Spring Adopt-A-Loop observations end May 31, 2026. Be sure to send in your observations. This is just a quick email to Shelli Ellerbe or Margo Kirby Taylor that states your name, the date(s) of your observation(s), your site number(s), and what type of observations you did (eBird and/or iNat). Remember, you can do two observations... Read More →
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Join Ranger Nathan for a family-friendly stroll on the Longleaf Pine Trail!Explore one of Big Thicket's most exciting ecosystems, the longleaf pine uplands, and check out the plants and animals that call it home. Along the way, learn how the preserve uses many tools to restore this area—including fire!The walk is 1 mile roundtrip. Participants... Read More →
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$13 Members/$15/NonmembersExperience Armand Bayou Nature Center on a guided outing. Begin your tour observing wildlife from our elevated boardwalk. Leisurely discover the nature center on our electric vehicle with stops at the bison, farm area, prairie, animal exhibits and the bayou.Health & Safety: Please bring closed toed shoes and plenty of water, as well as bug... Read More → |
1 event,Summer Adopt-A-Loop observations begin June 1, 2026 and end Aug 31, 2026. Be sure to send in your observations. This is just a quick email to Shelli Ellerbe or Margo Kirby Taylor that states your name, the date(s) of your observation(s), your site number(s), and what type of observations you did (eBird and/or iNat). Remember,... Read More → |
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Join our naturalists in the nature center to learn about Leopard Geckos at Jesse Jones Nature Park.Cogran Systems - online registrationPlease use the following AT code: AT: Single Presentation; TMN AT Report hours |
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An opportunity to work with plants, tree, and seeds. The actual activity will depend upon the time of the year. They harvest seeds, plant seeds, transplant plants as they outgrow their pots, and plant into the soil or marsh. The Galveston Bay Master Naturalist Chapter already meets at this time so you will have 6-8... Read More → |
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Morning Bayou CruisesStart your Saturday morning watching wildlife seeking their breakfast at the water’s edge as you leisurely drift down the bayou.Pricing: $30 for members, $35 for non-membersMorning Cruises and tour are on Saturday mornings from 7:30-9:30am (please note that during summer months the time is 1 hours earlier). Use the “Book Now” button below to... Read More →
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First Saturday Van ToursThe first Saturday of each month, a guided van tour of the refuge will take visitors on a 11/2 hour trip through the prairie. Join one of our staff for drive through the refuge to learn about the native coastal prairie, history of the refuge, the biology of the Attwater’s Prairie-Chicken, and what’s being done... Read More → |
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Meet at the picnic area across from Sheldon Lake State Park headquarters at 8:00. Peter Tsan is the survey leader.Contact [email protected] to be put on a mailing list or if you have any questions.VMS - FR: Bird Populations Field Research:TMN Field Research (Specify Sheldon Lake SP in "Describe Your Service".)
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Members $30/Nonmembers $35Sunset is a beautiful time on Armand Bayou. Join us for a relaxing trip, observing local wildlife as you drift peacefully along on the Bayou Ranger II pontoon boat.Health & Safety: Please bring plenty of water and bug spray.Booking Sunset Cruise for 6/13/26 - Armand Bayou Nature Center |
1 event,$100 for 4 days. In person. Apply now for a Four Day Summer Field Trip in Houston's coolest outdoor locations. Earn up to 24 hours CPE for just $100. Certification in Project Wild, Aquatic Wild, Project Learning Tree & Angler Education. Learn from real professionals in green careers.Wildlife Encounters| Birding 101| Fisheries| Greenhouse Tours| Native Prairies|... Read More → |
2 events,$100 for 4 days. In person. Apply now for a Four Day Summer Field Trip in Houston's coolest outdoor locations. Earn up to 24 hours CPE for just $100. Certification in Project Wild, Aquatic Wild, Project Learning Tree & Angler Education. Learn from real professionals in green careers.Wildlife Encounters| Birding 101| Fisheries| Greenhouse Tours| Native Prairies|... Read More →
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TMNTuesday: Speaker Adam Foster, Executive Director, Texas Alliance of Groundwater Districts. Description: This presentation provides an overview of groundwater in Texas, including the major aquifers that supply water across the state and the policies and institutions that guide groundwater management. Topics will include the role of groundwater conservation districts (GCDs), state agencies involved in groundwater planning and... Read More → |
3 events,$100 for 4 days. In person. Apply now for a Four Day Summer Field Trip in Houston's coolest outdoor locations. Earn up to 24 hours CPE for just $100. Certification in Project Wild, Aquatic Wild, Project Learning Tree & Angler Education. Learn from real professionals in green careers.Wildlife Encounters| Birding 101| Fisheries| Greenhouse Tours| Native Prairies|... Read More →
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Join TxDOT staff and University of Texas at Austin professor Dr. John Moretti on Wednesday, June 10 | 12–1 PM as we journey beneath Interstate Highway 35 in Georgetown to explore how a highway project can open a new way of understanding the world beneath us. Take a walk into the past, present, and future of Inner... Read More →
