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 submit your event at least 2 weeks in advance of the event date and allow at least 48 hours for new events to appear on the calendar once they’ve been submitted.

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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Event Series Education Committee

Education Committee

The Education Committee plans and develops educational events and services to the chapter and our communities. Examples include public events at Acton Nature Center and our partner parks, nature education for homeschool programs, special educational activities for local schools, field trips, and more. Interested members are invited to join us! Volunteer Hours.  VMS Category: Administrative Work... Read More →

Chapter Meeting with Guest Speaker

Fossil Rim Wildlife Center Safari Camp Meeting Rooms County Road 2009, Glen Rose, TX, United States

All members, guests, and visitors are invited to the chapter’s monthly meetings. Each meeting starts with a potluck (dinner on us for guests and visitors), followed by a speaker and the business meeting. 6:00    Potluck 6:30    Speaker: Holly Heafele, Fossil Rim Wildlife Center, Director of Animal Health - Zoonotic Diseases. Dr. Haefele’s love of... Read More →

Event Series Homeschool

Homeschool

Acton Nature Center 6900 Smoky Hill Ct., Granbury, TX

The chapter offers nature-related lessons in a structured program for homeschool children. Volunteers arrive at 9:30 to set up. Nature based programs start at 10:30. Volunteers can participate in the entire program or parts of it. There are different programs each month from September-May. If interested contact Courtney Reeves at mrscourtneyreeves@gmail.com or 972-357-6898.

Event Series 1st Saturday Bird Walk at ANC

1st Saturday Bird Walk at ANC

Acton Nature Center 6900 Smoky Hill Ct., Granbury, TX

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.

TMN Basic Training – Invasives; Plants

New member basic training. Invasives, plants, and field day for invasives and plants - Gaston del Pino Borgstrom and Gary Hinds. Field component will be at Acton Nature Center. Hours reporting VMS category (dropdown list): Initial Training. Identify class in the training description box.

Event Series Keep Burleson Beautiful Meeting

Keep Burleson Beautiful Meeting

Burleson Service Center 725 SE John Jones, Burleson, TX

Keep Burleson Beautiful is the catalyst organization that combines all nature organizations working with the City of Burleson Parks Department in a reporting meeting that recurs monthly. All interested persons are welcome to attend. Texas Master Naturalist, Rio Brazos Chapter members serve on the Board.

Event Series Friends of Acton Nature Center

Friends of Acton Nature Center

Opal Durant Community Center (Acton) Library 6430 Smoky Hill Ct., Granbury, TX

Friends of Acton Nature Center (FANC) meet every second Wednesday to discuss, review, and plan tasks and projects for maintaining the native character of the nature center, along with maintaining facilities and offering educational opportunities. Anyone is welcome to attend meetings and become a member of the friends group. Meetings are at the Opal Durant... Read More →

DVSP S’mores Fest

Dinosaur Valley State Park 1629 Park Rd 59, Glen Rose, TX 76043, TX

Join Texas State Parks in celebrating their 100th Birthday! State Parks across Texas will be hosing S'mores events to see if they can break the world record in the number of s'mores made and eaten in one day. DVSP will be setting up s'mores-making stations along the primitive trails.

Event Series Acton Farmers Market

Acton Farmers Market

5671 Acton Hwy, Granbury, TX 76049

The Acton Farmers Market is a community farmers and makers market held on the second and fourth Saturdays from May until October. Open to the public, the market features farm-raised food, including fresh baked and canned goods, along with hand-crafted items produced locally. The market is at the pavilion behind the Shell station at the... Read More →

TMN Basic Training – River Day; Introduction to Dinosaur Valley SP

Cleburne Library 302 W Henderson St., Cleburne, TX

New member basic training. River Day - Billy Teels, Ecologist and Chapter Member. Introduction to Dinosaur Valley State Park - Park Staff at the park. Hours reporting VMS category (dropdown list): Initial Training. Identify class in the training description box.

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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.