Volunteer Opportunities – March 11th, 12th, & 13th – 5 or more volunteers each day For three days from March 11th to 13th, the 3rd grade students from Walnut Springs Elementary in Dripping Springs will be making a day trip to the Bamberger Ranch Preserve. A minimum of 5 volunteers are needed to: 1) lead 8-10 students on the... Read More →
Calling all HLMN members: Volunteers are needed this weekend at Cooper Spring Nature Park, 100 North Hackberry St. in Lampasas Texas to weed out bastard cabbage. Several available work dates: Friday 3/14, Saturday 3/15, and Sunday 3/16, running from 9am -Noon. Please bring water, gardening gloves, and weed pulling tools. For questions contact Barbara Adams.
*Saturday, March 15. Work day at Colorado Bend State Park. Sign up by March 9 by contacting volunteer coordinator Dawn at alvisdawn@aol.com. She will reply with details about times and work plans
*Volunteers are needed to guide and help with Hatchery Outreach stations for young and older visitors. The stops and activities include the pollinator garden, master casting, digital microscopes and birding/binoculars.
*March 17, 19 and 21. 9:30 a.m. – noon. Spring Break on the Blanco River. Use a chapter discovery trunk to provide nature education for park guests. Suggested topics: Skins, skulls, scat and tracks; birds or birding; insects; pollinators; and vertebrates, Other topic suggestions are welcome. At least two volunteers are needed each day, and... Read More →
*March 17, 19 and 21. 9:30 a.m. – noon. Spring Break on the Blanco River. Use a chapter discovery trunk to provide nature education for park guests. Suggested topics: Skins, skulls, scat and tracks; birds or birding; insects; pollinators; and vertebrates, Other topic suggestions are welcome. At least two volunteers are needed each day, and... Read More →
*Friday-Sunday, March 21-23.. Working with Craig Hensley and Wendy Anderson of TPWD’s Texas Nature Trackers team, the ranch will hold its first BioBlitz with pond dipping, field surveys, wildlife walks, and microscope analysis. The weekend goal: Contribute to conservation by documenting as many species as possible using iNaturalist and eBird. Participation is limited to 50 citizen... Read More →
*March 17, 19 and 21. 9:30 a.m. – noon. Spring Break on the Blanco River. Use a chapter discovery trunk to provide nature education for park guests. Suggested topics: Skins, skulls, scat and tracks; birds or birding; insects; pollinators; and vertebrates, Other topic suggestions are welcome. At least two volunteers are needed each day, and... Read More →
*Saturday, March 22. 9 - 11 a.m. North pier fishing. Help visitors with backyard bass and fishing rods. Help Ray Buchanan with ladybug activities.
Volunteer Opportunities – March 25th to 27th Three sets of 4th graders from Regents School of Austin are preparing for overnight field trips to the Bamberger Ranch Preserve. The 1st set will arrive on March 25th around mid-morning. The bus will deliver them to the site of the Historical Marker where they will learn about the ranch. Then they... Read More →
*Tuesday, March 25. Adopt-A-Highway cleanup along Park Road 4 near the Hatchery. Meet at the Hatchery Education Building at 8:30 a.m. or so and hit the roadsides around 9 a.m. It’s a partnership project of Hatchery and Inks Lake Friends groups. Log hours under Inks Dam NFH Natural Resource Management.
Lawn and Garden Show on Saturday, March 29 at the AgriLife Building in Burnet. Times: 10 a.m. - noon, noon - 2 p.m. and 2 - 4 p.m. Contact her at marylynnenorman@gmail.com
*April 1-3 and April 8-10. The annual Great Outdoor Program (GOP). Volunteers needed each day from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. More details to come. Contact Cathy Hill at cmhill1957@yahoo.com
*Wednesday, April 2. Volunteers will be needed to lead a combination of 4th- and 5th-graders on a nature hike twice that day. More details to come. Log hours under Bamberger Ranch Training & Educating Others (Direct).
April's meeting will be held at Inks Lakes State Park beginning at 1:30. At the entrance gate to the park, let the Ranger know you are going to the HLMN Monthly Meeting and ask where to park.
*Volunteers are needed to guide and help with Hatchery Outreach stations for young and older visitors. The stops and activities include the pollinator garden, master casting, digital microscopes and birding/binoculars. Friday, April 4, two-three hours. Times to come.
*Volunteers are needed to guide and help with Hatchery Outreach stations for young and older visitors. The stops and activities include the pollinator garden, master casting, digital microscopes and birding/binoculars. Saturday, April 5, 1 - 3 p.m.