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Members $12/Public $18Before a fossil becomes a masterpiece in our halls, it must survive the delicate, high-stakes surgery of the Prep Lab. This is where history is literally chiseled from stone.Join Colin Diggins, manager of the HMNS Paleo Lab, for an exclusive, behind-the-scenes deep dive into the newest and most ferocious additions to our collection.Discover the precision skills, part... Read More → |
4 events,$100 for 4 days. In person. Apply now for a Four Day Summer Field Trip in Houston's coolest outdoor locations. Earn up to 24 hours CPE for just $100. Certification in Project Wild, Aquatic Wild, Project Learning Tree & Angler Education. Learn from real professionals in green careers.Wildlife Encounters| Birding 101| Fisheries| Greenhouse Tours| Native Prairies|... Read More →
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An opportunity to work with plants, tree, and seeds. The actual activity will depend upon the time of the year. They harvest seeds, plant seeds, transplant plants as they outgrow their pots, and plant into the soil or marsh. The Galveston Bay Master Naturalist Chapter already meets at this time so you will have 6-8... Read More →
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Work is needed at the Pollinator Garden. 9:00 - 12:00, but you may come earlier/later and/or leave earlier/stay later if you like.Bring a hat, gloves, folding chair, and your favorite gardening tools to work with. Also, bring plenty of water and a snack and/or lunch.Contact Ceal Stirling Tomlinson at [email protected] for more information.VMS - RM: Trinity... Read More →
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Sam Kieschnick, TPWD will talk about flying bird food-moths!Insects are a crucial part of the diet of most birds at some time in their lives. In this program, learn about one of the most important groups of insects for birds. Although not quite as famed as their day-flying cousins, moths are tremendously diverse and have... Read More → |
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Have you ever experienced the Big Thicket at night? Bring your flashlight to join a ranger on a hike through the Big Thicket in the dark. This hike will explore some of the stories that make the Big Thicket special and mysterious. If you enjoy legends and real-life stories of the Big Thicket, this is... Read More → |
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Morning Bayou CruisesStart your Saturday morning watching wildlife seeking their breakfast at the water’s edge as you leisurely drift down the bayou.Pricing: $30 for members, $35 for non-membersMorning Cruises and tour are on Saturday mornings from 7:30-9:30am (please note that during summer months the time is 1 hours earlier). Use the “Book Now” button below to... Read More →
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Free, In person Butterfly & Moth Host Garden with Persephone Hagen. Join us Saturday morning for an amazing class covering how to create a butterfly and moth host garden! In this class, you will learn about both native and non-native plants that host various moths and butterflies that you can grow in our area. No... Read More →
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Members $30/Nonmembers $35Sunset is a beautiful time on Armand Bayou. Join us for a relaxing trip, observing local wildlife as you drift peacefully along on the Bayou Ranger II pontoon boat.Health & Safety: Please bring plenty of water and bug spray.Booking Sunset Cruise for 6/13/26 - Armand Bayou Nature Center |
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In person, free. Just show up.It's a trap!Big Thicket's carnivorous plants use deception to trick and trap insects in order to get the nutrients they need.Explore a natural garden of carnivorous plants with a ranger. This 1-mile, hour-long walk on the Pitcher Plant Trail will give you an up-close look at these unusual plants.The Pitcher... Read More →
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$13 Members/$15/NonmembersExperience Armand Bayou Nature Center on a guided outing. Begin your tour observing wildlife from our elevated boardwalk. Leisurely discover the nature center on our electric vehicle with stops at the bison, farm area, prairie, animal exhibits and the bayou.Health & Safety: Please bring closed toed shoes and plenty of water, as well as bug... Read More →
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Members $30/Nonmembers $35Sunset is a beautiful time on Armand Bayou. Join us for a relaxing trip, observing local wildlife as you drift peacefully along on the Bayou Ranger II pontoon boat.Health & Safety: Please bring plenty of water and bug spray.Booking Sunset Cruise for 6/13/26 - Armand Bayou Nature Center |
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A bee disappeared from this New York City park. Then it came back. Not by accident—but because native blueberry shrubs were planted. The Southeastern Blueberry Bee (Habropoda laboriosa, above) depends on these plants to survive. When we plant intentionally, biodiversity follows. Join us June 16th to learn from bee biologist Sarah Kornbluth how she has... Read More →
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As we dive into 2026, we celebrate 10 years of the Texas Waters program. The Texas Waters Specialist program continues to grow and it's with the support from all of you. Whether it's for the fish we catch, the waterfowl we hunt, the swim with family, the float to connect us to nature, or the tranquil sound... Read More →
