Excited about birding, but not sure where to start? Meets each Monday from 1/09-2/27, new topics each week. AT=1h per class or 8h for entire series.
FREE Wildlife Management Webinar Series
   The trail team at YMCA Roberts Ranch, outside of Comfort, is looking for volunteers to help clear and construct a newly flagged trail.  Trail-work is scheduled for every Wednesday. We will be meeting at The Pavilion -- 1.8 miles in from the gate-- at 8:30. Safety reviews are required before any work begins.  ... Read More →
An interactive conversation on how to navigate the TCEQ wastewater permitting process.
Study, Track, remOve and Prevent (STOP) is a survey method to gather data on types and abundance of litter.
Join us with Dr. Barron Rector, Extension Range Specialist at Texas A&M AgriLife, as he talks about prairies, their value, land use.
Review weather episodes of 2022 and their impact.
This presentation will introduce the audience to conservation easements, define a conservation easement, and discuss the advantages and disadvantages.
There will be geology walk surveys at Albert and Bessie Kronkosky State Natural Area. Â We will meet at the volunteer office. Â Please bring plenty of drinking water... Email me at kathyollu@aol.com if you are coming. Thanks, Kathy Ward VMS CODE: BD-01-B-FR TPWD Albert and Bessie Kronkosky State Natural Area Field Research
Learn how the Botanical Garden uses infrastructure, architecture, and plants to conserve resources throughout the garden and learn the importance of building sustainable communities. Join a specially trained docent on a walk to examine these diverse features.
Laura Keene shares her motives for doing a big year, and the inventures involved as she traveled to each corner of the ABA area
Monday and Tuesday, February 6 & 7 - volunteers needed for multiple tasks: 1 - Servicing the 9 hunt feeders, providing corn and batteries as needed. 2 - Setting up hunt check station 3 - Moving Hog Trap from "In the Middle" to "Muhly Marsh/Easement" area Will start, both days, at 8:30 and finish by... Read More →
Excited about birding, but not sure where to start? Meets each Monday from 1/09-2/27, new topics each week. AT=1h per class or 8h for entire series.
FREE Wildlife Management Webinar Series
Just sending a reminder that the next ABK Bird Survey is Tuesday, February 7th at 8:00 a.m.  We will meet in the parking lot and then hike to Bessie’s Pond and back and record all the birds we can identify. You can sign up at the following link or email Tara Randle at tmrandle@swbell.net.  The... Read More →
Monday and Tuesday, February 6 & 7 - volunteers needed for multiple tasks: 1 - Servicing the 9 hunt feeders, providing corn and batteries as needed. 2 - Setting up hunt check station 3 - Moving Hog Trap from "In the Middle" to "Muhly Marsh/Easement" area Will start, both days, at 8:30 and finish by... Read More →
   The trail team at YMCA Roberts Ranch, outside of Comfort, is looking for volunteers to help clear and construct a newly flagged trail.  Trail-work is scheduled for every Wednesday. We will be meeting at The Pavilion -- 1.8 miles in from the gate-- at 8:30. Safety reviews are required before any work begins.  ... Read More →
Training volunteers on how to interact and lead with educational programs at CIBOLO.
Register now to join Kristine Rivers with Birding for Fun for her Next Level Birding Virtual Workshops! Classes will be held via Zoom on Thursdays at 7pm.
These interactive workshops are designed for intermediate birders and those who have completed the Beginner Birding Series; all experience levels are welcome.
An in-depth morning about the current research and efforts in orchid conservation across the country featuring presentations by four specialists from Texas and beyond.
Learn about monarch butterflies and milkweed propagation.
Excited about birding, but not sure where to start? Meets each Monday from 1/09-2/27, new topics each week. AT=1h per class or 8h for entire series.
   The trail team at YMCA Roberts Ranch, outside of Comfort, is looking for volunteers to help clear and construct a newly flagged trail.  Trail-work is scheduled for every Wednesday. We will be meeting at The Pavilion -- 1.8 miles in from the gate-- at 8:30. Safety reviews are required before any work begins.  ... Read More →
This tour will explore the Texas Native Trails and the diverse relationships people have had, and still have, with plants in Texas.
Register now to join Kristine Rivers with Birding for Fun for her Next Level Birding Virtual Workshops! Classes will be held via Zoom on Thursdays at 7pm.
These interactive workshops are designed for intermediate birders and those who have completed the Beginner Birding Series; all experience levels are welcome.
Agricultural Tax Appraisal Based on Wildlife Management Workshops
A free guided bird walk for all ages and experience levels.
We will have speakers updating us on bat research projects, WNS, and mountain lion and bear research in Texas. This training is ONLY for current Old Tunnel State Park volunteers.
