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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Project FeederWatch turns your love of feeding birds into scientific discoveries. FeederWatch is a November-April survey of birds that visit backyards, nature centers, community areas, and other locales in North America. You don’t even need a feeder! All you need is an area with plantings, habitat, water or food that attracts birds. The schedule is completely flexible. Count your... Read More →
Sunday, March 12 Target species: Lygodium japonicum Japanese Climbing Fern; Poncirus trifoliata Trifoliate orange Activity: leveling and dragging out trifoliate orange bushes removing vines from trees and shrubs, taking extra care to dispose of fertile fronds and dig up and dispose of fibrous root system Location: across from Creekside Forest Elementary School @ George Mitchell Trailhead off Creekside Forest Drive; follow... 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 →
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 →
Trail maintenance, volunteer work crew and garden group. For information on volunteer opportunities at Kleb Woods, contact klebwoods@hcp4.net or call (281) 357-5324. VMS CODE: RM: Kleb Woods
Work in pollinator gardens or litter sweep. Join Heartwood's Slack channel to get the lastest information about what we'll be concentrating on.
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 →
We are excited to once again host our TMNTuesdays webinar series on the second Tuesday of the month through the 2023 year. TMNTuesdays are a way to learn about top conservation issues of the state, earn advanced training hours and interact with wildlife professionals from across the state! Register to Attend Now VMS: AT: TMNTuesday... Read More →
Texas Waters: Become an ambassador of our waterways! The Texas Waters program informs and educates Texans about the most precious natural resource Texas possesses, its water. Many challenges face our state concerning water, particularly in our aquatic habitats, the water for wildlife. Texas Parks and Wildlife values the natural and cultural resources of Texas, and we... Read More →
Join park staff and volunteers at Jesse H. Jones Park and Nature Center for Conservation Connections. From planting seeds in the greenhouse, to light landscaping work, to invasive species removal - we have plenty of projects to pique your interest! No registration required. Call 281-446-8588 or email JesseJonesPark@pct3.hctx.net for questions. VMS: RM: J. Jones Park 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 →
Presenter: Liam G. Wolff, Former Graduate Research Assistant, Stephen F. Austin University Webinar Description: In 2013, a species distribution model was developed by Mark Anderson and Gary Beauvais for each Species of Greatest Conservation Need in Texas for the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. This spatial model mapped the probability of occurrence for each species... Read More →
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 ruthmiriam@protonmail.com) VMS code: PO: Public Outreach Events (Lake Creek Preserve Guided Hikes)