National Invasive Species Awareness Week

VMS opportunity: Citizen Science Other (enter in description: Texas Invasive Species Bioblitz 2020) As you may know, National Invasive Species Awareness Week, Part 2 (May 16-23) starts this weekend.  We’ve set up the iNaturalist project “Texas Invasive Species Bioblitz 2020” to automatically collect any iNaturalist observations of invasives in Texas during that time frame.  https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/texas-invasive-species-bioblitz-2020 I... Read More →

Winedale Pollinator Garden Maintenance (4th Friday)

Winedale Historic Complex 3738 FM2714, Round Top, TX, United States

Volunteer Opportunity: VMS Category: Winedale Landscape Project The Winedale Pollinator Garden needs to be diligently maintained (i.e. weeds pulled and plants pruned) now that it is well established. Anyone interested in joining some of the project team members are welcome. When: 2nd Saturday and 4th Friday of the month 9:00 - 10:00 am unless otherwise noted. At least... Read More →

Butterflies and Native Plants: Making Connections webinar

VMS opportunity: AT: webinar (add to description: Butterflies and Native Plants: Making Connections webinar presented by Craig Hensley) Join Texas Nature Trackers Biologist Craig Hensley ([email protected]) for an look at our scale-winged wonders and the native plants that attract them for nectar and as host sites for eggs and larvae. While this will be focused... Read More →

Backyard bug webinar: fly identification & management

VMS opportunity: AT: webinar (add to description: Fly identification & management presented by Wizzie Brown) This webinar is part of the Backyard Bug series presented by Wizzie Brown. The topic for this Friday is fly identification & management. Meeting Information Meeting link: https://agrilife-tamu.webex.com/agrilife-tamu/j.php?MTID=m28f6c2d6f493a9d84942a89ecfb5e365 Meeting number: 926 137 315 Password: F4cxPyyeM44 Wizzie Brown, BCE Extension Program... Read More →

Nature Journaling – A Tool for Naturalists webinar

VMS opportunity: AT: webinar (add to description: Nature Journaling – A Tool for Naturalists presented by Rolling Plains TMN Laura Gillis) Join artist and Rolling Plains Chapter Texas Master Naturalist, Laura Gillis, for a learning session on  “How to use nature journaling as a tool for naturalist activities.” This session will allow participants to meet with Laura... Read More →