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Chapter members: Check the state TMN website (link opens in new page) for other training and volunteer opportunities offered through the state office or other chapters.
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This meeting will be virtual only due to the weather. Zoom session will start at 6:30. If you did not receive the Zoom link, please sent request via the website "Contact Us" form. All members, guests, and visitors are invited to the chapter’s monthly meetings. Each meeting starts with a potluck (dinner on us for guests... Read More →
Free Public event. This is a citizen science monthly bird count recorded in eBird. Walk starts in the parking lot and goes to the bird blind and along trails from there. Masks and social distancing encouraged. Recommended: Binoculars, camera, water, hiking shoes, and clothing suitable for the weather.
Join us for our quarterly clean-up of FM 205. This is the road leading to DVSP. Bring work gloves and water. Trash bags and pickers will be provided. Meet outside the Park Store. Contact us if interested in joining.
New member basic training. Urban Ecology - Nathan Raines, Texas Parks and Wildlife Forest Ecology - Kimberlee Howell, Texas Forest Service Hours reporting VMS category (dropdown list): Initial Training. Identify class in the training description box.
Keep Burleson Beautiful is a non-profit organization dedicated to preserving the health and prosperity of the city through litter prevention, solid waste minimization, education, and beautification. The City of Burleson is a partner organization with the Rio Brazos Chapter. Chapter members can earn volunteer hours by participating in Keep Burleson Beautiful activities. Contact Maryann Mathews... Read More →
New member basic training. Ornithology includes a bird walk at Acton Nature Center. Ornithology and Bird Walk -- Dave Moore, Longtime Chapter Member and Expert Birder Ecoregions and Ecological Concepts -- Billy Teels, Longtime Chapter Member and Ecologist, USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (Retired) Hours reporting VMS category (dropdown list): Initial Training. Identify class in the training... Read More →
Participate in the annual Great Backyard Bird Count when the world comes together for the love of birds. Watch and count as many birds as you can find and report them. Observations help scientists better understand global bird populations before one of their annual migrations. Learn how you can participate, and learn, on the Great... Read More →
Bird lovers -- from the simply curious and fascinated, to the seasoned birder: Join us in helping spot, identify, and count birds at Acton Nature Center as part of the Great Backyard Bird Count! Meet in the ANC parking lot for a short walk to the bird blind to observe and record who comes to... Read More →
New member training. Astronomy and Solar System Walk -- Robert Slaughter, Chapter Member and Amateur Astronomer Friends of Cleburne State Park -- Cathy Crocker, Chapter Member and President, Friends of Cleburne State Park Hours reporting VMS category (dropdown list): Initial Training. Identify class in the training description box.
Special presentation for Great Backyard Bird Count. Link to flyer. This presentation by Dr. Billy Teels will entail a brief discussion of the American Ornithological Society (AOS) Classification Committee Check-list of North American Birds and its history, the concept of a morphological vs. biological species, and recent amendment proposals to the Classification Committee for a... Read More →
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To request an event or opportunity to be posted on the calendar, please complete our Calendar Entry Request form. (Link opens in new page.) Please allow at least 48 hours for new events to appear on the calendar.
