Calendar

Feb
4
Thu
BioBlitz Training
Feb 4 @ 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm

Join staff from Kickerillo-Mischer Preserve for a look at how to use iNaturalist to participate in a BioBlitz.

Then participate in a Bird Count Feb. 12 – 15 and the BioBlitz March 13-21 in any of the parks.

Contact Jerrel Geisler with any questions: jgeisler@hcp4.net.

Feb
5
Fri
First Friday Friends @ Jesse H. Jones Nature Center
Feb 5 @ 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm

Senior adults are invited to a variety of natural history programs, leisurely walks and fun nature activities every 1st Friday of the month. Meet at the nature center.

Feb
6
Sat
Spring Creek Nature Trail Bird Walks @ creekside park west
Feb 6 @ 7:30 am – 9:30 am

Join Spring Creek Greenway Ambassador and published birder Joanne “JoJo” Bradbury on a bird walk on the first Saturday of every month.

VMS Code:    AT: Single Presentation – BLC Birding Walk

Mushroom Walk with Teri Mac! @ Recreation Center at Rob Fleming Park
Feb 6 @ 9:00 am – 12:00 pm
Meet at the back of the parking lot at 9am. Look for Teri MacArthur old red Ford Escape. Texas Master Naturalists – Heartwood Chapter will spend a couple of hours along the trails behind the Rec Center. With some rain recently, Texas Master Naturalists – Heartwood Chapter might just find something worth seeing! Hope you can join Texas Master Naturalists – Heartwood Chapter. Questions? Call or text to Teri MacArthur cell number: 281.381.3281, or send an email to texasnaturelover@earthlink.net .
VMS Code: AT-Single Presentation TMN AT

Feb
8
Mon
Spring Creek Nature Trail Bird Walk @ creekside park west
Feb 8 @ 7:30 am – 9:30 am

Image result for spring creek nature trail bird creekJoin Spring Creek Greenway Ambassador and published birder Joanne “JoJo” Bradbury on a bird walk every Monday.

VMS Code:    AT: Single Presentation – BLC Birding Walk

Feb
20
Sat
Invasive Species Training Workshop @ Online Event
Feb 20 @ 8:30 am – 11:30 pm

Learn how to identify and remove non-native invasive plants from our pathways and green spaces so you can volunteer alongside your neighbors in the effort to keep native trees and plants healthy.

The Online training is FREE. Registration is required

Feb
24
Wed
Heartwood Chapter Board of Directors Meeting @ virtual
Feb 24 @ 1:17 am – 2:17 am

Heartwood Chapter – Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service and Texas Parks &  WildlifeThe Heartwood Chapter Board of Directors meets the last Monday of every month (or Tuesday, if Monday is a holiday) at 6:00 p.m. at the Jones Forest Classroom.

Members and the public are invited to attend.

NOTE:   Meetings during the COVID-19 pandemic are being held virtually.  If you’d like to receive an invitation to the board meeting, please contact heartwoodpres@gmail.com

Plant Party Training – Talking Ecology @ webinar
Feb 24 @ 10:00 am – 11:30 am

Texas Master Naturalists – Heartwood Chapter are having their second Plant Party Training on Feb. 24th from 10-11:30 am.  The theme this time is “Talking Ecology” where Texas Master Naturalists – Heartwood Chapter will have 5, 15-minute presentation prepared on Ecological Site Descriptions, Using Plant as Indicator Species, Converting Introduced Grass Fields to Natives, and How Weather Changes Influence Ecology.  It is really going to be an information-thick event, plus there are door prizes!

Again, these Plant Party quarterly webinar trainings are a collaboration between Extension, USDA-NRCS, and TPWD.  They are offered FREE in an attempt to provide an easy learning opportunity for our employees and volunteers, although clientele are welcome.

Mar
5
Fri
First Friday Friends @ Jesse H. Jones Nature Center
Mar 5 @ 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm

Senior adults are invited to a variety of natural history programs, leisurely walks and fun nature activities every 1st Friday of the month. Meet at the nature center.

Mar
6
Sat
Spring Creek Nature Trail Bird Walks @ creekside park west
Mar 6 @ 7:30 am – 9:30 am

Image result for Spring Creek Nature Trail Bird WalksJoin Spring Creek Greenway Ambassador and published birder Joanne “JoJo” Bradbury on a bird walk on the first Saturday of every month.

Contact JoJo @ jojobirder@comcast.net for more information.

VMS Code:    AT: Single Presentation – BLC Birding Walk