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Kirsten Sorensen, Senior Program Manager, Research and Cleanups at Keep Texas BeautifulJoin Keep Texas Beautiful for an overview of the Texas Litter Database, a statewide tool designed to turn cleanup data into actionable insights for conservation. This webinar will introduce how litter data collected across Texas -on shorelines, in parks, and along waterways – can be... Read More → |
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FreeWildlife Conservation Webinar Series: Non-breeding Grassland Birds in the Chihuahuan Desert Ecoregion» Register for upcoming Wildlife Conservation Webinars.For questions or more information about the Wildlife Conservation Webinar Series, please contact Paul Crump at [email protected] use the following AT Code: AT: Online Training; TMN AT Report hours
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Join our naturalists in the nature center to learn about Prairie Kingsnakes. Cogran Systems - online registrationPlease use the following AT Code: AT: Single Presentation; TMN AT Report hours
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Since 2017, Minnesota’s Starry Trek Program has demonstrated how coordinated volunteer engagement can significantly expand early detection capacity for aquatic invasive species. Originally launched as a statewide effort to search for starry stonewort (Nitellopsis obtusa), an invasive freshwater green alga that can form dense mats and disrupt lake ecosystems, Starry Trek has grown into a... Read More → |
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An opportunity to work with plants, tree, and seeds. The actual activity will depend upon the time of the year. They harvest seeds, plant seeds, transplant plants as they outgrow their pots, and plant into the soil or marsh. The Galveston Bay Master Naturalist Chapter already meets at this time so you will have 6-8... Read More →
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Big Thicket Canoe Trip: Free. In person. Guided canoe trip on one of the waterways of the Big Thicket: Village Creek in Kountze, Silsbee, or Lumberton, or the Neches River in Beaumont. Join park rangers for a guided canoe trip on the waters of the preserve. The program targets the casual and novice paddler. Canoes, life... Read More →
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Support Birds All Summer Long | June 18The summer busyness of breeding birds is on display as spring migration slows—it doesn’t take long for birds to switch over from migrating to courting and nesting. In just a few weeks there’ll be baby birds everywhere! We’ll chat with Cornell Lab experts about some of their favorite... Read More → |
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Morning Bayou CruisesStart your Saturday morning watching wildlife seeking their breakfast at the water’s edge as you leisurely drift down the bayou.Pricing: $30 for members, $35 for non-membersMorning Cruises and tour are on Saturday mornings from 7:30-9:30am (please note that during summer months the time is 1 hours earlier). Use the “Book Now” button below to... Read More →
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Big Thicket Canoe Trip: Free. In person. Guided canoe trip on one of the waterways of the Big Thicket: Village Creek in Kountze, Silsbee, or Lumberton, or the Neches River in Beaumont. Join park rangers for a guided canoe trip on the waters of the preserve. The program targets the casual and novice paddler. Canoes, life... Read More →
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Join legendary mycologist David Lewis, author of Mushrooms of the Gulf Coast States who has discovered many new species of mushrooms in Deep East Texas at his 60 acres Bleakwood property. It has 5 plant associations, including upland pine, beech-magnolia-pine-oak slope forest, baygall, hardwood floodplain, and cypress-tupelo slough. The forest is fairly open with easy walking.... Read More → |
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Join Ranger Nathan for a family-friendly stroll on the Longleaf Pine Trail!Explore one of Big Thicket's most exciting ecosystems, the longleaf pine uplands, and check out the plants and animals that call it home. Along the way, learn how the preserve uses many tools to restore this area—including fire!The walk is 1 mile roundtrip. Participants... Read More →
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Join legendary mycologist David Lewis, author of Mushrooms of the Gulf Coast States who has discovered many new species of mushrooms in Deep East Texas at his 60 acres Bleakwood property. It has 5 plant associations, including upland pine, beech-magnolia-pine-oak slope forest, baygall, hardwood floodplain, and cypress-tupelo slough. The forest is fairly open with easy walking.... Read More →
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Members $30/Nonmembers $35Sunset is a beautiful time on Armand Bayou. Join us for a relaxing trip, observing local wildlife as you drift peacefully along on the Bayou Ranger II pontoon boat.Health & Safety: Please bring plenty of water and bug spray.Booking Sunset Cruise for 6/13/26 - Armand Bayou Nature Center |
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The Coastal Prairie Conservancy, in partnership with the National Association for Interpretation, is hosting a Certified Interpretive Guide training this summer. Anyone interested or involved in the interpretive profession is invited to attend. This includes staff, seasonal hires, docents, and volunteers who give tours, provide public educational programming, offer presentations, or interact with the public at a museum, zoo, aquarium, nature center, historical... Read More →
