John Stacy has been selected as Volunteer of the Year 2016 by Volunteer Houston in the category of Conservation and Environment organizations! He was nominated by the Bayou Land Conservancy (BLC) and Mercer Botanic Gardens for Volunteer Houston‘s Greater Houston Service Awards and was named a finalist. He has volunteered over 1200 hours since becoming a Texas…
Sheldon Lake State Park
The Houston Chronicle featured Sheldon Lake State Park in an article on March 31, 2016. The Texas Master Naturalist Program was highlighted and TMN volunteers, John Egan, Dick Benoit and Chatt Smith were quoted. The article is titled ” Volunteers transform Sheldon Lake State Park” with a sub-heading of “Texas Master Naturalist program brings back…
Sensational Spiders
Heartwood chapter member Sherry Summerlin provided a tantalizing educational session on “Sensational Spiders” at the chapter meeting on April 2. She was accompanied by Tia the Tarantula. Only about a third of attendees were interested to hold and touch Tia afterwards. Some couldn’t wait for the opportunity and others bolted to the other side of…
Heartwood Chapter volunteers at Texas Wildlife & Woodland Expo
Members of the Heartwood Chapter Texas Master Naturalists were out in full force to volunteer for the Texas Wildlife & Woodland Expo on April 2, 2016 at Lone Star College-Montgomery campus. Below are a few of the booths and volunteers who made the event fabulous.
United Nations science report warns of fewer bees, other pollinators
Highlights from the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) science report warns of fewer bees, other pollinators – Published Feb. 26, 2016 Many species of wild bees, butterflies and other critters that pollinate plants are shrinking toward extinction, and the world needs to do something about it before our food supply suffers, a new United Nations…