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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An introduction to CoCoRaHS, a citizen science project where volunteers collect rain, hail and snow amounts at as many locations in an area. Reporting the data into the database to be used by the National Weather Service. Pre-registration is required by participants. To register, click here. AT: Texas A&M University AgriLife Extension (specify: CoCoRaHS) If... Read More →
Note: This meeting is open to all Heartwood members, whether or not a member of NPSOT. Alicia Mein-Johnson, a naturalist at Jesse H. Jones Park and Nature Center, will show members how to use iNaturalist to identify and catalogue plants. We’ll go for a short hike around the facility to gather pictures to use and... Read More →
Thursday, February 16, from 10a-12p John Herron is hosting a fishing day at the request of a lot of homeschoolers. He could use some help watching safety, baiting hooks, teaching knots or playing back yard bass. Saturday, February 18, from 9a-2p is CCC Day. John is setting up a self-guided exhibit in the Lodge. Helping... Read More →
The Grand Opening of the Pines and Prairies Chapter, NPSOT, propagation station at W.G. Jones State Forest kicks off the New Year! The station will be managed by David Lemons and Jessica Mauch. Work days will be held every Sunday afternoon and Friday morning. Martin Simonton has planted nearly 200 species from seed and is donating... Read More →
Lake Houston Wilderness Park is starting a Garden Club every Friday from 10am-12pm. We are focused only on native plants to our area. Volunteers will help with seeding in our new nursery, seeding in the park, weeding in our pollinator garden, and helping to create new pollinator habitat around the park. This is a new... Read More →
Hike leaders and sweepers are needed each month to share the wonders found on the Lake Creek Preserve trails! Contact: Ruth Nasrullah (713-397-9994 or [email protected]) VMS code: PO: Public Outreach Events (Lake Creek Preserve Guided Hikes)
Lake Houston Wilderness Park is looking for birders! The park has a growing birder population, but there are so many cool places that haven’t been explored. If you would like to help with this, show up at 8am on the 3rd Sunday of every month and bring your binoculars! VMS CODE: FR: LAKE HOUSTON WILDERNESS PARK:... Read More →
The Grand Opening of the Pines and Prairies Chapter, NPSOT, propagation station at W.G. Jones State Forest kicks off the New Year! The station will be managed by David Lemons and Jessica Mauch. Work days will be held every Sunday afternoon and Friday morning. Martin Simonton has planted nearly 200 species from seed and is donating... Read More →
Bayou Land Conservancy and Houston Audubon will resume the weekly (Mondays) bird walks/surveys at Creekside Park West beginning Monday, Sept 5 (Labor Day). The walks 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... Read More →
The 12th annual Earth Day GreenUp is nearly here. Team up with family and friends to target litter in parks and green spaces. You’ll help keep our community beautiful while enjoying the outdoors. Each year more than a thousand GreenUp volunteers remove over 4,500 pounds of litter - the equivalent of 76 of our curbside... Read More →
