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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Going GREEN lectures presents: How Birds and Volunteers Can Save the World by Dr. Richard Gibbons, Director of Conservation for Audubon Texas OCTOBER 26, 2023 7:00 PM Zoom: https://zoom.us/j/94721642188 Our region, including the Woodlands and Montgomery County at large, is undergoing tremendous growth, both commercial and residential. With the rapid conversion of natural spaces that... Read More →
Help Needed: Jaden Kelly (W-936-273-2261 or C-936-689-5842 or [email protected]) has requested volunteers to help with the owl prowl. Please contact Jaden if you can help. For Volunteers: VMS: DO: WG Jones State Forest (Description: Owl Prowl Hike Leader) For Owl Prowl Participants: VMS: AT: WG Jones State Forest (Description: Owl Prowl)
Note: Update from John Herron on 10/13/23: I am looking for 2 volunteers to help with the welcome table. Show up around 6:30. Greet guests, hand out game cards and get people started in rolling for their gear. Then I am looking for 3-4 guides/story tellers. Once the players have filled out their cards, you... Read More →
Join Operation Pets Alive on Saturday, October 28, 2023, from 10am-4pm as they transform Northshore Park into a PAWS-itively awesome HOWL-O-WEEN fall festival! Dozens of GHOULS & FURRY MONSTERS (adoptable homeless pets of Operation Pets Alive!) will be in attendance to scare you out of your senses with mega sweetness and puppy kisses! Sign up... Read More →
TRAILS AND TREATS!! Lauren Hollenbeck with Lake Houston Wilderness Park is looking for volunteers to help out with an event on October 28th. They are expecting around 600-700 participants at this event. Volunteers are needed to help with educational night hikes. Tables are set up throughout the trail with information on various topics. Educators... Read More →
Bayou Land Conservancy and Houston Audubon bird walks/surveys at Creekside Park West begin at 7:30 a.m. from the George Mitchell Nature Preserve Trailhead, the parking area located at the end of Dr. Anne Snyder Drive, and walk approximately 2.5 miles until around 10:00 a.m. The walk meanders along the Spring Creek Nature trail, a natural... Read More →
Join Project Feederwatch leaders Emma Greig and Kerrie Wilcox and get ready to observe the birds and nature you see. Whether or not they supply feeders, FeederWatchers build an invaluable database of local winter bird observations every year. This year, participants can track mammals and record behavior, plus so much more! Tune in to the... Read More →
Join the team to work in the pollinator gardens and possibly sweep for litter. Bring your own garden gloves and tools. For the latest information, download Slack and join the Jones Forest channel. Team chat is found there. VMS: RM: W. G. Jones State Forest (Maintaining Pollinator Garden or Litter Pick-up)
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
Between September and November, ninety percent of all monarch butterflies migrate through Texas. Their journey is arduous—and only getting harder. Over the last 20 years, Monarch numbers have declined due to weather changes, pesticides, and loss of habitat. Surveys in Texas have found that 2-4% of the monarch population is lost along roadways due to... Read More →
