Onging/Immeditate
Tierra Grande Texas Master Naturalists Adopt-a-Highway Saturday, July 27. Meet at the sign closest to Alpine, 4 miles north of Casparis Airport, at 8:30am. Questions? contact Bob Rice.
Chihuahuan Desert Research Institute
July 11, 8:30-10:30 a.m.
Adopt-a-Highway Cleanup
Trash clean up that’s one-mile in either direction of CDRI’s front gate. CDRI will provide trash grabbers, vests, water, and snacks.
August 9, 8:30 – Noon
Set up tents, tables, and chairs for CDRI’s BBQ & Auction scheduled for August 10. Lunch will be included on Friday.
August 9, 1:00 – 3:00
Clean tables and chairs and help with miscellaneous chores to get ready for the BBQ on Saturday, August 10.
August 10, 3:00 – 7:00
CDRI needs volunteers to work at the Will-Call Table and to help with auction items
August 11, 10:00 a.m.
Clean up and Break down tents
Please Contact: Lisa Gordon, Executive Director of CDRI, [email protected]
Balmorhea State Park
For July and August, BSP has two main volunteer avenues:Gardeners: Weeding, trimming, laying down weed barriers, watering, and mulching our native flower beds
Gate monitors: Greeting incoming visitors to the pool, checking for wristbands, catching any prohibited items before they’re allowed into the pool area
No set time or date, Balmorhea State Park is happy to work with any volunteer’s schedule!
Contact: Emily Dickerson – Park Ranger, Balmorhea State Park, call +1 (432) 375-2370
Big Bend Ranch State Park
Routine maintenance of BBRSP’s desert garden. This would include weeding and trimming plants in the garden. Eventually they would like to add new elements to the garden.
BBRSP needs Dark Sky Stewards. This position would be coordinated around a new moon every quarter. This would include collecting data for the park’s and Black Gap WMA’s annual Dark Sky Report.
Please Contact: Layla Spurlock, Park Ranger – Interpreter, call 432-424-3327 ext 2
Davis Mountains State Park
Volunteer Workday Day will be Saturday, July 20th, 9am-12pm. (Projects tbd))
Reminder that the DMSP Home School Program will restart in September. It takes place on the 2nd Tuesday of each month, 10am-12pm. They could use at least 2 regular volunteers.
Folks are always invited to reach out to Ranger Charlie Ewing to propose their own volunteer project, outreach program, or help with an established program.
Please Contact: Charlie Ewing, Volunteer Coordinator – [email protected] or (432) 426-3337 x2123
The Nature Conservancy | Davis Mountains Preserve
Wednesday, July 10 – DMP (Davis Mountains Preserve) Guided Tour, 8:00am – 3:00pm
2 volunteers needed: Help check folks in, drive vehicles to the trailhead, and join us on a slow interpretive hike, if you are able.
**If you have a 4wd vehicle, TNC’s Kaylee French would greatly appreciate for you to bring it to help with the drive back to Tobe Spring. If you do not, they will drive the UTV and her work truck and will seat some folks in the back.
Friday, July 19 – Sunday, July 21 Marathon Grasslands Preserve Led Tours 8:30am-12:30pm
2 volunteers needed each day: Help check folks in, set up chairs, check folks out, clean up after, perhaps answer questions
Wednesday, July 31 – Saturday, August 3 West Texas Women in Conservation Retreat Meals*
Volunteers needed to each make one meal for 35 people for our Women’s Retreat (Food enough for 35 people sounds intimidating, but it’s really not bad at all, especially if you get a buddy to help you!). The Nature Conservancy will pay for all the ingredients you need, you are asked to prepare and deliver the meal for the retreat. We would like to ask for lighter meals this year, such as yogurt, fruit, granola, cereal, sandwiches, soups, salads, pasta salads, etc. instead of very heavy options, as we spend a lot of time outside in the heat. If you provide a meat option, a vegetarian option will also need to be provided. If you provide a meal, you’d be welcome to join us for the activities that day at any time. Please let Kaylee French (contact info below) know if you’d be willing to take on one of these meals for the retreat and what you would like to make. Even one meal taken on by one of you would be a huge help to me.
Meals Needed:
Wednesday, July 31
Breakfast – for leaders only (~20 people), Lunch, Dinner
Thursday, August 1
Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Friday, August 2, 2024
Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Saturday, August 3, 2024
Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
*West Texas Women in Conservation Retreat – is designed to introduce undergraduate women to careers in the field of conservation. The Nature conservancy will gather together 20 professional women from 12 different conservation organizations and have a tent camping, hands-on, field-activity filled long weekend with 15 undergraduate women from across the state interested in careers of conservation.
Thursday, August 8 – Clean the MCC for DMP Guided Tour, 9:30am – 12:30pm
2 volunteers minimum needed
Friday, August 9 – DMP Guided Tour, 8:00am – 3:00pm
2 volunteers needed: Help check folks in, drive vehicles to the trailhead, and join us on a slow interpretive hike, if you are able.
**If you have a 4wd vehicle, TNC’s Kaylee French would greatly appreciate for you to bring it to help with the drive back to Tobe Spring. If you do not, they will drive the UTV and her work truck and will seat some folks in the back.
Thursday, August 15 – Clean the MCC for DMP Open Weekend, 9:30am – 12:30pm
2 volunteers minimum needed
Friday, August 16 – Sunday, August 18 DMP Open Weekend
2 volunteers minimum needed for Day Work – Help check people in/out, orient folks to preserve, answer questions
1 volunteer minimum needed for Overnight – Stay on site and help people check in until you go to bed. Be on site in case of emergency.Friday, August 16: Day Work (7:30am – 5:30pm)
Friday, August 16: Stay Overnight (5:30pm – 7:30am next morning)
Saturday, August 17: Day Work (7:30am – 5:30pm)
Saturday, August 17: Stay Overnight (5:30pm -7:30am next morning)
Sunday, August 18: Day Work and Clean Up (7:30am – 5:30pm)
Contact: Kaylee French, West Texas Education and Outreach Coordinator, The Nature Conservancy, [email protected], office: 432-426-2390 or cell: 432-294-0159
Texas Nature Tracker Biologists Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
BioBlitz – objective is to collect scientific data on the Devil’s River State Natural Area, NW of Del Rio, Texas. October 4 – 6. Volunteers will be camping and working in rough, remote country and will need high clearance vehicles in which to carpool. Registration is required at no cost, and you must apply starting April 15 with invites sent out by June 15. Registration required, must fill out an interest form click here.
Click here for iNaturalist Project.
Complete email will be sent out to TGTMN members upon request.