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 Texas Nature Trackers Biologists Craig Hensley and Wendy Anderson for an on-line introduction to this year’s City Nature Challenge and iNaturalist from 7-8 pm on Thursday, April 20th. We’ll review how to use the iNaturalist app, share the importance of the data collected to TPWD, and how you can participate in the upcoming City... Read More →
Join the Native Plant Society of Texas - Houston Chapter Thursday, April 20th at 7:00 PM at the Houston Arboretum when Blas Espinoza, co-owner of Next Door Nursery, will speak about propagating natives for any size effort, whether it be for a backyard garden, school pocket prairie, or a small farm or nursery. Houston... 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 →
Read Unit 23: Volunteers as Teachers Unit 16: Mammalogy
Shift 1: 8:00am-11:00pm Shift 2: 12:00pm-3:00pm Location: W.G. Jones State Forest, 1328 Farm to Market Rd 1488, Conroe, TX 77384 Needs: 3-5 volunteers for each shift Roles: Lead/co-lead groups of 5-10 students in one of the options below. Trash pick-up Garden care Planting seedlings in pots Building birdhouses Please respond directly to: Jaden Kelly, Program Specialist... 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 →
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. Sign up for notifications of... Read More →
Board meetings take place every month except July and December, and are held via Zoom on the last Monday of each month. Exceptions occur when the meeting falls on a holiday. If you would like at attend the Board Meeting, please email [email protected] for the link. CB: Chapter Meeting-Heartwood (Description: Board Meeting)
