12:00. Volunteers are asked to help with set up and take down of the... Read More →
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>>Record in VMS (with travel time) as: Educational Group Presentations: Gideon Lincecum Master Naturalists<< In collaboration with site staff, TMN volunteers tailor each visit to the needs of the school and the park, offering engaging talks on topics such as historic naturalists who explored Texas, the cultural and ecological significance of yaupon tea, medicinal uses... Read More → |
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>>Record to VMS (including your travel time) as: Attwater Prairie Chicken Refuge: Gideon Lincecum Master Naturalists<< The Attwater Prairie Chicken Project is in conjunction with the Coastal Prairie Chapter. The effort is led by Jean Stipelcovich from the Coastal Prairie chapter and Jaide Cooper, the wildlife specialist for the reserve, and Krystyna Westfield is the... Read More → |
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>>Record hours (with travel time) in VMS as Education - Informal: Gideon Lincecum Master Naturalists<< From Ken English: I need two volunteers willing to take the lead for our display booths and operation. This will include set-up, takedown, volunteer coordination, and interacting with folks and families that stop by our display. The Honey Bee Jubilee... Read More → |
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>>Record in VMS (with travel time) as: Educational Group Presentations: Gideon Lincecum Master Naturalists<< In collaboration with site staff, TMN volunteers tailor each visit to the needs of the school and the park, offering engaging talks on topics such as historic naturalists who explored Texas, the cultural and ecological significance of yaupon tea, medicinal uses... Read More → |
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>>Record to VMS (including your travel time) as: Educational Group Presentations: Gideon Master Naturalists<< Save the date for the 2026 Brenham Land, Water, and Wildlife Expedition in conjunction with the Texas Wildlife Association. Nearly 400 middle school students will spend a field day learning about the natural world. More details will be added as planning... Read More →
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>>Record in VMS (with travel time) as: Educational Group Presentations: Gideon Lincecum Master Naturalists<< In collaboration with site staff, TMN volunteers tailor each visit to the needs of the school and the park, offering engaging talks on topics such as historic naturalists who explored Texas, the cultural and ecological significance of yaupon tea, medicinal uses... Read More →
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>>Record TMN Tuesday webinars including video replays within the calendar year they are presented to opportunity – AT: Citizen Science Project Training: TMN AT Report Hours<< REGISTER HERE Heads up, fellow Texas Master Naturalists … Registration is now open for the upcoming "Time To Restore - Texas" virtual workshop scheduled for February 4, 2026 at... Read More → |
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>>Record to VMS (including your travel time) as: Attwater Prairie Chicken Refuge: Gideon Lincecum Master Naturalists<< The Attwater Prairie Chicken Project is in conjunction with the Coastal Prairie Chapter. The effort is led by Jean Stipelcovich from the Coastal Prairie chapter and Jaide Cooper, the wildlife specialist for the reserve, and Krystyna Westfield is the... Read More →
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>>Record in VMS (with travel time) as: Educational Group Presentations: Gideon Lincecum Master Naturalists<< In collaboration with site staff, TMN volunteers tailor each visit to the needs of the school and the park, offering engaging talks on topics such as historic naturalists who explored Texas, the cultural and ecological significance of yaupon tea, medicinal uses... Read More →
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Winedale Historic Complex workday
Canceled
Winedale Historic Complex workday
>>Record in VMS (including your travel time) as: Winedale Project: Gideon Lincecum Master Naturalists<< Our work day is the second Friday of the month from February through December, from 9-11 and we move the time to 8-10 when it starts getting hot. As always, bring your favorite gardening tools, water, and a smile. |
3 events,>>Record to VMS (including your travel time) as: Citzen Science (other): Gideon Master Naturalists<< Saturday May 9, 2026 is GLOBAL BIG DAY (for bird observations) by Cornell Lab Celebrate World Migratory Bird Day also. VMS Opportunity - Citizen Science Other-TMN Field Research Hours Go birding wherever you are for a few minutes or several times... Read More →