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Stay connected with the latest monarch conservation topics by attending our free monthly webinars. The Monarch Conservation Webinar Series is a unique opportunity to hear from experts across various interdisciplinary fields related to monarchs, other pollinators, their habitats, and the threats and pressures that make conservation urgent. Bring your questions and get ready to discover how you... Read More → |
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The Coastal Prairie Conservancy, in partnership with the National Association for Interpretation, is hosting a Certified Interpretive Guide training this summer. Anyone interested or involved in the interpretive profession is invited to attend. This includes staff, seasonal hires, docents, and volunteers who give tours, provide public educational programming, offer presentations, or interact with the public at a museum, zoo, aquarium, nature center, historical... Read More →
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Join us on June 24th from 10:00 - 11:30 AM (Central) for "Grasses for the Win!". We'll have 5 short presentations from experts in the field and will give away lots of DOOR PRIZES!Register to get in the door prize drawing and receive the Zoom link (will be sent the day before). It's FREE! https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/PP23GrassesNote: If you're receiving this listserv... Read More → |
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An opportunity to work with plants, tree, and seeds. The actual activity will depend upon the time of the year. They harvest seeds, plant seeds, transplant plants as they outgrow their pots, and plant into the soil or marsh. The Galveston Bay Master Naturalist Chapter already meets at this time so you will have 6-8... Read More →
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The Coastal Prairie Conservancy, in partnership with the National Association for Interpretation, is hosting a Certified Interpretive Guide training this summer. Anyone interested or involved in the interpretive profession is invited to attend. This includes staff, seasonal hires, docents, and volunteers who give tours, provide public educational programming, offer presentations, or interact with the public at a museum, zoo, aquarium, nature center, historical... Read More → |
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The Coastal Prairie Conservancy, in partnership with the National Association for Interpretation, is hosting a Certified Interpretive Guide training this summer. Anyone interested or involved in the interpretive profession is invited to attend. This includes staff, seasonal hires, docents, and volunteers who give tours, provide public educational programming, offer presentations, or interact with the public at a museum, zoo, aquarium, nature center, historical... Read More →
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Have you ever experienced the Big Thicket at night? Bring your flashlight to join a ranger on a hike through the Big Thicket in the dark. This hike will explore some of the stories that make the Big Thicket special and mysterious. If you enjoy legends and real-life stories of the Big Thicket, this is... Read More → |
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Morning Bayou CruisesStart your Saturday morning watching wildlife seeking their breakfast at the water’s edge as you leisurely drift down the bayou.Pricing: $30 for members, $35 for non-membersMorning Cruises and tour are on Saturday mornings from 7:30-9:30am (please note that during summer months the time is 1 hours earlier). Use the “Book Now” button below to... Read More →
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Free. In person.This workshop will address topics related to the exciting bats that call Texas home!Come learn about the importance of the bats that call Texas home.Welcome to the Living With Bats Community Workshop!Join us at the Walker County Storm Shelter on Saturday June 27, 2026 for an exciting event where you'll learn all about these fascinating... Read More →
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Members $30/Nonmembers $35Sunset is a beautiful time on Armand Bayou. Join us for a relaxing trip, observing local wildlife as you drift peacefully along on the Bayou Ranger II pontoon boat.Health & Safety: Please bring plenty of water and bug spray.Booking Sunset Cruise for 6/13/26 - Armand Bayou Nature Center |
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Join Ranger Nathan for a family-friendly stroll on the Longleaf Pine Trail!Explore one of Big Thicket's most exciting ecosystems, the longleaf pine uplands, and check out the plants and animals that call it home. Along the way, learn how the preserve uses many tools to restore this area—including fire!The walk is 1 mile roundtrip. Participants... Read More →
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Members $30/Nonmembers $35Sunset is a beautiful time on Armand Bayou. Join us for a relaxing trip, observing local wildlife as you drift peacefully along on the Bayou Ranger II pontoon boat.Health & Safety: Please bring plenty of water and bug spray.Booking Sunset Cruise for 6/13/26 - Armand Bayou Nature Center |
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Join our naturalists in the nature center to learn about Plain-bellied Water Snakes. Cogran Systems - online registrationPlease use the following AT Code: AT: Single Presentation; TMN AT Report hours |
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An opportunity to work with plants, tree, and seeds. The actual activity will depend upon the time of the year. They harvest seeds, plant seeds, transplant plants as they outgrow their pots, and plant into the soil or marsh. The Galveston Bay Master Naturalist Chapter already meets at this time so you will have 6-8... Read More → |
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