Native Plant Society of Texas - Boerne Chapter and Texas Master Naturalist - Hill Country Chapter We have publicized our restoration project in Boerne in the past, mostly attacking ligustrum. Now we are going after bamboo. “There is a new project on the property we are restoring behind the library in Boerne, the Boerne City... Read More →
Excited about birding, but not sure where to start? Meets each Monday from 1/09-2/27, new topics each week. AT=1h per class or 8h for entire series.
FREE Wildlife Management Webinar Series
Test your knowledge on America's iconic landforms.
Learn how to incorporate ponds and water gardens to benefit wildlife.
   The trail team at YMCA Roberts Ranch, outside of Comfort, is looking for volunteers to help clear and construct a newly flagged trail.  Trail-work is scheduled for every Wednesday. We will be meeting at The Pavilion -- 1.8 miles in from the gate-- at 8:30. Safety reviews are required before any work begins.  ... Read More →
Join us on the last Wednesday of every month at noon to learn more about the "bugs" you should know.
This presentation will introduce this challenging issue and why it matters to bird conservation, focusing on what we’ve learned through research and monitoring efforts.
Field trainings are mandatory; there will be a review of the protocol, data collection, distance training, and skills test for GCWA monitoring surveys. Invited participants only.
Register now to join Kristine Rivers with Birding for Fun for her Next Level Birding Virtual Workshops! Classes will be held via Zoom on Thursdays at 7pm.
These interactive workshops are designed for intermediate birders and those who have completed the Beginner Birding Series; all experience levels are welcome.
Field trainings are mandatory; there will be a review of the protocol, data collection, distance training, and skills test for GCWA monitoring surveys. Invited participants only.
Deep Dive at the UT Science Fest into the best-selling book Braiding Sweetgrass
Field trainings are mandatory; there will be a review of the protocol, data collection, distance training, and skills test for GCWA monitoring surveys. Invited participants only.
Travelling by foot, your guide will go over birding identification and the proper use of binoculars.
This event is free with the cost of general admission and part of UT’s Texas Science Festival. Get more info and register at sciencefest.utexas.edu.
Board Meetings are (generally) the 4th Monday of the month. Time is 2:30 PM – 4:00 PM. Meetings may be Zoom (link sent via email prior to meeting) or in-person at Riverside Nature Center in Kerrville. VMS CODE: HC-00-A Hill Country Chapter Administration VMS Sub-category: Board Committee Work
Chapter Meetings are (generally) the 4th Monday of the month; no chapter meeting in Dec. Meetings may be Zoom (link sent via email and posted on chapter website) or in-person at Upper Guadalupe River Authority in Kerrville. The social time begins at 6:00 p.m. followed by a 30-minute chapter business meeting beginning at 6:30 p.m.... Read More →
FREE Wildlife Management Webinar Series
Field trainings are mandatory; there will be a review of the protocol, data collection, distance training, and skills test for GCWA monitoring surveys. Invited participants only.
Volunteers needed for moving Hog Trap from "Muhly Marsh/Easement" area to a location to be determined. We will start, at 8:30 and finish by 12 noon. If you can give us a hand, please let me know, Tom Harrigan (pm45kahr@gmail.com) VMS CODE: BD-01-B-RM TPWD Albert and Bessie Kronkosky State Natural Area Resource Management
   The trail team at YMCA Roberts Ranch, outside of Comfort, is looking for volunteers to help clear and construct a newly flagged trail.  Trail-work is scheduled for every Wednesday. We will be meeting at The Pavilion -- 1.8 miles in from the gate-- at 8:30. Safety reviews are required before any work begins.  ... Read More →
We will talk about some common and not so commonly known edibles and beneficial plants and how to forage them responsibly.
We will go to Bessie's Pond Thursday morning, March 2 at 9:00 a.m. to do the monthly water quality sample. We will use both the "Standard Core" protocol and "Probe Core" protocol from the Texas Stream Team in San Marcos. Time permitting we will sample and test one or more additional sites. You can observe or gain hands... Read More →
Range management through grazing practices, fire, chemical and mechanical means.
Howdy All! We will be hosting our First Friday workday for March this Friday, the 3rd for those who can make it. We will meet at the bunkhouse on Clark Creek at 8:30am. Activities planned for the day include a continuation of work on the stone walkway we started constructing at our February workday, along... Read More →
Learn how the Botanical Garden uses infrastructure, architecture, and plants to conserve resources throughout the garden and learn the importance of building sustainable communities. Join a specially trained docent on a walk to examine these diverse features.
Learn how to spot approaching severe weather.
Learn about Land Stewardship for Birds & Other Native Wildlife.
Hands-On Science tackles the two solar eclipses that will cross Texas between Oct 2023 and Apr 2024.