Heartwood members, Scooter Langley and Scott Ball, submitted a video that won the Best Video Contest at the statewide TMN Annual Meeting, held in Georgetown, Texas on Oct. 21-23, 2018…. Read More →
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Heartwood Chapter Member Receives Awards in Art Contest
Heartwood chapter member Francisco Montalvo is an artist whose painting of a dragonfly won Best Painting/Drawing and Best in Show by popular vote in the Art Contest at the 2018… Read More →
Heartwood Chapter Receives Recognition at State Annual Meeting
Our Heartwood Chapter received a variety of awards and recognition at the Texas Master Naturalist (TMN) Annual Meeting held in Georgetown, Texas on October 26-28. It was the 20th Anniversary… Read More →
Diana Foss Receives Statewide Chapter Advisor Award
The Heartwood Chapter Advisor, Diana Foss, received the Texas Master Naturalist (TMN) Chapter Advisor Award at the 2018 Annual Meeting. The TMN Annual Meeting was held in Georgetown, Texas in… Read More →
Woodsy Owl Conservation Corp volunteers at WG Jones State Forest
Volunteers from the Woodsy Owl Conservation Corp, Lone Star College-Montgomery students and Texas Master Naturalists participated in a Pollinator Planting Party at WG Jones State Forest. Over 90 pollinator fruit tree… Read More →
Spring Creek Nature Trail
The 13-mile Spring Creek Nature Trail has been completed. The Bayou Land Conservancy (BLC) celebrated the achievement after one year of construction. The hike-bike trail goes along Spring Creek from… Read More →
Natural Weed Killer Recipe
Linda Crum has shared her recipe for a natural weed killer. She’s a Heartwood chapter member known for her bluebird knowledge and efforts, plus a Master Gardener, speaker, trainer and… Read More →
Wild Pigs Negatively Impact Water Quality
Wild pig populations contribute to impaired water quality in Texas, both directly through fecal deposition, and indirectly by altering wetland and riparian communities. Wild pigs are one of the most intelligent species… Read More →
Mercer Herbarium – TMN Volunteers Preserve Plants
Mercer Botanical Center serves as an important resource in plant conservation, preservation, and research. Mercer’s MERCA herbarium has a collection of preserved plant specimens and aids botanists, students and citizen… Read More →
Educator Training by Texas Wildlife Association
The Texas Wildlife Association offers classes each summer called Learning Across New Dimensions in Science (L.A.N.D.S.) for teachers. However, it’s also opened to TMN’s. Here is a link to more… Read More →