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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Trail maintenance, volunteer work crew and garden group. For information on volunteer opportunities at Kleb Woods, contact [email protected] or call (281) 357-5324. VMS CODE: RM: Kleb Woods
Volunteers will be collecting ecological information about Kleb Woods Preserve - things like birds, water ecology, herps, forest management, etc. Hands-on experience with survey techniques, species identification and ecological data collection. https://apps.hcp4.net/med/Event/Detail/27179 Monthly Meetings 9 am - 11 am April 16, May 14, June 4, July 16 and August 27 Contact Megan Ahlgren ([email protected] or... Read More →
Title: No Mow Zones Date: May 14, 2024 at 12:00 - 1:00pm cst Speaker: Rachel Richter, Urban Wildlife Biologist, TPWD Description: Mowing is time consuming. Mowing is expensive. Mowing, in most cases, doesn’t provide any benefit to wildlife. So why are so many of our community greenspaces dominated by mowed fields? This presentation will cover the benefits of reduced... Read More →
Friends of Lake Livingston Volunteer Opportunities – Monday, May 6 and Wednesday, May 15 There is a volunteer opportunity to participate in one or two Friends of Lake Livingston planting events. The first is May 6 and the second is May 15, both starting at 8:00 am at Waterwood Marina, located between Huntsville and Livingston,... Read More →
Help is always needed in the greenhouse or one of the garden areas in the park. NOTE: Volunteer opportunity sign-ups for Jesse H. Jones Park and Nature Center are now exclusively on Better Impact. If you do not have a Better Impact account, use this link to create one. From your account, sign up for... Read More →
Blossom Brigade: Pollinator Garden Work Recurring Every Wednesday 9 am - 11 am (weather permitting) Mercer Botanic Gardens, 223 Aldine Westfield, Humble 77338 Join this weekly effort alongside volunteer programming staff to care for plants in and around the pollinator garden and Honeybee Corral. These beds provide sustenance for native pollinators including, hummingbirds, butterflies, moths,... Read More →
Date: Wednesday, May 15, 2024 Time: 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. Corey E. Roelke Associate Professor of Instruction The University of Texas at Arlington Webinar Description: The Western Hognose Snake (Heterodon nasicus) is a grassland species historically found across most of Texas. There has been taxonomic uncertainty as to whether there are one, two, or... Read More →
Virtual Webinar May 15th, 2024, 6pm-7:30pm A prior webinar introduced the tree equity scoring tool. Tree Equity Score measures how well the critical benefits of urban tree canopy are reaching those who need them most. The score establishes an equity-first standard to guide investment in communities living on low incomes, communities of color and all... Read More →
You are invited to participate in Water Wednesdays on May 15th, from 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM. Water Wednesdays is an educational series focused on #allthingswater. The presentation for next week will highlight the Texas Stream Team Monitoring Project. If you are not familiar with this citizen science project, please consider joining next Wednesday. Registration... Read More →
Description: The southeastern United States includes a wide range of fire-dependent ecosystems on public and private lands. Across the region, prescribed fire is the dominant form of fire on the landscape and it is used for a wide range of reasons, including ecosystem restoration. In many parts of the region, there are concerns that fire is... Read More →
