When Wednesday, October 9th, 2024 from 9:00am to 12:00pm Address 140 City Park Road, Boerne, TX 78006 Shift Details This is intended to give a brief overview of the protocol used in the Prairie Vegetation Survey and to introduce the target species that are evaluated in the survey based on season. Participants will learn the characteristics... Read More →

When Wednesday, October 9th, 2024 from 9:30am to 11:00am Address 140 City Park Road, Boerne, TX 78006 Shift Details Community scientists will walk areas of the Herff Farm and count milkweed plants as well as search for monarch eggs and larvae. Must be able to walk unaided on uneven terrain and withstand exposure to some inclement... Read More →

When Wednesday, October 9th & 10th, 2024 from 1:00pm to 4:00pm Address 140 City Park Road, Boerne, TX 78006 Shift Details To survey ants, community scientists place bait on small plastic dishes along a transect. This bait is left out for a minimum of 30 minutes up to several hours. The trays are then collected in... Read More →

We often have no-show volunteers for some of our surveys. Sign up for this activity if you can be on site for a scheduled survey as back-up. If we need people for surveys we will assign you to one. If not, we will ask you to participate in our iNaturalist BioBlitz or other volunteer tasks.... Read More →

When Wednesday, October 9th, 2024 from 1:00pm to 4:00pm Address 140 City Park Road, Boerne, TX 78006 Shift Details Community scientists search for reptiles under rocks, within tall grass, throughout the woodland and in Cibolo Creek. Anoles, skinks, whiptails, and other lizards, as well as ribbon snakes, blotched and diamondback water snakes, and many other species... Read More →

We often have no-show volunteers for some of our surveys. Sign up for this activity if you can be on site for a scheduled survey as back-up. If we need people for surveys we will assign you to one. If not, we will ask you to participate in our iNaturalist BioBlitz or other volunteer tasks.... Read More →

When Wednesday, October 9th, 2024 from 4:00pm to 6:00pm Address 140 City Park Road, Boerne, TX 78006 Shift Details Community scientists set and bait small (Sherman) live traps along transects in the tall grass prairie and woodland at the Nature Center. The following morning, the traps will be checked for small mammals. Captured mammals are documented... Read More →