Volunteer Service

*Monday, Sept. 29, 12:30 -- 3:30 p.m. Austin Jewish Academy. Kayaking, archery, lead a hike or nature program of your choice. Log hours under Balcones Canyonlands NWR Training and Educating Others (Direct). Contact Paula Richards

*Saturday, Oct. 4, 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. Help with the annual Refuge Roundup near the park headquarters. Put up and take down tents and tables, attend parking and staff stations, such as Backyard Bass. Contact Ranger Stephanie Jones

*Saturday, Oct. 4, 7 – 8 p.m. Central Park. Help with International Observe the Moon Night activities. Log under Inks Lake SP Public Outreach (Indirect).

October 7th: Lead hikes and assist with sweep-netting and insect-pinning. Arrive by 12:30 p.m. at the Margaret Bamberger Research & Education Center parking lot and end by 4 p.m. Need five volunteers.   Dinner. Arrive by 4:30 p.m. Meal served by 5:30 p.m. Need one to two volunteers.

*Wednesday, Oct. 8, 10 a.m. -- 4 p.m. Homeschool Day at the Science Mill. Planning is underway for zoology centered activities and programs for local home-school students, with an invitation for one or more HLMN teaching stations. More information to come, and help in planning the event is welcome. Contact Sue Davis Log hours under... Read More →

October 8th: Lunch. Arrive by 11:30 a.m. Meal served around 11:45 a.m. Need at least one volunteer. Dinner. Arrive by 4:30 p.m. Meal served by 5:30 p.m. Need one to two volunteers.

Help clear river banks to provide access for future trout stockings. Log hours under Blanco SP Natural Resource Management.

October 9th: Lunch. Arrive by 10:45 a.m. Meal served around 11 a.m. Bus leaves at noon. Need at least one volunteer. Log hours under Bamberger Ranch Training & Educating Others (Direct).

Volunteers are needed to collect data in the field for the Integrated Monarch Monitoring Program. On- line training videos and written materials are available at this link: https://learn.monarchjointventure.org/. Volunteer roles include identifying blooming plants, recording the data collected and navigating/aligning the path of the observation frames. Log hours under Bamberger Ranch Field Research.

Volunteers needed to lead Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts, ages 11-17, on one or more nature hikes. Times: 9-10:30 a.m., 10:30 a.m.-noon, 1-2:30 p.m. and 2:30-4 p.m. Log under Pedernales Falls SP Training and Educating Others (Direct). Contact John Pieper

Saturday in the Wild. Volunteers are invited to present/assist with HLMN teaching stations focused on the importance of wildlife and insects. Log under HC Science Mill Training and Educating Others (Direct) Set up at 9:30am, museum open 10-4pm.

*Saturday, Oct. 11, 10 a.m. – noon. Help teach a Fishing 101 class. This is an opportunity to learn and assist with the program. Log under Blanco SP Training and Educating Others (Direct). Contact Butch Williams  

Help clear river banks to provide access for future trout stockings. Log under Blanco State Park Natural Resource Management.

Help establish a native pollinator garden in front of the Burnet County public defender’s office building, 110 Co Rd 250 in Burnet. Soil has been ordered and plants and block rocks have been donated for this joint project of HLMN and HLNPSOT. Now people are needed to put it all together. Bring gloves, bucket, shovel... Read More →

Weed front flower beds and to walk the trails for upkeep. Meet FOIL members at the park headquarters at 8:30 a.m. Log hours under Inks Lake SP Nature/Public Access.

Meet at the Margaret Bamberger Research & Education Center parking lot at 8:30 a.m.. The plan is to be finished by 11:30 a.m.. Possible tools for the day include work gloves, reciprocating saws (and batteries), handsaws, loppers, hedge shears, pruners, hammer drills with mortar bits, wood drills with extensions, sledgehammers, mallets, pick axes, grubbing hoes,... Read More →

*Saturday, Oct. 18, 9:30 – 11:30 a.m. Help a group of 20 foster teens with archery and your choice of activity for a 45 minute nature program. Two rotations of 10 people each.   Log hours under Balcones Canyonlands NWR Training and Educating Others (Direct)

Meet Ross Rogers at park headquarters at 8:30 a.m. to help clear park trails. Bring hand tools, battery operated weed eaters, pruners, and manual hedge trimmers if you have them. Long pants are suggested. Log hours under Inks Lake SP Nature/Public Access. Contact Karen Stewart

Volunteers are needed to lead a nature hike for 3rd- graders. Meet in the Margaret Bamberger Research & Education Center parking lot by 9:30 a.m. Log hours under Bamberger Ranch Training & Educating Others (Direct).

Volunteers needed for the Lampasas County Friends of the Night Sky star party. The free, family friendly event will be held on private land west of Lampasas. Log hours under HLMN Public Outreach (Indirect). Contact Janie for directions and more information.

*Saturday, Oct. 25, 10 a.m. – noon. A discovery trunk on bees will be presented for park campers and day-trippers. The program is staffed, but chapter members can observe the presentation and learn about the activity for future opportunities. Blanco SP Public Outreach (Indirect). Contact Al Lillis  

Help present a monarch trunk and craft for a large homeschool group. Central Park. Log hours under Inks Lake SPTraining & Educating Others (Direct). Contact Margaret Schelde

*Saturday, Oct. 25, 12:30 -- 2:30 p.m. Two groups rotate between archery station and a nature hike. Log hours under Balcones Canyonlands NWR Training and Educating Others (Direct).

*Sunday, Oct. 26, 10 a.m. – 1 p.m. Military Family Day., Kayaking, archery, lead a hike or nature program of your choice. Log hours under Balcones Canyonlands NWR Training and Educating Others (Direct). Contact Paula Richards

Creatures of the Night fall celebration. Time TBD. Dress and talk about an animal or lead trail hikes. Log under Inks Lake SP Public Outreach (Indirect).

Assist ranger with a program on atlatls.