Our chapter is accepting applications NOW for the Texas Master Naturalist Training Class that begins January 28, 2019. Join us to begin your journey to becoming a Certified Texas Master Naturalist. For all the details and a link to the online application, click on “Training and Membership” (menu above).
The TMN 20th Anniversary Annual Meeting was a weekend filled with learning and fellowship
Thirty-three members of TMN GLC were in attendance at the 20th Anniversary TMN Annual Meeting. Hats off to the crew who manned the general store! More than $14,000 in merchandise was sold during the three-day event. Many of us came home with some new TMN gear, including the 20th anniversary T-shirt. More congratulations to our…
TMN-GLC bids bittersweet farewell to long-time member Dave Redden
At the TMN-GLC board meeting on August 30, 2018, we bid Dave Redden a bittersweet farewell. Bitter because we will miss his wise counsel, his participation in every project, and his friendship to all. Sweet because we are so happy for his new place in South Carolina and all the adventures that await him and…
Does this class qualify as Advanced Training?
Fall is the season for Advanced Training! There are numerous opportunities for advanced training in the upcoming months. Never been to the TMN Annual Meeting? It will be held in Georgetown during the last weekend of October. Wildscapes, sponsored by the Houston Chapter of the Native Plant Society of Texas, will be back this year…
Youth Education in the Spotlight
BISD Outdoor Learning, LANDS, Ag-Safety Days, School Science Nights – TMN-GLC volunteers are there! What can be more rewarding than working with tomorrow’s leaders to help them understand the natural world? Youth Education Director Donna Mueller is leading an initiative to assess our chapter’s efforts in youth education. A meeting will be held in the…
A Drone’s-Eye View of TMN-GLC’s Winedale Project
Dave Redden and his new drone captured the action at the TMN-GLC Winedale Project. What a wonderful overview of the project, which is a work-in-progress. We hope this inspires you to visit the project or join the workdays.
Seeking new leader for Indian Creek project
After many years of dedicated leadership, Judith Deaton needs to turn leadership of the Indian Creek project over to a new project leader. Judith describes the project leader duties as follows: The Nature Area of about one acre belongs to the Texas Cotton Gin Liaise with Steph Jarvis, manager of the Texas Cotton Gin, when…
Class of 2018 Graduates
It was a full house at the last session of the 2018 training class on April 30th in La Grange. 20 students received their graduation certificates and badges with smiles all around. Congratulations to our newest Texas Master Naturalists! [From left: Jeb Lapeyrolerie (Training Co-director), Annette Holdeman, Rachel Spurr, Rory Johnston, Karen Bookout, Tom Bookout,…
Rally around the bumblebee!
Each year TMN members participate in the choice of the re-certification pin by voting for their favorite symbol. Let’s make 2019 the year of the bumblebee by casting our votes at https://goo.gl/forms/TVeKqxQTVypOmNrZ2. The voting deadline is May 1, 2018. In support of your vote, you can use the following or draft your own: Bumble bees are important pollinators of wild…
Spring is Busting Out All Over
April is the busiest month yet for Texas Master Naturalists as our chapter projects experience their “blooming” season and events abound. Check out the April calendar and you are sure to find a workday or outreach event or youth education day that appeals to you. Work at Winedale or Washington on the Brazos or Indian…