LRMN / JMG Adopt-A-Highway Trash Pickup

Our annual fall cleanup of the 2 mile Adopt-A-Highway on Houston St. in Jasper, TX. Meet at Sandy Creek Park West, across from the Jasper Middle School. Keep Jasper Beautiful will supply gloves, trash bags, orange vests, and grabbers.

Event Series LRMN 3rd Saturday BioBlitz

LRMN 3rd Saturday BioBlitz

Help our group document all the plant/wildlife species in Jasper & Newton counties! Download iNaturalist on your phone. Make observations and take photos of your findings and post them. They should automatically be included in the "Longleaf Ridge Master Naturalist" project if you are in Jasper or Newton County. Bring whatever you need to make... Read More →

Ranger Hike in Big Thicket – Canyonlands

Some of our members plan to attend the "Off-The-Beaten-Path" Hike in the Canyonlands Unit of the Big Thicket. Anyone is welcome to join! You must register for this event with the Big Thicket Visitor Center (409)-951-6700 Dec 11    9:30am-2:30pm Spurger, TX This is the closest Big Thicket unit to the Jasper/Newton County area.

LRMN Christmas Party **TIME CHANGE**

5:30pm at the dining hall in Martin Dies Jr. State Park We will have a cooked ham. Bring side dishes and desserts! Chinese Christmas game (3 steals, then its yours!). Bring a nature-related, or Master Naturalist-related gift. One per person. $25 limit. An end-of-the-year slide show will be displayed. If you would like to help... Read More →

Event Series LRMN 3rd Saturday BioBlitz

LRMN 3rd Saturday BioBlitz

Help our group document all the plant/wildlife species in Jasper & Newton counties! Download iNaturalist on your phone. Make observations and take photos of your findings and post them. They should automatically be included in the "Longleaf Ridge Master Naturalist" project if you are in Jasper or Newton County. Bring whatever you need to make... Read More →

Event Series TMN Tuesday

TMN Tuesday

TMN Tuesday is an online webinar that offers members an Advanced Training opportunity. Earn an hour of AT by registering for and watching this Texas Master Naturalist official webinar each month on the second Tuesday. If you miss a day, don't worry, you can still go back and watch a recording on the TMN website.... Read More →

Event Series LRMN Monthly Meeting

LRMN Monthly Meeting

Join us for a potluck dinner and listen to a guest speaker at our monthly meetings! We meet at Martin Dies Jr. State Park dining hall in the Walnut Ridge unit (until May, when it will begin converting into the state park's "Discovery Green"). Meetings start at 6:00pm. Anyone is welcome to join us at... Read More →

LRMN Eagle Count

LRMN records bald eagles spotted around Toledo Bend Lake every January. To help us count eagles, join our early morning meet up in Hemphill at the courthouse parking lot on the north side. Bring binoculars, pen/pencil, clipboard, etc. Dress warmly. Bring your own coffee/drinks/snacks. There are 3 routes around the lake - North, Middle, South... Read More →

LRMN 2nd Saturday Birding @ MDJSP

Join our experts, Fred Lyons and Philip Hight, in a monthly expedition to view and record the feathered wildlife of Martin Dies Jr. State Park. Meet at 8am at the Cherokee Unit (south side, way back near the boat ramp, look for parked cars). Park entrance ($4 per person, cash or card) can be paid... Read More →

Big Thicket Tree Planting #2

On Martin Luther King Jr. Day the Big Thicket National Preserve will host their second Native Plant planting event at 9am. Every year, the Big Thicket hosts 3 dates in winter to plant longleaf pine seedlings. This year, they are adding native grasses as well. You’ll need to register by calling the Big Thicket Visitor’s... Read More →