Birding for Fun   AT: Other Beginner Birding Virtual Classes by Kristine Rivers Excited about birding, but not sure where to start? Duration 1 Hour per Class Cost Register for the series and save! $40 per 4-week session (Part 1 or Part 2) $75 per 8-week session (Parts 1 & 2) $15 per class (freestyle -... Read More →

Contact: John P. Egan  (je190072@msn.com)

Texas A&M Agrilife  - Rainwater Harvesting and Water Management Register now for this FREE workshop on Tuesday, July 30, 2024 from 8:30 am – 11:30 am at PVAMU Agriculture Center (This event was rescheduled due to Hurricane Beryl to July 30.) This event will be held at our Agriculture Center, 1402 Band Road (Conference Room),... Read More →

Assist the volunteer work crew with the weekly activities, butterfly and hummingbird gardens. Occasional tree/shrub grow-out and planting. Check the link below for more information: https://hcp4.net/parks/kleb-woods-nature-preserve/

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 →

Mercer is a great place to volunteer! Whether you love gardening, or want to learn more about horticulture and botany, we have a spot for you. Keep in mind that Mercer has native and non-native gardens.  Your time is recordable only when working with native species.  You'll record your time as Mercer - Trails and... Read More →

Every Wednesday, garden in the Jesse Jones Greenhouse or one of the Gardens. Sign up HERE   VMS: J H Jones Park:Trails and Wildscapes

Exploration Green Wetlands Nursery Volunteer Workday The Tree and Wetland Nursery at Exploration Green is located at the corner of Seakale Ln and Bay Area Blvd.  For driving directions use this address : 2007 Seakale Ln, Houston TX 77062. There is parking on the street or in the Exploration Green Parking lot on Bay Area Blvd.... Read More →

Mercer is starting our Blossom Brigade on Wednesdays. Come work with Mercer's Colleen and Rebecca from 9 am to 11 am in the Pollinator Garden and areas around the bee hives.We are looking forward to working with our volunteers and getting our hands dirty. Hope to see your smiling faces soon, Colleen Powell Mercer Volunteer... Read More →

Gulf Coast Bird Observatory staff are still working on trails and grounds at out Lake Jackson headquarters from Beryl hurricane damage… but we also need to do some work at the Quintana Neotropic Bird Sanctuary!  Please come join our staff on Thursday, August 1st down at Quintana for a morning of trimming trails, cutting branches, cleaning ponds,... Read More →

Mercer is a great place to volunteer! Whether you love gardening, or want to learn more about horticulture and botany, we have a spot for you. Keep in mind that Mercer has native and non-native gardens.  Your time is recordable only when working with native species.  You'll record your time as Mercer - Trails and... Read More →

Exploration Green Wetland Nursery Volunteer Workday - Thursday evenings Wetland Nursery volunteers work in the wetland nursery to propagate plants for all the phases of wetland planting. These plants help secure the soil around the banks to prevent erosion as well as slow the water and debris from stormwater to aid in cleaning the water.... Read More →

NPSOT North Central Chapter The Inner Workings of Vegetative Diversity: Monocots, Dicots & Beyond by Taylor Garrison – Aug 1 | 6:30p It has long been known that healthy ecosystems thrive from and by diversity. The needs of wildlife include food, water, and shelter. Plants provide all three. But to take it further, there are... Read More →

This month, Irmi Wilcockson will provide the program - Patterns in Nature.  Join us for a presentation as well as a hands-on experience with patterns in nature. Open to the Public 6;30 Social 7:00 PM Chapter Business  Log in VMS as GCMN: Chapter Business: Chapter Meeting - note that you may add travel time up... Read More →

NASA Global Precipitation Measurement 10-in-10 Webinar Series: Webinar 7: Data Register here Every second of every day, NASA satellites are collecting data to help us better understand and protect our home planet. Have you ever wondered what kinds of data NASA collects and how you can access it? Join us and find out how and... 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 →

The Houston Parks and Rec Department Natural Resources team needs help with sprucing up Robert C Stuart Park. Stuart Park is the site of both a coastal prairie restoration and a riparian area restoration along Sims Bayou. It is also an amazing birding location and one of the premier locations on our Central Houston Christmas... 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.

Jesse H Jones Park and Nature Center - Bird Survey and Hike Volunteers will help with crowd control, and handing out of materials. They will participate in the hike and survey for birds, but no experience required. Program Details: Meet in the nature center, then take a two mile, two hour walk on a paved,... Read More →

We are resuming regularly scheduled work days at the Exploration Green tree nursery on the second and last Saturday of the month.  Summer hours are 8 AM to 11 AM, or sometimes we end earlier depending on how hot it gets and the activity.  Note sometimes the work is out in the natural spaces of... Read More →

First Saturday Van Tours The first Saturday of each month, a guided van tour of the refuge will take visitors on a 11/2 hour trip through the prairie. Join one of our staff for drive through the refuge to learn about the native coastal prairie, history of the refuge, the biology of the Attwater’s Prairie-Chicken, and what’s... Read More →