Volunteer Opportunity: VMS Category: Initial MN Training This class will be held at Winedale from 6-9 p.m. on January 22, 2018. Existing members who did not attend this class as part of their initial training may attend for AT hours.
Advanced Training Opportunity: VMS category: NGO Workshops and Programs on Wildlife Conservation and Land Stewardship View a land restoration project in process. Meet at 9 a.m. at 12421 Coyote Run Lane in Burton. The program will include a field visit and an educational presentation covering: Invasive, introduced species to get rid of, and how clearing herbiciding... Read More →
Volunteer Opportunity: VMS Category: Initial MN Training This class will be held at the Fayette County Extension office in La Grange from 6-9 p.m. on February 5, 2018. Existing members who did not attend this class as part of their initial training may attend for AT hours.
Volunteer opportunity: VMS Category: Stephen F. Austin State Park Howdy all! Stephen F. Austin State Park has received their allocation of (60) native trees as part of the Apache tree grant and park reforestation project. At the moment there are 30 trees ready to go in the dirt. Meet at the park headquarters building just... Read More →
Volunteer Opportunity: VMS Category: Initial MN Training This class will be held at the Blinn College Rankin Agricultural Complex from 6-9 p.m. on February 12, 2018. Existing members who did not attend this class as part of their initial training may attend for AT hours.
Volunteer Opportunity: VMS Category: Adopt a Highway We meet at the Lutheran Church in Reutersville at 8:30 am. Hope you can come help. Come prepared for the weather. Wear hats, closed toe shoes, long pants, and "grabbers" are handy if you have them. Bring insect repellent. The more people to help, the sooner we can... Read More →
Advanced Training Opportunity: VMS Category: TPWD Wildlife and Land Management Workshops and Programs "Urban Stream/Bayou Management/Challenges" with Mateo Scoggins, City of Austin Watershed Protection. Register Now!
VMS Category: Indian Creek Nature Area We have created and maintained for several years this beautifully wooded natural area that is located behind the Texas Cotton Gin Museum in Burton. There is a grassed picnic area and table, a bat box and a wooden bridge to a nature area along Indian Creek which sometimes runs... Read More →
Possible AT Opportunity: VMS Category: Agrilife Land Management and Wildlife Conservation Workshops and Programs Note: AT should support the mission of the TXMN program. This program may qualify for AT if your purpose in attending supports the TXMN program. Contact AT coordinator Cindy Hobbs if you have any questions. The Multi-County New Landowner Education program is... Read More →
Volunteer Opportunity: VMS Category: Winedale Landscape Project WE WILL BE PLANTING 25 bare root trees around the pond at the foot of The Trail, and making wire cages to hopefully prevent deer from grazing on the tender new growth in the spring. Depending on # of volunteers, it probably will be about a 2-2 ½... Read More →
Advanced Training Opportunity: VMS Category: Cibolo Nature Center Workshops and Programs Register Here!
Volunteer Opportunity: VMS Category: Washington on the Brazos State Park Because the garden is still dormant, this workday has been cancelled. Workdays will resume in March. Please let Julie Itz or David Itz know if you will be available to assist.
Volunteer Opportunity: VMS Category: Outreach Booth We are in need of a volunteer or 2 or 3 to staff our table with tri-fold at the upcoming AgriLife Extension's Ranchers Leasing Workshop. If you are attending and can help with the table please let me know. Donna Mueller has offered to set up but would like... Read More →
This workshop is posted for information only. It does not qualify as Advanced Training. The first of the 2018 Rancher Leasing Workshops series covering grazing, hunting, and livestock leases is scheduled for Monday, February 26, 2018 in Cat Spring by the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service. The workshop addresses the legal risks associated with agricultural leases, said... Read More →
Volunteer Opportunity: VMS Category: Initial MN Training This class will be held at Winedale from 6-9 p.m. on February 26, 2018. Existing members who did not attend this class as part of their initial training may attend for AT hours.
Volunteer Opportunity: VMS Category: BISD Outdoor Learning Projects We will be offering a training class to prepare volunteers to participate in BISD programs. The training class will focus on the Activities and Learning Objectives for this Spring’s BISD Outdoor Classroom. The dates being offered are: Tuesday, Feb. 27 from 9-1 at Nail Creek Park (3rd & 5th... Read More →
Advanced Training Opportunity: VMS Category: TPWD Wildlife and Land Management Workshops and Programs "Groundwater/Surface Water and Freshwater Inflow" with Andy Sansom, The Meadows Center for Water and the Environment. Register Now!
Volunteer Opportunity: VMS Category: Attwater Prairie Chicken Refuge We will meet at the Visitor Center at 8:00 a.m. and should finish by 12:00 p.m. Specific activities for the day will depend on the needs of the refuge staff. The current plan is to work on deconstructing the pens. If you have any questions or if... Read More →
Volunteer Opportunity: VMS Category: Native Prairie Restoration We will be planting native grass and forb seeds at Blinn College greenhouse on Wednesday February 28, 2018 at 9:30 AM. It's around back at the Ag complex. I hope some of you with experience will be there to explain the process to newcomers. Space is limited so reply... Read More →
