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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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 →
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 →
The Houston Area NLCP Team is Offering Classes in Spring 2024 - Sign Up Now! The Houston, Clear Lake, and Pines and Prairies Chapters of the Native Plant Society of Texas (NPSOT) offer Native Landscaping Certification Program (NLCP) classes. This volunteer-driven effort focuses on the benefits of native plants for bird- and wildlife-attracting gardens, and... Read More →
Where: Brazoria County Precinct 2 21017 County Road 171 Angleton, TX, 77515 Flyer The Nature Conservancy, TPWD and A&M Agrilife Extension will be holding a FREE informational meeting to present information about prescribed burn associations. These associations provide fire equipment, training, manpower, and an organizational structure to support private landowners conducting prescribed fire. If you... Read More →
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)
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
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 →
Date: Wednesday, March 20, 2024 Time: 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. Zachary C. Adcock, Ph.D. Senior Ecologist Cambrian Environmental Webinar Description: Salado Salamanders are one of several fully-aquatic salamander species in central Texas that occur in groundwater and groundwater-fed springs and creeks. This species is listed as federally threatened and is only known from... Read More →
Thursday, March 21 @ 11:00 AM Central. Register AT: Single Presentation (Cornell Lab of Ornithology- The Red-tailed Hawk Project)
Houston Arboretum & Nature Center 120 W Loop N, Houston, TX 77024 We will also stream via zoom. CLICK HERE to register for the zoom meeting. Please use the following VMS code: AT: Native Plant Society of Texas (Restoring Riparian Buffers Throughout Houston)
Interns: This is the initial training schedule. Any changes communicated by the committee take precedence over this schedule. VMS Code: Initial Training (Description: Class 6 - Climate and Weather; CoCoRaHS)
What: Native Plant Booth - March Mart Plant Sale and Festival When: March 22-23, 2024 Where: Mercer Botanic Gardens, 22306 Aldine Westfield Road, Humble Tx 77336 Contact: Colleen Powell [email protected] or 713 274-4160 Volunteers with plant knowledge are needed to consult with visitors who are interested in purchasing native plants from the Friends of Mercer Botanic... Read More →
Are you curious about how people lived in Southeast Texas in the past? This will be the focus of our Public Archaeology Day at Arrowwood Preserve on Friday, March 22nd. March 22nd Public Archaeology Day This 90-minute site visit will include opportunities to observe and interact with ASH&E archaeologists during excavations, work with archaeologists to... Read More →
What: Native Plant Booth - March Mart Plant Sale and Festival When: March 22-23, 2024 Where: Mercer Botanic Gardens, 22306 Aldine Westfield Road, Humble Tx 77336 Contact: Colleen Powell [email protected] or 713 274-4160 Volunteers with plant knowledge are needed to consult with visitors who are interested in purchasing native plants from the Friends of Mercer Botanic... Read More →
Interns: This is the initial training schedule. Any changes communicated by the committee take precedence over this schedule. VMS Code: Initial Training (Description: Class 7 - Citizen Science Projects)
Join The Woodlands for the 14th annual community litter cleanup day! Grab your friends and family and roll up your sleeves to remove litter from pathways, greenbelts, and waterways as part of the Earth Day GreenUp on Saturday, March 23, 2024, from 8 to 11 a.m. Last year, more than 500 GreenUp volunteers removed over 1,000 pounds... Read More →
Note that an RSVP is required to [email protected] and that the event will be held in Houston. Only the first session (1.5 hours) will count for AT. AT: Single Presentation (Bat Team Training)