Volunteer service opportunity: VMS - Citizen Science - Field Research Join Texas Parks & Wildlife, Texas Master Naturalists, the Audubon Society, The Nature Conservancy and others in a fun challenge to see which city can document the most species. It is easy to participate by making observations on your own using iNaturalist. I hope many... Read More →
Hold this date as a rain date for the Land, Water, and Wildlife Expedition scheduled for April 23, 2024. See the original entry for more information.
VMS opportunity: Stephen F. Austin State Park Monthly workdays will be scheduled the second Thursday of each month to work on the wildscape at the entrance to the park. For more information, contact project leaders Charlene and B.R. Koehler.
VMS opportunity: Educational Group Presentations Save the date. Planning is underway for our third Giddings ISD 4th grade on-campus field day. More details will be provided as planning is finalized.
VMS opportunity: Winedale project Join other chapter members to maintain the pollinator habitat in front of the visitor center. Our workdays are scheduled for the second Friday of each month (we will not schedule a workday in January 2024) from 9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. Please bring gardening tools and prepare for the weather. For... Read More →
VMS opportunity: Washington on the Brazos State Historic Site 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 other tool for digging up weeds, and don’t... Read More →
VMS opportunity: Adopt a Highway Good News about our TXDOT Adopt-A-Highway Volunteer Opportunity Our next Adopt A Highway volunteer cleanup will be Wednesday, May 15. We will meet at 8:30 in the parking lot of St. John Lutheran Church located in Rutersville on Highway 159, and we will clean up the two miles of highway... Read More →
VMS opportunity: Indian Creek Nature Area 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.
VMS opportunity: La Grange Agrilife Extension Bldg. Native Plant Landscape 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 in La Grange and has been developed over... Read More →
VMS opportunity: TBD For all things water, join the GLC Texas Waters Specialist team. We will be completing the Texas Waters Specialist curriculum and discussing how we can get involved in water-related issues. Currently our chapter supports Adopt-a-Highway, which is an approved Texas Waters Specialist project (where do you think all that trash ends up... Read More →
