This calendar includes Heartwood’s scheduled chapter, volunteer, and training events.
For a list of unscheduled (work at your own pace) volunteer activities, check out the approved chapter activities: Heartwood Volunteer Projects
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Required curriculum reading: Unit 10 The Nature of Naming Unit 11 Plants 8:30 am Botany, Native Plants, and Volunteer Opportunities at Mercer Arboretum Anita Tiller VMS code: Initial Training
Recommended viewing: Doug Tallamy’s Nature’s Best Hope presentation. 8:30 AM Native Plants - The Why Mike McGee 10:30 AM Native Plants - The How and What Lisa... Read More →
8:00 AM Water Conservation Issues – Heartwood Region Teri MacArthur 10:30 AM TPWD Texas Water Steward Certification Teri MacArthur VMS code: Initial training
Required reading: Unit 13 Entomology 8:00 AM Dark Sky Initiative Lisa Tuck 9:30 AM Entomology Carolyn Langlinais 11:00 AM Interpretation Adrienne Paquette VMS code: Intial training
Required reading: Unit 12 Ornithology 8:00 AM Ornithology - Bird Science Jim Renfro 9:00 AM Migration - A Year in the Life of a Bird Krien VerBerkmoes 10:00... Read More →
Required reading: Unit 24 Citizen Science 8:00 AM Leave No Trace Andre Houser 9:30 AM Dark Sky Initiative Lisa Tuck 10:30 AM Mycology, Nature Journaling Teri MacArthur... Read More →
VMS code: Initial training
Read Units 1 and 3 in the TMN curriculum. Be ready to add your initial training hours to the Volunteer Management System (VMS) each time you attend a class. For... Read More →
Read Unit 4: Ecological Regions of Texas Unit 5: Ecological Concepts Unit 6 Ecosystems Concepts and Management Unit 19: Wetland Ecology and Management
Read: Unit 7: Geology and soils (pp 235-249, 270-281) Unit 8: Weather
