Volunteers meet the second and fourth Thursday of every month to propagate plants from locally collected native seed. A typical workday may include seeding pots, bumping up trays into 1-gallon containers, separating seedlings, and weeding pots. They will also have special seed collecting trips, invasive species removal workdays, and planting events in restored prairies.

If you’re interested in volunteering for the Natural Resource Management Program, email kelli.ondracek@houstontx.gov or visit houstontx.gov/parks/naturalresources.html.

Presentation times are at 9AM and 2PM, please visit the link below to register for your preferred time:
https://www.texas-wildlife.org/resources/events/stewarding-soil-wildlife-by-design-across-texas5

Wildlife by Design Across Texas pairs Texas Wildlife Associate classroom presentations with distance learning, allowing Texas Wildlife Associate to share their educational presentations with you anywhere across Texas!

Stewarding Soil is a series of hands-on activities that allows students to dig in and investigate! Students will learn how soil is formed; the characteristics of sand, silt, and clay; how soil health affects living and nonliving things; and what products come from soil. Throughout the program, students will gain a better understanding of why soil is so important to wildlife and people and how they can be stewards of this natural resource.

Join Planned Parenthood Young Leaders for a fun night of virtual sex ed trivia! Get your team together on December 10th and show your support for access to reproductive health care.

RSVP now at https://ppgulfcoast.org/sexedtrivia

Link to event will be sent out upon RSVP.

An Outdoor Shopping & Lunch Experience Where Farmers, Makers, and Farmer’s Market Lovers Can Come Together to Celebrate the Season!

🥬Do you know where your food comes from? Stopping by Blackwood’s Fall Open Air Markets on the Farm is a great way to see where and how seasonal organic food is grown, and how regenerative agriculture can inspire a world of healthy eating and joyful cooking. We’ll be offering tours of our 33-acre working, educational farm and serving warm drinks in a celebration of the season!

🥗 Saturday 10/31, 11/7, and 12/12 from 10 AM to 2 PM, Blackwood Land Institutes will open their gates to all for an outdoor shopping experience and a fresh lunch menu from our wood-fired bread oven, including gluten free and vegan options!

Blackwood Land Institute have seasonal produce harvested the Friday before, farm made goods, freshly cut herbs from Blackwood Land Institutes culinary garden, organic seedlings for your own garden, and plants/trees…plus, Blackwood Land Institutes be joined by a few of their favorite local vendors. Masks will be required except when eating.

🌻 RSVP at Blackwood Land Institute Fall Open Air Markets on the Farm event page and learn more about Blackwood Land Institute at blackwoodland.org

Blackwood Land Institute are still looking for vendors for any of Blackwood Land Institutes  Fall Market dates!

Galveston Island Nature Tourism Council excited to report that Sandhill Cranes have begun arriving on the Island in small flocks. Soon Galveston Island Nature Tourism Council will have hundreds of these elegant birds wintering with Galveston Island Nature Tourism Council, as Galveston Island Nature Tourism Council take advantage of our milder climate and plentiful food resources.

To celebrate the  arrival of these 3-4 foot tall, red-capped visitors, Galveston Island Nature Tourism Council invite you to join Galveston Island Nature Tourism Council in what’s been dubbed by the New York Times as “one of the quirkiest events in Texas” – Holiday with the Cranes!

This year Galveston Island Nature Tourism Council crane celebration is going virtual. No matter where you are, you’ll be able to participate in a fun and engaging online presentation on Saturday, Dec. 12, at 10:00am.

Over past years many of you have joined Galveston Island Nature Tourism Council in person to learn about this amazing crane species. Each expert speaker has offered unique insights into the “Sandie’s” habitat, characteristics and behaviors. This year you can have an equally informative experience from the comfort of your own home – anywhere in the world. Holiday with the Cranes also makes a unique nature gift for friends and family.

Hermann Park Bird Survey

Leaders: Skip Almoney and Peter Tsan

They meet at  8:00 AM (7:30 in the summer months). Take the Parking Lot D entry from

Masks are optional for vaccinated participants and social distancing is recommended. Please wear a mask if unvaccinated. Please contact Julie Francis at hermannparkbirdsurvey@gmail.com if you’d like to participate. The Hermann Park Survey is conducted on the second Monday of the month. Everyone is welcome — beginners, experts, or even if you’re just curious. Please bring binoculars. If you don’t have any, let them know in advance and they’ll provide them.

For more information, please visit houstonaudubon.org/birding/bird-surveys.

Wildlife by Design Across Texas pairs Texas Wildlife Associate  classroom presentations with distance learning, allowing Texas Wildlife Associate to share their educational presentations with you anywhere across Texas!
https://www.texas-wildlife.org/resources/events/where-is-our-water-wildlife-by-design-across-texas5

Where Is Our Water? is an interactive program that covers a variety of water units, from the water cycle and water usage, to pollution and infiltration into our aquifers. During the presentation, activities and investigations will allow students to understand the impact that our use of water has on Texas aquifers, lakes, rivers, the land, humans, and wildlife. The main message is conservation!

9am Registration | 2pm Registration