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Mill Creek Spring Stream Cleanup - Bellville Annalee Epps, TX AgriLife Extension agent and Watershed Coordinator for Mill Creek and Geronimo/Alligator Creek, invited TMN GLC to help plan, organize, and promote a Mill Creek cleanup for Saturday, May 9th from 9a-noon in the Bellville area. For anyone up for it, we can meet up afterwards for lunch at nearby Roys Breakfast &... Read More →
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Washington on the Brazos Workday
Canceled
Washington on the Brazos Workday
CANCELLED DUE TO WEATHER >>Record to VMS (with travel time) as: Washington on the Brazos State Historic Site: TMN Report Hours<< Join us for a workday in the GLC pollinator garden at Washington-on-the-Brazos Historic Site. We’ll be working on cleaning up, cutting back, and pulling out aggressive native and non-native plants. Bring gloves, hand clippers,... Read More → |
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>>Record Texas Waters Webinars to VMS opportunity - AT: TX Waters Certification Training<< (even if you are NOT wanting to certify)<< NOTE: be sure any future meetings' agendas are relevant to TMN GLC as this is a statewide meeting, in this case it is about a general concept, not a specific aquifer, body of water, or issue... Read More →
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>>Record TMN Tuesday webinars including video replays within the calendar year they are presented to opportunity - AT:TMN Tuesday<< Details about this webinar will be added as we receive them. REGISTER HERE! Closer to the date of each webinar, programs for each #TMNTuesday are confirmed and the #TMNTuesday webpage is updated with details on speakers, topics, etc. Go... Read More →
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>>Record to VMS as: AT TX Waters Certification Training: TMN Report Hours<< Join a Texas Waters webinar to continue your lifelong learning journey! Tuesday, May 12 @ 6:30-7:30 PM CT River Systems Impacted by Floods Patrick Ireland & Mitch Nisbet, District Biologists at Texas Parks and Wildlife Department - Inland Fisheries (San Marcos / Austin and... Read More → |
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CANCELLED FOR THIS MONTH >>Record in VMS (including your travel time) as: Native Plant Seed Collection and Sharing: Gideon Linceum Master Naturalists<< Join us every second Wednesday of the month in supporting Texas Native Seeds (TNS) at the 3H Ranch evaluation trials. Volunteers will assist with maintaining native seed evaluation plots through light hoe work... Read More →
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>>Record in VMS (with travel time) as: Educational Group Presentations: Gideon Lincecum Master Naturalists<< The Washington County Ag Day will be held May 13, 2026 at the Washington County Fairgrounds. 400 4th graders come to the Washington County Fairgrounds in Brenham on Wednesday, May 13 and our chapter will be there! For our 20-minute session, we will be playing... Read More → |
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>>Record in VMS (including your travel time) as: Stephen F Austin State Park: Gideon Lincecum Master Naturalists<< Monthly workdays will be scheduled the second Thursday of each month to work on the wildscape at the entrance to the park. Please bring small hand tools, water, sunscreen, and bug spray. For more information, contact project leaders... Read More →
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AT Opportunity – Virtual: “Building Belonging in Conservation”, Aldo Leopold Land Ethic LIVE! Series
AT Opportunity – Virtual: “Building Belonging in Conservation”, Aldo Leopold Land Ethic LIVE! Series
>>Record AT hours (without travel) in VMS as AT: NGO Workshops and Programs on Wildlife Conservation and Land Stewardship<< Conservation spaces haven't always felt welcoming to everyone. But what if inclusion was not an afterthought, but the foundation? In this engaging, story-driven presentation, Dexter Patterson shares how the BIPOC Birding Club of Wisconsin is reimagining what conservation culture can... Read More → |
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>>Record in VMS (including your travel time) as: Watershed and Waterway Protection: Gideon Lincecum Master Nturalists. Also, if you are part of the Texas Waters division of GLC, check the Texas Waters Specialist box to add this to your volunteer hours for that project.<< Hey there, Texas Master Naturalists! The Rio Brazos Chapter invites you to join... Read More →
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>>Record to VMS (including your travel time) as: Attwater Prairie Chicken Refuge: Gideon Lincecum Master Naturalists<< The Attwater Prairie Chicken Project is in conjunction with the Coastal Prairie Chapter. The effort is led by Jean Stipelcovich from the Coastal Prairie chapter and Jaide Cooper, the wildlife specialist for the reserve, and Krystyna Westfield is the... Read More →
