Greetings Texas Master Naturalists, It has been my great pleasure to be an instructor in the Texas Master Naturalist program for 21 years. During that time I have been regularly…
Urban Tree Improvement Program (UTIP)
Texas Master Naturalist chapters have recently received the following information. The Texas A&M Forest Service is expanding our Urban Tree Improvement Program to include more tree species. We need to…
Heartwood Member honors suffragist/conservationist
Ruth Nasrullah, Heartwood Diversity Committee member, has written an article to showcase the work of Rosalie Edge in honor of Women’s Equality Day. The original article can be found in…
2021 Annual Meeting
Get ready for our 22nd Texas Master Naturalist Program Annual Meeting, an event to gather, learn and celebrate another year of the Texas Master Naturalist Program. We’re preparing this year’s meeting as…
Recovering America’s Wildlife Act
Sharing as a resource: Nationwide, experts have identified more than 12,000 Species of Greatest Conservation Need, including over 1,300 here in Texas. The majority of these are at-risk fish and…
Lake Creek Preserve Use Survey
Commissioner Riley of Precinct 2 is in talks to receive a donation of almost 400 acres which he proposes to turn into a sports complex and nature preserve. Please view…
Five Things You Should Know About the Lone Star Hiking Trail
Ruth Nasrullah, new Heartwood member, publishes a blog to The Trek, a website dedicate to hiking and hikers. This is one of her posts.
Becoming a Master Naturalist Changed How I See the Trail
This post, written by Heartwood Master Naturalist Ruth Nasrullah, describes what being a Master Naturalist means and how it adds understanding and appreciation of what there is to see on…
Spreading the Word about Diversity
This year the diversity committee has been writing articles for the newsletter highlighting a specific topic of interest that relates to either a day or awareness month for that issue….