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Chapter Projects and Opportunities with our local Partners – these activities are pre-approved.

Date Event & Location Details Contact
Ongoing
(Saturday mornings, Fall and Spring)
10am
Buescher, Bastrop & Lockhart State Park Interpretive Hikes Lead an interpretive hike! The easy trail walks (about 1 mile) are each Saturday at 10am from October through early December and again in the spring from late February through early June. If you haven’t done this before, contact Benjamen Kanten for a brief introduction, and come along on one of the hikes for more training.  Click here for more information. To volunteer, or find out about training hikes, contact Benjamen Kanten.
Ongoing Seed Collection – Native Trees and Shrubs Collect native tree and shrub seeds for the Texas Forest Service (TFS) either on your own or with TFS on either your property or another. For more information, see SEED COLLECTION PROJECT on the LPMN Trees & Shrubs webpage. Woody Raine
Ongoing
(every Wednesday)
Bridge Maniacs – various locations The Bridge Maniacs accomplish a variety of trail construction and maintenance projects, including new trail construction, bridge construction, brush clearing, and anything else that needs to be done. To volunteer, contact Kristi Vogt
Ongoing Interpretive Programming, Invasive Species Management, Research & More – Miscellaneous Service Opportunities The state parks don’t just need your help on the trails. Contact the parks’ Interpretive Specialist for more volunteer opportunities. Bastrop/Buescher State Parks Interpretive Specialist, Madalyn Miller
Lockhart State Park Interpretive Specialist, Lauren Hartwick
Ongoing Colorado River Refuge Inspect, clean, maintain and trim vegetation from trails and public areas of this 95-acre nature preserve. Contact Katie Larson.
Select Fridays, 9am-noon, spring & fall Lockhart ISD 5th Grade Outdoor Laboratory All Lockhart ISD elementary schools spend a half day at Lockhart State Park, learning about nature and the outdoors. LPMNs are needed to assist park interpreter teaching, monitoring and providing support for this twice annual event. Contact Lauren Hartwick, Lockhart State Park Interpretive Specialist.

Other pre-approved Volunteer Opportunities

Various dates Trail work at Bastrop and Buescher State Parks Trail work is a regular activity at Bastrop and Buescher state parks. This work is moderately difficult and involves hiking long distances, bending, and carrying and using hand tools. Contact Willie Steinhauser.
Ongoing Colorado River Watch Network Colorado River Watch Network monitors must complete an eight-hour training process provided by LCRA (Eligible for LPMN Advanced Training Credit). Instructors show volunteers how to use testing equipment, then help volunteers practice their new skills at a designated testing site on the Colorado River to test for several water quality indicators. A field kit is loaned to a volunteer individual or group for the duration of their active participation. As long as the group continues to regularly provide data, monitoring supplies are provided. Visit the LCRA volunteer web page
Ongoing Hornsby Bend Monthly Bird Count Starting in 1999, the monthly Bird Survey has taken place at 7am on the 2nd Saturday of the month. We meet at Hornsby Bend in the Center for Environmental Research at 7am for the morning survey [Coffee and donuts at 6:30am]. All levels of birders are welcome – the survey is a fantastic way to improve your skills since we form teams matching experienced and novice birders. In the morning, we have teams covering different areas of the Hornsby Bend facility, and count numbers of all birds seen. We meet again around 11am to tally up the species. If you’d like to join us for the morning just show up at 7am. We meet at the CER building which is the first building at the entrance to Hornsby Bend. We’d love your help! For more information contact Vincent O’Brien
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