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| APRIL VOLUNTEER SERVICE OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR CHAPTER Barbara F. Love, Class of 2021 Director of Volunteer Service Projects As a Texas Master Naturalist you must complete a minimum of 40 hours of volunteer service a year. We will help you be successful! We have plenty of suggestions and will provide you with monthly opportunities. Please visit our volunteer page for further details on this month’s happenings! Feel free to send potential volunteer opportunities (VO) + ideas to tierragrandetmn@gmail.com. CHIHUAHAUN DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE CDRI will hold its Spring Adopt-a-Highway cleanup on Thursday, April 17 from 9:00 to 11:00am. We’ll provide breakfast snacks, trash bags, vests, and long-handled trash grabbers. Volunteers need to wear closed-toe shoes, long pants, gloves, hat, and sunscreen. To volunteer, please contact events@cdri.org. DAVIS MOUNTAINS STATE PARK 2025 is a big year for Davis Mountains State Park! We’d love YOU to be a part of it. Mark your calendar for the next Adopt-A-Highway Trash Pick-up on Saturday, April 12, 9am-11am. This will count as our monthly volunteer workday. We need at least 6 people to help on this. If you haven’t helped out before, I’d love to see you here! We are pausing our friends group formation efforts till the Indian Lodge/Black Bear Restaurant are up and running smoothly. A reopen date has not been confirmed BUT we’re hopeful for this spring! The Pollinator Garden next to the Interpretive Center needs a caretaker. We’d love to have some folks come weekly to water, groom, and cultivate what’s there. Volunteers are always welcome to assist in our monthly home school program (every 2nd Tuesday). Want to share your expertise and love for the park? We’re always welcome to volunteer-led programs. Check our website events tab or social media pages for program information. Contact Charlie Ewing for more information – charles.ewing@tpwd.texas.gov or (432) 426-3337, x2123 BIG BEND RANCH STATE PARK Desert Garden Help Please: BBRSP would like to add new elements to enhance its wonderful desert garden located at the Barton Warnock Visitor Center, Terlingua. They also need help with routine maintenance of the garden which includes weeding and trimming plants. Let’s give them a hand! Contact: BWVC Park Interpreter- Omar Udave at 432-424-3327 x:2 TIERRA GRANDE TEXAS MASTER NATURALIST Highway Cleanup – Monday, April 14 at 9:00am Help keep our adopted stretch of highway clean. Let’s show Bob our support and make this a banner showing! TGMN volunteers, this is a great way to get some exercise, chit chat with your fellow Master Naturalist, and earn some volunteer hours. Location meet-up will be at the Adopt-A-Highway sign 4 miles north of the airport. Safety vests, garbage pickup tools, and bags providedContact Bob Rice with any questions: twobitrice@gmail.com TEXAS NATURE CONSERVANCY \ DAVIS MOUNTAINS PRESERVEThursday, April 17, 9:30am – 12:00pm – Clean McIvor Conservation Center, 2 volunteers needed to help clean and set up the visitor center for the next day’s guided tour. Friday, April 18, 8:00am – 3:00pm – Davis Mountains Preserve Guided Tour, 2 volunteers needed: – Help check folks in – Drive vehicles on the preserve – Join us on a slow, interpretive hike, if you are able. **High clearance vehicles needed for this tour. If you do not have high clearance, that’s okay, you can still volunteer! If you would like to volunteer or have any questions, please contact Kaylee French at kaylee.french@tnc.org or 432.426.2390. TGTMN – UPCOMING OUTREACH EVENTS Balmorhea Community Day at BALMORHEA STATE PARK Saturday April 12, 2025, 9:00am – 3:00pm We are looking for volunteers to staff an outreach table. This is a new event led by TPWD at Balmorhea State Park. The objective of the event is to build awareness among the public for the many area organizations devoted to conservation and education about the environment. We need volunteers to staff the TGMN table. Volunteer duties include passing out our educational materials, engaging the kids who attend, and as always – recruiting future Master Naturalist. Please contact Maggi Gunnels: cell 410-353-3788 and email magpielovestexas@gmail.com EARTH DAY AT ALPINE FARMER’S MARKET Saturday April 26, 2025, 8:30am – 12:30:pm Volunteers needed to staff TGMN outreach table at the annual Earth Day celebration! This year, the annual Earth Day celebration will be held the weekend after April 22 (traditional Earth Day), and will be combined with the Dark Skies Celebration Weekend as well as the Spirits of the West Fest. We will be on site at the Alpine Visitor Center handing out materials to the public, engaging the kids who attend, and recruiting future Master Naturalist. Please contact Maggi Gunnels: cell 410-353-3788 and email magpielovestexas@gmail.com |