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These events were started with a grant from NOAA Planet Stewards to encourage active environmental stewardship of our natural places and to protect water quality. These days vary in activity by season, from trash cleanup to planting and invasive plant species removal to keep our natural environment native. Please contact Christine Taylor at (979) 399-4009... Read More →
8:30–11:30am MONTHLY VOLUNTEER DAY Time: 8:30 to 11:30 am Parking: City Lot H Check-In Location: Contact volunteer@buffalobayou.org for location details Houstonians, ages 9 and up, are invited to join Buffalo Bayou Partnership for community-wide volunteer days at Buffalo Bayou Park happening the third Saturday of each month. Whether volunteering as an individual or a small group, your efforts... Read More →
Help pick up trash at the Texas City Dike! This 5 mile man made dike has become an important site for shorebirds including American Oystercatchers. Bring your binos and reusable water bottles for a great day helping out local wildlife. Time: 9am - 11am Location: The First Lady Pavilion on the Texas City Dike Register Here... Read More →
The Arboretum has recently upgraded their accessible trails. They will be in constant need of maintenance. The Arboretum will provide all the necessary tools. This is a GCMN volunteer project. Bring a water bottle, a snack if you like and wear your Master Naturalist name tag. Each month you'll have to sign a waiver and... Read More →
Houston Botanic Gardens have 9am-12pm volunteer shifts every Wednesday through Saturday in their Native Areas, as well as specific "All Call" dates that are upcoming that will be just with their native plants and areas. These include wildflower seeding, Louisiana Irisa planting and thinning, and general maintenance in our Stormwater Wetlands and Coastal Prairie areas.... Read More →
Downtown Houston September 1st - October 31st, 2024 Early mornings, 6:30am-9am Collision monitors are community scientists. They share their enthusiasm for conservation by volunteering to collect data on bird collisions in downtown Houston. In a recent peer-reviewed study, Houston ranked #2 among US cities in exposing night migrating birds to the hazards of light pollution,... Read More →
Lake Wilderness Houston Monthly bird hike. Come volunteer to help us identify birds! This will be recorded as Houston Parks - Data Collection only if the bird IDs are recorded to eBird or some other tracking system. Include location, sponsoring entity and service performed when recording your time in VMS.
One of the great spectacles in nature is a sky full of swirling raptors soaring their way to central and South America for winter. Smith Point on the eastern shore of Galveston Bay is a natural concentration point for southwardly moving raptors in fall migration. At the peak of fall migration, it’s not unusual to... Read More →
Trinity River National Wildlife Refuge will be hosting the Annual Butterfly Count for northern Liberty County on Sunday, October 20, 2024. Areas to be counted include the Trinity River National Wildlife Refuge and Tarkington Prairie. Our meeting location is the Shell Fuel Max Gas station located at the intersection of Hwy 105 and FM 2518... Read More →
Galveston Island State Park - Ecosystems of West Bay (Lake Como) Explore the marsh and bay ecosystems, on land and below the surface. Galveston Bay is full of life. As the grasses of the prairie descend into the marsh, the plant and animal life changes with the tides. Become a defender of the bay by learning... Read More →
