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Volunteer Opportunities

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TYPICAL MASTER NATURALIST VOLUNTEER ACTIVITIES IN THE SOUTH TEXAS CHAPTER (PARTIAL LIST)

1. OUTDOOR EDUCATION (WELDER WILDLIFE REFUGE, NUECES DELTA PRESERVE, BOTANICAL GARDENS, OSO BAY WETLANDS PRESERVE, SCIENCE CLUBS)
2. HORTICULTURE EDUCATION
3. RESTORATION OF HABITAT
4. EARTH DAY/BAY DAY ACTIVITIES
5. EGERY FLATS CLEANUP, BEACH CLEANUP
6. CHAPTER WEBSITE AND FACEBOOK PAGE DEVELOPMENT AND MAINTENANCE
7. REPTILE SHOWS (BOTANICAL GARDEN OUTREACH), VARIOUS LIBRARIES
8. TEACHER TRAINING
9. CHRISTMAS BIRD COUNTS
10. HUMMINGBIRD, WHOOPING CRANE FESTIVALS
11. KEMP RIDLEY RECOVERY PROGRAM (PATROLS, RELEASES, EGG TRANSPORT)
12. SCIENCE FAIRS
13. TEXAS PLANT INVASIVE (DETECTION, MONITORING AND REMOVAL
14. JUNIOR MASTER NATURALISTS
15. NURDLE PATROL
16. ELEMENTARY SCIENCE EXTRAVAGANZAS (OUTREACH)
17. MONARCH MADNESS AT FENNESSEY RANCH
18. HAWK WATCH FESTIVAL
19. KING RANCH (RANCH HAND FESTIVAL)
20. BIG BLOOM AT BOTANICAL GARDENS
21. BIRDIEST CITY FESTIVAL
22. GUIDING BIRD CLUBS (SCHOOLS)
23. PLANT AND ANIMAL SURVEYS
24. INTERN TRAINING (PLANNING TRAINING SCHEDULE, PRESENTORS, VENUES.
25. NATURALISTS TEACHING POTENTIAL NATURALISTS.
27. HOME AND GARDEN SHOW
28. MAINTENANCE OF NATURALIST MONARCH GARDEN ON THE HILL

Chapter Nature-Partner Liaisons – 2022

Liaisons connect chapter members to volunteer opportunities and needs by keeping Facebook (FB), Website, Newsletter, Advanced Training (AT) and Volunteer Approval personnel and general membership (i.e., chapter meetings) apprised of events occurring within fellow community groups having similar interests to our chapter of TMNs. Liaison positions are open to those chapter members volunteering at various sites.

Nature-Partner Liaison/Email
Adopt-A-Beach Program Randy Bissell – bissellr@swbell.net
Audubon Outdoor Club Steve Cook – cook.od@hotmail.com
Blucher Park Bibi Dalrymple – bibidalrymple@gmail.com
Children in Nature Lari Jo Edwards – larijowedwards@gmail.com
Coastal Bend Audubon Society Leslie Albrecht – leslie.albrecht.stmn@gmail.com
CC Astronomical Society Chuck Blend – ilovethesea@att.net
CC Museum of Science & History Chuck Blend – ilovethesea@att.net
Jr Master Naturalists – Flour Bluff Ada Anderson – adatanderson@gmail.com

Janice Ainbinder – jainbinder50@gmail.com

Lake Corpus Christi State Park Mike Wenzel – mwenztam89@gmail.com
Mustang Island State Park Randy Bissell – bissellr@swbell.net
Nature Preserves Port Aransas Leslie Hoekstra – lhoekstra.hskt@gmail.com

Ray Dillahunty – rcdillahunty@gmail.com

Nueces Delta Preserve Philip Woods – philip.woodscc@gmail.com
Oso Bay Wetlands Preserve Philip Woods – philip.woodscc@gmail.com
PINS Interpretive Rangers Philip Woods – philip.woodscc@gmail.com
PINS Turtle Program Cindy Frank – cbfrank@sbcglobal.net
South Texas Botanical Gardens Adel Casiano – adelcasi@sbcglobal.net

Grace Lopez – mgracelpz43@gmail.com

Texas Sealife Center Anne Thomas – anne_thomas@earthlink.net
Texas State Aquarium Art Siebert – artsiebert@gmail.com
UT Marine Science Institute (UTMSI) Art Siebert – artsiebert@gmail.com
UTMSI – The Ark Michele Connolly – mmoczgygemba@gmail.com
Welder Wildlife Foundation Chad Huckabee – chadhuckabee@outlook.com

Philip Woods – philip.woodscc@gmail.com

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