• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
Lost Pines ChapterLost Pines Chapter
  • Our Chapter
    • FAQs
    • Contact Us
    • Chapter Documents
  • Training
    • Basic Training
    • Basic Training Schedule
    • Advanced Training
    • Ask Us About Training
  • Volunteer
    • LPMN Service Rules
    • TXMN Volunteer Program Guidelines
    • Minors as Volunteers Policy
    • Opportunities
  • Meetup
  • News
    • Newsletter Archive
  • Resources
    • Important Websites
    • Outreach and Educational Materials
    • Bastrop & Caldwell Counties Plant Lists
    • Birds
    • Butterflies, Dragonflies, Other Insects and Arachnids
    • Fungi and lichen
    • Grasses
    • Mammals
    • State Parks & Natural Areas
    • Reptiles and Amphibians
    • Soils and Ecoregions
    • Trees & Shrubs
    • Wildflowers
    • General
  • Galleries
    • Photo Gallery
    • Video Gallery
  • Members
    • Officers & Committees
    • Forms
    • Reporting FAQ
    • Board Meetings
  • Contribute
Search

Lost Pines Chapter

  • Clearing the Way
  • DSC_0104_06
  • DSC_0041_14
  • IMGP4055
  • GoFish_09
  • 2014 LPMN Picnic 28
  • image
  • Bridge Maniacs volunteer group
  • Bluebird nest boxes
  • Trail bridge improvement project
Welcome to the Lost Pines Chapter, Texas Master Naturalist Program! You can learn more about our chapter and the Master Naturalist volunteer program here.  Master Naturalist volunteers help manage our local natural resources.  If you are interested in joining us, or have questions about our activities, please contact us.

The Lost Pines chapter serves primarily Bastrop and Caldwell counties of Central Texas (click here to find a statewide list of chapters). These counties are predominantly in the Post Oak Savannah and Blackland Prairie Ecoregions. In addition, our area includes the unique “island forest” of the Lost Pines, the westernmost extent of the loblolly pine (Pinus taeda), separated by about 100 miles from the pine forests of East Texas. Species in the Lost Pines are particularly adapted to the drier conditions here, and provide unique habitat for varied flora and fauna that can be seen in Bastrop and Buescher state parks and other nearby natural areas. You can learn more about what makes these parks so special and see pictures of them by visiting our “State Parks & Natural Areas” page; you can also find many links to information about the native plants, animals and ecology of the Lost Pines region on our resources page.

  • Canyon Lake Spillway TourMarch 18, 2023
    All aboard! The first of us load up and head out in the tour bus.  As we round a corner all you can see is a monstrous earthen wall. Takes one by surprise if you haven’t been there before.  We unload on a calm and quiet morning. Wandering over to the fence overlooking the lake… Read More →
  • Flying TigerMarch 15, 2023
    A young skunk shuffles from the foliage to sip from a rivulet—cool, refreshing.  There’s a pleasant breeze along the water, damp and soft like spring. Late March breaks the buds on the trees. Stars flicker overhead in an immense firmament; a silver curve of the moon hovers in the western sky.  The bank is bare… Read More →
  • Canyon Lake Gorge Field TripMarch 5, 2023
     Often I’ve wondered how boulders were deposited where they are. Did they just crack and fall off of a bigger rock? Or did a giant force of nature move them across a longer distance?   Many of the boulders at Canyon Lake Gorge, it turns out, were tossed around from the flood of 2002.  There… Read More →
  • Field Trip Impressions IIFebruary 26, 2023
    When I drove to the site, I was thinking, “Ok, the Hill Country, so what”.   I love the Hill Country but why is this spot so special to all the other places I have explored through out the years.  When I started the tour and stopped at the pile of rocks, again, I was thinking,… Read More →
  • Field Trip ImpressionsFebruary 25, 2023
        I wasn’t sure what to expect at the Gault Archeological site on Saturday February 18th, 2023. Our Lost Pines Chapter Texas Master Naturalist training class got a personalized guided tour as our first field trip and I have to say it was incredible! Sergio Ayala, our guide, did a great job in every… Read More →
  • Back Roads Nature–Daingerfield State ParkFebruary 15, 2023
    One of my favorite parts of Texas is the northeastern piney woods.  Of all 254 counties in the state, Morris County is perhaps the most beautiful. It’s tall forest sanctuary and offers the full expression of four distinct seasons. It’s like finding a little piece of Vermont in Texas—that’s because it’s a geographical cross-section. Were… Read More →

Join Us On Facebook!

Join Us On Facebook!

Recent Blogs

  • Canyon Lake Spillway Tour March 18, 2023
  • Flying Tiger March 15, 2023
  • Canyon Lake Gorge Field Trip March 5, 2023
  • Field Trip Impressions II February 26, 2023
  • Field Trip Impressions February 25, 2023

Blog Archives

Subcribe to Our Blog

Enter your email address:

Delivered by FeedBurner

News

  • Newsletter Archive

Resources

  • Outreach and Educational Materials
  • Bastrop & Caldwell Counties Plant Lists
  • Birds
  • Butterflies, Dragonflies, Other Insects and Arachnids
  • Fungi and lichen
  • Grasses
  • Soils and Ecoregions
  • Mammals
  • State Parks & Natural Areas
  • Reptiles and Amphibians
  • Trees & Shrubs
  • Wildflowers
  • General

Members

  • Members
  • Forms
  • Reporting FAQ

© 2023 Texas A&M University. All rights reserved.

  • Compact with Texans
  • Privacy and Security
  • Accessibility Policy
  • State Link Policy
  • Statewide Search
  • Veterans Benefits
  • Military Families
  • Risk, Fraud & Misconduct Hotline
  • Texas Homeland Security
  • Texas Veterans Portal
  • Equal Opportunity
  • Open Records/Public Information