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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Time to Restore Texas Workshop: Informing Climate-Smart Planting for Pollinators

Online

In this free, two-hour virtual workshop, you will learn more about the Time to Restore project, weigh in on the best plant species to target for ongoing monitoring and assessment in Texas, help generate ideas for recruitment and engagement of volunteer data collectors, and give your input on how the data collected by this project... Read More →

Time to Restore- Texas Workshop Webinar

Online

NOTE:  This is a duplicate of the session offered on Wednesday, August 21. Registration is now open for the upcoming Time To Restore - Texas virtual workshop!  Anyone with an interest in Texas native plants, their many pollinators and how we respond to climate change is invited to participate in this free event!  Please help shape this important community science... Read More →

Time to Restore Texas Workshop: Informing Climate-Smart Planting for Pollinators

Online

In this free, two-hour virtual workshop, you will learn more about the Time to Restore project, weigh in on the best plant species to target for ongoing monitoring and assessment in Texas, help generate ideas for recruitment and engagement of volunteer data collectors, and give your input on how the data collected by this project... Read More →

Time to Restore- Texas Workshop Webinar

Online

Registration is now open for the upcoming Time To Restore - Texas virtual workshop!  Anyone with an interest in Texas native plants, their many pollinators and how we respond to climate change is invited to participate in this free event!  Please help shape this important community science project and help better inform those working on pollinator restoration across the South... Read More →

Black-capped Vireo Monitoring: Supporting the Post-delisting Monitoring Plan

Online

Jim Giocomo, Ph.D. Central Region Director American Bird Conservancy Webinar Description: Through cooperation with state, Federal, NGO and individual Texas residents, the Black-capped Vireo (Vireo atricapilla) was recently designated as recovered under the U.S. Endangered Species Act. With the recent delisting of the Black-capped Vireo, conservation partners, including Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, agreed to... Read More →

From the Bayou to the Hills: The (Lost) Palms of Texas

Online

Live Presentation: Houston Arboretum & Nature Center 120 W Loop N, Houston, TX 77024 If you are not aware (but we hope you are), an invasive species is defined as a non-native species to the ecosystem whose introduction causes or is likely to cause economic or environmental harm or harm to human health. Our speaker... Read More →

2024 Texas Waters Webinars

Online

Enjoy learning about improving water quality, water quantity, conservation practices, water law, and aquatic habitats.  Join the training program throughout the year for FREE. Visit the Texas Waters webpage for information on becoming a certified Texas Waters Specialist and view recorded webinars from 2017-2023. Date:  Wednesday, August 14, 2024 @ 6:30-7:30p Presenters: Robert Mace, Executive Director & Chief Water Policy Officer,... Read More →

Aquatic Invasive Species

Online

This month’s webinar will delve into a topic of critical importance this summer —Aquatic Invasive Species (AIS). Learn about the collaborative efforts across various regions to combat AIS, learn about initiatives aimed at preventing the spread of AIS through online platforms, and discover the newest findings on how outreach and education are making a difference in... Read More →

Austin NPSOT Chapter Meeting – “What’s the Rush” video with Dr. Doug Tallamy

Online

Doug Tallamy presents on video the science-based solution to the biodiversity crisis and explains why it’s so urgent. Native plants are the foundation of the solution, and we can do it together. This is a virtual meeting using Zoom. Please register to get the Zoom for this meeting. https://npsot-org.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcqd-6gpz8sH9yU0Gnv_I3PexdIUvwbJpvi Please use the following AT code: VMS:... Read More →