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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Understanding Watersheds/Local Water Quality

The Woodlands Emergency Training Center 16135 I-45 South, The Woodlands, TX, United States

Does preserving watershed quality matter? What can you do to help protect our local water quality? Want to get involved in your community, and help others to take action? Training classes qualify you to achieve Certification as a Texas Waters Specialist while learning about local water issues. Eight hours class time required. Register for notifications... Read More →

Event Series Weekly Bird Walks/Surveys at Creekside Park West

Weekly Bird Walks/Surveys at Creekside Park West

Creekside Park The Woodlands, TX, United States

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 →

Event Series W. G. Jones State Forest Work Day

W. G. Jones State Forest Work Day

WG Jones State Forest 1328 FM 1488, Conroe, TX, United States

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)

Kleb Woods Volunteer Opportunity

Kleb Woods Nature Center 20303 Draper Road, Tomball, TX, United States

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

A Celebration of Sound: Macaulay Library

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A Celebration of Sound: Macaulay Library Reaches 2 Million Recordings Description:  Join Cornell Lab’s Macaulay Library for a virtual celebration as we mark the milestone of 2 million sound recordings archived. Homage will be paid to the contributions of the global sound recording community and explore the diverse applications of these recordings in research, conservation, and... Read More →

Rare Texas Natives

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Austin chapter of Native Plant Society of Texas presents Rare Texas Natives via Zoom on  January 16, 2024 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm. Presenter:  Michael Eason, Associate Director of Conservation and Collections of the San Antonio Botanical Gardens. All are welcome. Bio:  Michael Eason joined the San Antonio Botanical Gardens in 2017 as representative... Read More →

Event Series Blossom Brigade: Pollinator Garden Work at Mercer

Blossom Brigade: Pollinator Garden Work at Mercer

Mercer Botanic Gardens 22306 Aldine Westfield, Humble, TX, United States

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 →

Automated Detection of Black-tailed Prairie Dog Colonies in Texas

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Webinar Description:  This webinar discusses a new deep learning model for fine-scale detection of Black-tailed prairie dog colonies in Texas in an open-source cloud platform. We implement a convolutional neural network (CNN) model, built in Python API in Colab and deployed in Google Earth Engine, to detect colonies using satellite imagery. Presenter:  Rachel Fern, Ph.D., Statewide... Read More →

NPSOT Chapter Meeting and Presentation – Virtual and In-Person

AgriLife Extension Conroe Office 9020 Airport Road, Conroe, TX, United States

Presentation Topic:  "Trees of Kingwood" Program and Tips for Planting Native Trees Presenter:  Chris Block Date:   Thursday, January 18, 2024, from 6:30p - 7:30p Pines and Prairies Chapter of the Native Plant Society of Texas (NPSOT) invites Heartwood members to its chapter meeting and program presentation, offered both virtually and in-person. Registration is required for... Read More →

A World on the Wing: The Global Odyssey of Migratory Birds

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Even as scientists make astounding discoveries about the navigational and physiological feats that enable migratory birds to cross immense oceans or fly above the highest mountains, go weeks without sleep or remain in unbroken flight for months at a stretch, humans have brought many migrants to the brink. Based on his bestselling new book A... Read More →