outlook for spring: March 7: Hisle Elementary, four classes. March 13: Packsaddle Elementary, five classes. April 17: Block House Creek Elementary, four classes. April 28: Shady Grove Elementary, four classes April 29: Shady Grove Elementary, five classes.
*Tuesday, April 29. Start at 10 am. Help a group of homeshoolers learn how to geocache and letterbox with GPS and compasses. Log under Pedernales Falls SP Training & Educating Others (Direct).
*Thursday, May 1. 8 a.m. - noon. Help with a Big Sit Birding Classic event for the public along the river. If assisting / training the public, log under Pedernales Falls SP Public Outreach (Indirect). If bird survey, log under Pedernales Falls SP Field Research.
*May 5 and 6, 9:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. Help with hikes or at the wildlife viewing station for student field trips. Some 170 students each day will rotate through four areas of the park for a nature hike, hike to the falls, aquatic science hike and time at the bird blind. Volunteers will be... Read More →
*Tuesday-Wednesday, May 6 and 7. Lead nature hikes for 3rd graders. More details to come. Log hours under Bamberger Ranch Training & Educating Others (Direct).
May 6, 9 a.m. Help teach a homeschool group how to tie knots, cast a rod and fish in the river. Log under Pedernales Falls SP Training & Educating Others (Direct).
*May 5 and 6, 9:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. Help with hikes or at the wildlife viewing station for student field trips. Some 170 students each day will rotate through four areas of the park for a nature hike, hike to the falls, aquatic science hike and time at the bird blind. Volunteers will be... Read More →
Monday, May 5, 9 a.m. – 1 p.m. Eight classes. For both Bridges to Birding and Going Buggy, log your volunteer hours on VMS under Balcones Canyonlands NWR Training and Educating Others (Direct).
*Saturday, May 10, 10 a.m. – noon. Staff an HLMN booth/station at Back to the Blanco, the free community day at the park. Need three to four volunteers to talk about table-top displays, discovery trunk items and the Master Naturalist program. Log hours under Blanco SP Public Outreach (Indirect).
*Monday, May 12. One to two volunteers are needed to help with education stations for 3rd-grade students’ field trip. Log hours under Blanco SP Training and Educating Others (Direct).
*Thursday, May 15. At least five volunteers are needed to lead nature hikes for 3rd-graders. Meet in the parking lot of the Margaret Bamberger Research & Education Center, 3572 Blue Ridge Drive near Johnson City, by 9:30 a.m. and bring a sack lunch. Volunteers will lead two hikes, and the students will depart around 1:15... Read More →
*Saturday, May 17, 9 a.m. – noon. Volunteers are needed to assist with trail maintenance. Meet at the Madrone Lake patio at 9 a.m. Possible tools for the day include weedwhackers, brush cutters, reciprocating saws (and batteries), handsaws, work gloves, rakes, loppers, hedge shears, pruners, wire-cutters, fencing pliers, t-post pullers, mallets, hats, sunscreen, insect repellant... Read More →
*Saturday, May 17, 9 a.m. – noon. Fishing Program. Help park visitors learn to fish. Loaner rods and other equipment provided. Meet at “Deep Lake” on Hackenburg Loop trail or with John Pieper beforehand for a ride to the program site. If visitors are coming and going from the Fishing Program, log under Pedernales SP... Read More →
Saturday, May 17, 12:30 - 2:30 p.m. Military Family Day. Open Rotation: Archery (1), backyard bass (1), nature hike (covered), nature program (covered).
*Saturday, May 24, 9:30 a.m. -- 12:30 p.m. Help teach park visitors about water. Central Park. Sign up with the spreadsheet below (It doesn’t work with phones.) and note the bottom tabs. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1kwtutNpOQVfJUOz35Sy ifRDb7Hfuw981zV5oLxI3Ssc/edit?gid=1509772656#gid=150977265 6. Or contact Karen Stewart
*Saturday, May 24, 10 a.m. – noon. Help with a skin, skulls, scat and tracks presentation for park visitors. Log hours under Blanco SP Public Outreach (Indirect) if park visitors come and go from the table at their leisure or Blanco SP Training & Educating Others (Direct) if the audience stays for the entire presentation.
