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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Join the volunteer crew at Lake Houston Wilderness Park to pick up trash. This is led by Tiffane DaVanon, a Heartwood 2024 trainee! Wear proper shoes and gloves and take sufficient water. Meet at the Nature Center. Contact: Tiffane DaVanon ([email protected] or 832-621-6858) VMS: RM: Lake Houston Wilderness Park (Description: Trash pick-up)
What: Heartwood Chapter Board Meeting When: First Wednesday, 6:30-8:00p Venue: Zoom (Contact mailto:[email protected] for a link.) VMS: CB: Chapter Meeting: Heartwood (Specify – attended board meeting)
Join the discussion with Texas landowners on their experience in the Audubon Conservation Ranching program – Bird Friendly Webinar. The majority of grassland birds – whose populations have declined by more than 50 percent in the last 50 years – inhabit privately owned land. Audubon Conservation Ranching works with voluntary landowners to stabilize the declining grassland bird populations.... Read More →
Presented in partnership with the Aldo Leopold Foundation. This is a virtual event only. Register and join on Crowdcast here: https://www.crowdcast.io/c/leopoldweek24 The Earth teems with sights and textures, sounds and vibrations, smells and tastes, electric and magnetic fields. But every kind of animal, including humans, is enclosed within its own unique sensory bubble, perceiving but a... Read More →
Keep Texas Beautiful TxLitter Database Project is focused on cleanups and audits of items collected - trash, litter, etc. The results are reported into the database to inform more targeted messaging to help reduce the litter problem. On Saturday, March 9, participate in a litter collection and audit to learn about the project, how to... Read More →
Coffee and Crotalids: a low-key time to ask experts about snakebites. Join us for an informal zoom session discussing snakebite management for both humans and pets in the United States. It is a time to virtually hang out, ask questions, and learn from docs who treat snakebites regularly. Email [email protected] to sign up. For more information: Facebook... Read More →
Join the volunteer crew at Lake Houston Wilderness Park to remove invasive species. This is led by Tiffane DaVanon, a Heartwood 2024 trainee! Wear proper shoes and gloves and take sufficient water. Meet at the Nature Center. Contact: Tiffane DaVanon ([email protected] or 832-621-6858) VMS: RM: Lake Houston Wilderness Park (Description: Removal of invasive species)
From: John Herron, Park Interpreter, Huntsville State Park (936-355-9275 or [email protected]) Spring Break (March 11-15) - 5 days of recreational activities Monday-Thursday 9am-noon Friday 6pm-8pm Monday - geocaching 101, Easy one, one or two people to help get guests started. Tuesday Fishing - Fishings Future is bringing their program. Volunteers for their stations could be... 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 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)
