The chapter will have a table at Attwater April 6-7 for the Festival there. This event is working to re-establish itself after COVID and recent staff changes at the refuge. Hours will be from 7:00am to 2:00 pm both days. A schedule of activities is attached. Please plan on bringing a chair, a drink (we... Read More →
The chapter will have a table at Attwater April 6-7 for the Festival there. This event is working to re-establish itself after COVID and recent staff changes at the refuge. Hours will be from 7:00am to 2:00 pm both days. A schedule of activities is attached. Please plan on bringing a chair, a drink (we... Read More →
VMS opportunity: AT: TMN Tuesday Check back for more information. Register by clicking here
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.
Jay Banner, Dept. of Earth & Planetary Sciences, Univ. of Texas - Austin, will present the second in the series of presentations on Climate Change and the Implications for the Fayette Prairie Ecosystem The Zoom link will be the same for all these presentations: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/5579994496? pwd=eGFEYmc2Z0R2bGw2TjlrTzYwT1V1UT09 Meeting ID: 557 999 449 Additional information on the... Read More →
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: 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: AT: AgriLife Land Management and Wildlife Conservation Workshops and Programs The 2024 Aquatic Series has been approved as advanced training. Registration and payment for the webinars is through Texas Agrilife. Please see the schedule of webinars and registration links below. Upcoming 2024Â Webinars Registration for the rest of the 2024Â Aquatic Webinar Series is up!... 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 →
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: AT: NGO Workshops and Programs on Wildlife Conservation and Land Stewardship The Fayette Prairie Chapter of the Native Prairies Association of Texas will host a plant walk with botanist Bill Carr at the Elder Prairie on April 19, 2024 from 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Spaces are limited. The event is free, but... Read More →
VMS opportunity: Education-informal TMN GLC will be hosting a booth at the Cotton Gin Festival. This is always a fun event with many exhibitors and visitors attending the festival. We will need volunteers to assist with setting up, staffing, and taking down our booth. Watch your email for more details on this event from Ken... Read More →
VMS opportunity: Educational Group Presentation Save the date for the 2024 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 progresses. The community of Brenham, Texas and the Texas... Read More →
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 →
VMS opportunity: Administrative work: board/committee meeting The April board meeting will be held April 26, 2024 beginning at 9:30 a.m. in the meeting room at the Fayette County Extension office, 255 Svoboda Lane, La Grange, Texas. All chapter members are invited to attend.
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: AT: NGO Workshops and Programs on Wildlife Conservation and Land Stewardship The NPAT-Fayette Chapter is organizing an educational Prairie Walk on the Banik Remnant Prairie (Only One Sky Farm). Explore the beauty of nature at Valerie and Randal Banik’s Only One Sky Farm Fayette Prairie! Led by David Bezanson from the Texas Nature... Read More →
We are returning to this event again this year. Past Jubilees have been well attended and is very well done by the New Ulm community. This is a great environment for our story, experience with pollinators and all things nature. I am asking that volunteers be willing to work one (or more) two-hour shift. We... Read More →
