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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For the City Nature Challenge, Jesse H. Jones Park will conduct a bioblitz at the park on April 29 & 30. Volunteers are needed to catalogue species using the iNaturalist app throughout the park. We will train participants on the app - from birds to fungi to plants, it all counts! For the more advanced... Read More →
Interested in certification as a Texas Waters Specialist? The Woodlands Township Environmental Services Department (ES) is a partner for this program of Texas Parks & Wildlife Department. All needed training hours for initial certification, and ample volunteering opportunities for annual re-certification as Water Specialists are provided by the ES Department. The Water Lab is a... Read More →
New challenge for Greenbelt Guardians! The Township Natural Resources Department has requested that our Task Force assist in Andrew Provazano's Eagle Scout Project. He is targeting Golden Bamboo Phyllostachys aurea. Small infestations can be controlled by regular cutting back close to the ground; hence we will be using bow saws and loppers. If you have one, label... Read More →
For the City Nature Challenge, Jesse H. Jones Park will conduct a bioblitz at the park on April 29 & 30. Volunteers are needed to catalogue species using the iNaturalist app throughout the park. We will train participants on the app - from birds to fungi to plants, it all counts! For the more advanced... 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 →
Spring migration is peaking right now across much of North America, meaning each morning is a fresh chance to see new birds. On a typical night, hundreds of millions of birds will be in the air, and the BirdCast project has tools that help you know in advance when waves of birds are on their way. Join... Read More →
iNaturalist needs help identifying all the observations added during the City Nature Challenge. Expert on birds, bugs, or plants? Put that expertise to use! Great with a field guide? Help identify observations! Visit the website for more information: https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/city-nature-challenge-2023-houston-galveston VMS code: FR: City Nature Challenge
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
Virtual Volunteer Fair registration is now OPEN! The Texas Master Naturalist Program is planning to host its fifth Virtual Volunteer Fair this spring: Wednesday and Thursday, May 2nd and 3rd 2023 with a series of 15-minute sessions highlighting projects by a variety of partner conservation agencies and organizations. Sessions will be recorded and uploaded to our website post-event... Read More →
