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 |