Training

** Initial Training for Trainees ** ** Advanced Training for Members ** Topic: Soils Unit: 7 Presenter: Julia McCormick Hours: 1

** Initial Training for Trainees ** ** Advanced Training for Members ** Topic: Forest Ecology Unit: 17 Presenter: Shawn Benedict Hours: 2.5

Forestry Best Management Practices and Their Effectiveness with Donna Work, Biologist IV with Texas A&M Forest Service Register

* Initial Training for Trainees ** ** Advanced Training for Members ** This is serving as a placeholder date in case of cancellation.

Meetings with Programs Count as Advanced Training Come learn all about Village Creek State Park, a hidden jewel in the Big Thicket. We have 3 speakers who will tag team to share with us the history, flora and fauna of the park, improvements and amenities over the last 2 years, volunteer opportunities, paddling and prescribed... Read More →

They Live Here, Too: Wildlife Habitat Restoration as Water Supply Protection with Katie Myers & Michelle Wood-Ramirez, Watershed Coordinators at Tarrant Regional Water District Register

Meetings with Programs Count as Advanced Training Join us  for a very participatory "visioning" session with Zach Kopkin of Sierra Club Beyond Dirty Fuels Campaign about the transition from fossil fuels to economic and ecological alternatives. This meeting will be HYBRID (both in person and virtual.)For the ZOOM meeting link, email: [email protected]

Meetings with Programs Count as Advanced Training Why Environmental Volunteering is Good for Your Health and Happiness By Sandi Schwartz As environmentalists fighting to improve our planet, we are attuned to the multiple crises we are facing, whether it be climate change, single-use plastics, species extinction, overdevelopment, and more. It can be quite the uphill... Read More →

"In 2017 Sara Dykman rode her bicycle 10,201 miles following the monarch's migration from Mexico to Canada. Her goal was to be a voice for the monarch, by giving presentations, interviews and connecting with people along the route. In 2021 her book, Bicycling with Butterflies, was published, reaching even more people. This fall, she is... Read More →