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>>>Record your AT Hours as: AT: Agrilife Land Management and Wildlife Conservation Workshops and Programs: TMN Report Hours<<< South Central Texas Landowners Program The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service offices of Grimes, Lee, Waller and Washington Counties will host the South Central Texas Landowners Program which is designed for new landowners as well as those seeking to... Read More → |
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>>Record the Chapter Meeting in VMS (including your travel time) as: Administrative Work: TMN Admin Report Hours: Chapter Meeting<< >>Record the AT portion of the meeting in VMS ( NOT including your travel time) as: AT: TMN Chapter Program: TMN Report Hours << May's Chapter Meeting & Program Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 9:30am Fayette... Read More → |
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CANCELLED – Monument Hill Workday
Canceled
CANCELLED – Monument Hill Workday
>>Record in VMS (plus your travel time) as: Monument Hill State Historic Site: Gideon Lincecum Master Naturalists<< We have regular workdays for the 3rd Mondays of the month, beginning at 9:00 a.m. We will probably be done by 11:30. Please bring tools (lobbers, gloves, trowels, small saws, trimmers); protective items (hat, sunscreen, repellant), and of... Read More → |
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>>Record in VMS (including travel time) as: Fayette Co. AgriLife Bldg. Native Plant Landscape: Gideon Lincecum Master Naturalists<< Our regular workdays to attend the landscape are the 3rd Tuesday of the month from approximately 8 am to 10 am. The native plant landscape bed is at the Fayette County AgriLife Extension Office on Svoboda Lane... Read More → |
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>>Record AT hours (without travel) in VMS as AT: TWA Workshops and Programs<< TX Wildlife Association and Coastal Prairie Association (CPC) present "The Importance of Prairies & How You Can Get Involved in Saving Them" by Bethany Foshee, CPC Public Preserve & Outreach Director. With Texas' prairie habitat shrinking daily, you're invited to learn how conservation efforts... Read More → |
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>>Record in VMS (including your travel time) as: Indian Creek Nature Area: Gideon Lincecum Master Naturalists<< The regular workday for this project is the third Thursday of each month from 9:00 – 11:00 a.m. Volunteers maintain the pollinator bed and nature trail. Contact project leader Ann Ray for more details. Bringing a weed-eater, rake, or... Read More → |
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>>Record to VMS (including your travel time) as: Attwater Prairie Chicken Refuge: Gideon Lincecum Master Naturalists<< The Attwater Prairie Chicken Project is in conjunction with the Coastal Prairie Chapter. The effort is led by Jean Stipelcovich from the Coastal Prairie chapter and Jaide Cooper, the wildlife specialist for the reserve, and Krystyna Westfield is the... Read More → |
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>>Record in VMS (plus your travel time) as: VMS opportunity: Schubert House Pollinator Project: Gideon Lincecum Master Naturalists<< We have regular workdays for the 4th Thursdays of the month at Schubert House at 9:00 a.m. We will probably be done by 11:30. Please bring tools (lobbers, gloves, trowels, small saws, trimmers); protective items (hat, sunscreen,... Read More → |
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>>Record to VMS (including your travel time) as: Attwater Prairie Chicken Refuge: Gideon Lincecum Master Naturalists<< The Attwater Prairie Chicken Project is in conjunction with the Coastal Prairie Chapter. The effort is led by Jean Stipelcovich from the Coastal Prairie chapter and Jaide Cooper, the wildlife specialist for the reserve, and Krystyna Westfield is the... Read More → |
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>>Record in VMS (with travel time) as: Educational Group Presentations: Gideon Master Naturalists<< Trained Winedale Historical Complex volunteers lead a nature/history walk monthly on the last Saturday of each month beginning at 10 a.m. This walk integrates the human and natural history of the site. The Winedale tour is in partnership with the Briscoe Center... Read More → |
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>>Record in VMS (with travel time) as: Educational Group Presentations: Gideon Lincecum Master Naturalists<< Trained San Felipe de Austin Historic Site volunteers lead a nature walk monthly on the last Sunday of each month beginning at 2:00 p.m. This walk integrates the human and natural history of the historic site. Training is provided to new... Read More → |
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>>Record to VMS (with travel time) as: Washington on the Brazos State Historic Site: TMN Report Hours<< Join us for a workday in the GLC pollinator garden at Washington-on-the-Brazos Historic Site. We’ll be working on cleaning up, cutting back, and pulling out aggressive native and non-native plants. Bring gloves, hand clippers, and small trowel or... Read More → |


