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7/12/2025:  Celebration of Life for Steve Verschoyle will be July 26th at 10 am at the Universal City United Methodist Church, 90 Winn Ave., Universal City 78418.

 

7/12/2025 From Elizabeth Bowerman: Comal Conservation is asking all LMNs to please save your empty cardboard TP rolls and bring them to the LMN Chapter meeting on September 18 and October 16!  The rolls will be turned into “cardboard binoculars” and offered to kids at the Comal Conservation outreach booth at the Fischer Park Monarch Festival in October. Comal Conservation has given away hundreds of these ‘binocs’ at community outreach events over the years, thanks to the generous supply made by Darlene and her committee, and donated to CC by our LMN Chapter. If you have other sources for collecting large numbers of empty TP rolls, we’d appreciate spreading the word! For questions, please contact Elizabeth Bowerman at cdrliz@satx.rr.com. Thank you!  

 

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Ongoing Opportunities to Volunteer:

6/27/25 From President Sue Sommer: As most of you know, Craig Hensley has retired. To commemorate his many years of selfless service to our chapter, we have purchased a Skylight digital photo frame. The joy of this product is the ease of loading the pics. The process is simple. Anyone can email a photo to the designated email and the photo magically appears in the frame! Sheer wizardry!  So, if any of you have any photos that you think Craig might appreciate, please email them to this address: craighensley@ourskylight.com  You don’t have to include any text.  They will be automatically loaded and we can then present him with a personalized digital work of art. By the way, he can edit the collection so don’t worry if you think your pic isn’t perfect. I think the best photos will include Craig or at least projects that he will recognize/remember. Once we have a suitable collection I will deliver this to Craig and Terry. Thanks in advance for helping with this gift. I’m sure we all share a real sense of gratitude for everything he has done for our chapter.

6/22/2025  Members requested access to the slide show on Rain Harvesting by Dr. Larry Sunn. Here’s the link:
Rain Harvesting in PDF

6/22/2025 From Susan Bogle: “Madrone Trail Pollinator Garden” workdays are suspended for the summer.  We will probably go back to regular workdays in late September, when the temperatures have moderated.  However, there might be a special project or two pop up during this summer break, so stay on the lookout for specific notifications.

6/21/2025 From Trish Coons: Agrilife Project regular workdays have been suspended for the rest of the summer.  There are still general maintenance chores that need to be performed.  (See below)If you are interested in spending some time at this project site, please contact Trish Coons at trishcoons@gmail.com.  
Agrilife Chores
Grass beds: *Weed inside and outside grass boxes; *Water grasses if dry and no rain in forecast; *Plant any plants needing permanent homes; Trim leggy plants.
Compost: *Flip compost to an empty bin and moisten with water hose; *Add more nitrogen and carbon layers (Coffee grounds, dry leaves, seedless debris); *Sift finished compost. 
Flower islands: Remove invasive growth (inside beds); Weed whack inside flower islands and outside around stone outline; Water any plants if dry and no rain in forecast. 
Bug habitat: Ensure plenty of debris for insects; Clean and disinfect feeders Sept and Mar. 
Rain Garden: Weed whack invasives and overgrown grasses (inside throughout garden and outer rim).
French Drain: Clear debris from drain pipes on both ends; Weed whack entrance and exit of weeds and tall grasses. 
*any debris can be added to compost bins. 

From Izzy Mabry, Park Superintendent, Old Tunnel:
Old Tunnel Volunteer Opportunities:  Most volunteer opportunities are to assist at Old Tunnel on evenings during bat season (5 p.m. until dark.)  If you are interested in becoming a volunteer, please email the Park Superintendent, Izzy Mabry,
Elizabeth.Mabry@tpwd.texas.gov

From Cibolo Center for Conservation: Volunteer Opportunities – Check out our full calendar for upcoming opportunities. Home – The Cibolo Center for Conservation. Please check with Jeanie Springer to be sure activity is eligible for VH or AT credit. If you have questions, please contact: volunteer@cibolo.org


From Krystie Miner: If you’d like to volunteer at Bracken Bat Cave Preserve but missed the training, please contact me, Krystie Miner, at kminer@batcon.org to schedule a “Shadowing Training” session.


From Canyon Lake Gorge: There are many volunteer opportunities at Canyon Lake Gorge.  Go to  https://canyongorgetours.com/become_a_volunteer to learn more. Please contact Mike Poffenberger (poffsrus@gmail.com) or John Labonte jlabonte@gbra.org for questions.

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