Make plans to attend our first major event of 2021! In an effort to provide you with as many opportunities as possible to continue your volunteer service from a distance…
The Nature Around Us
On January 9, 2021, Heartwood member, Clayton Bownds delivered a presentation on ecological systems and biodiversity via Zoom. This link will take you to that video: https://youtu.be/pfN0si47dGM
Check out the online Wild Texas Film Tour!
With public safety concerns due to the COVID-19 pandemic, this year’s Wild Texas Film Tour is online! You will have access to watch the feature and short films included in…
Partnership with Montgomery County Beautification Association
Ever feel like plogging? Playaking? Pliking? Or just plain plalking? According to Merriam Webster’s website: Plogging is a term invented by Erik Ahlström referring to the act of picking up trash…
Did you miss the Heartwood Book Club’s discussion of Natures Best Hope?
Chapter member Julie Vickers prepared a summary of the book: Natures Best Hope_book by Doug Tallamy Sound interesting? Wish you had been in on the discussion? The next book…
Citizen science project: Honeysuckle leaf blight
We are on the hunt for honeysuckle leaf blight, can you help us find it? Honeysuckle leaf blight, caused by a fungus (Insolibasidium deformans), is a disease that affects honeysuckle…
The St. Francis Wolf Sanctuary in Navasota
The Saint Francis Wolf Sanctuary Navasota, Texas It all began with a wolf named Mystery. Mystery was one of many animals that lived at the North American Wolf Association (NAWA) –…
Communications Workshop
Fellow Heartwood Members: I attended the Catalyst Summit in 2019 and found it the most remarkable “workshop” I have ever been to. It says it’s an event for water communicators,…
Bats : Heroes of the Night Sky
On June 3, 2020, DeAndra Ramsey gave a presentation on bats in the Houston area. We opened the webinar to Texas Master Naturalists across the state and had a maximum…