Looking for a way to get your hands dirty and get back to nature? Become a Nature Conservancy volunteer! We’ve established a robust volunteer program at our Texas City Prairie Preserve, a 2,300-acre expanse of coastal prairie and marshland just south of Houston. Established in 1995, the preserve provides vital habitat for more than 280... Read More →

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 →

Join TPWD's Texas Nature Trackers Craig Hensley and Wendy Anderson for the 2024 Texas Pollinator Bioblitz held October 11 - 27.  Add your observations of bees, wasps, butterflies, moths, beetles, flies, hummingbirds, nectar-feeding bats and other pollinating animals to iNaturalist and they will automatically be added to the 2024 Texas Pollinator Bioblitz project.  You can... Read More →

Prairie Friday This is a great way to introduce yourself to Armand Bayou; the work is varied and can be scaled to suit your physical ability. From seed collection and cleaning, seedling transfers and potting to rigorous field work like digging up rescues, planting pots and slaying tallow. Come see us some Friday! We meet... Read More →

A Coastal Prairie Conservancy & Hermann Park Conservancy joint project, second Friday of every month. Come and help us maintain the first major pocket prairie in the greater Houston area. Sign-Up Link: Hermann Park Conservancy Volunteer Shift Sign-Up  ( bit.ly/whistlestopprairie ) For meeting place, see MAP   Location 6102 Hermann Park Drive, meet at the... 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 →

Help us care for the Katy Prairie! Every Tuesday and Friday on the Indiangrass Preserve, volunteer stewards participate in activities critical to the success of our restoration and public access programs. Volunteers maintain the Ann Hamilton Trail, grow out native species in our Coastal Prairie Native Seed Nursery, plant native wildflowers and grasses, remove invasive... Read More →

Native Garden club is every Friday! 10-12 please email Katharine.Leboeuf@houstontx.gov to RSVP Record your time as Houston Parks - Trails and Wildscapes.  Include location, sponsoring entity and service performed when recording your time in VMS.

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 →