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HILL COUNTRY CHAPTER MEETING

The Texas Master Naturalist, Hill Country Chapter meets monthly in person and online via Zoom.  Our next Chapter Meeting and Advanced Training session is open to the public and will be held on Monday, July 28, 6:30p-8:00p.  

The meeting is at

GUADALUPE BASIN NATURAL RESOURCES CENTER (GBNRC) Building
125 Lehmann Drive, Suite 100
Kerrville, Texas

Pre-registration is required to attend the chapter meeting session via Zoom.
Click the link, shown below, to register.

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84850885770

You can also choose to attend the meeting via Facebook or on our YouTube channel.

Doors open at 6 pm for socializing.  A short business meeting will begin at 6:30p and the Advanced Training session is from 7:00 to 8:00p.  There is no cost to attend.  All are welcome.

The Advanced Training topic for the July 28, Chapter Meeting is…

Managing Soil as an Ecosystem

This year we are highlighting the four elements that the ancients thought made up everything – Fire, Water, Earth, and Air. We have had wonderful presentations on fire and water so far. Next up at our July meeting we will examine soil, notably the soils of the Texas Hill Country, as living, breathing ecosystems.

The Soil Food Web is the interaction of organisms in the soil to create a natural balance of ecosystem services for nutrient recycling, water regulation, and carbon sequestration. Managing your soil as an ecosystem involves understanding soil succession and how to amend soils to meet the needs of plants or crops you want to grow. Join us in-person at the Guadalupe Basin Natural Resources Center in Kerrville, or online via Zoom, on Monday, July 28, 2025. Social time starts at 6:00pm, the Chapter meeting is at 6:30pm, and at 7:00pm, Dr. Duke will share why soil is an ecosystem, and how to evaluate the microorganisms in your soil and to create compost, compost teas, and compost extracts to improve and regenerate your soil.

Speaker:  Jane Duke, PhD, is a citizen scientist of Soil Regeneration. She became involved with soil improvement while living with her husband on a horse farm in Oak Point, Texas, and growing wheat and sorghum in Bovina, near the New Mexico border. In 2021, Jane was certified as a Soil Food Web Lab-Tech in soil analysis. These days she is on the Board of the Elm Fork Chapter of Texas Master Naturalists and is the NICE (Natives Improve and Conserve Environments) coordinator for the Trinity Forks Native Plant Society of Texas (NPSOT), as well as being active in Texas Organic Food & Growers and Texas Beekeepers associations. Jane earned an MA in Environmental Philosophy from UNT and a PhD in Consumer Economics and Environmental Design at Texas Tech.  


Monthly Chapter Meetings

Next chapter meeting:
July 28, 2025.
Social from 6:00 pm-6:30p
Business Meeting from 6:30-7:00p
AT from 7:00-8:00p
Register for the upcoming meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84850885770

Chapter Meeting Locations:
August 25 in Fredericksburg
 at the Texas A&M Agrilife Extension Service building near the airport.
September 22 in Boerne at a location to be confirmed soon.
October 27 in Kerrville at the GBNRC auditorium where we usually meet.
November 22 at Camp Capers in Waring near Comfort for the New Class Launch and Volunteer Appreciation event.

 

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RNC Update

All events have been canceled.
Volunteers: please call us at 830-257-4837, with your contact information. We will be call or email with our needs.

A doe found fresh water at RNC after the flood.

A doe at the RNC garden after the flood.

Does were allowed to come and go as they cared for their young.
https://txmn.org/hillcountry/18-days-later/

 

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Texas Master Naturalist, Hill Country Chapter
PO Box 293972
Kerrville, TX 78029

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