Join the Big Bend Conservancy for another round of Brews for Big Bend this March. Houston area Big Bend fans, this is your chance to meet and greet with other West Texas enthusiasts.  For those attending, the Conservancy invites YOU to submit your photos of the Park.  Selected images will be shown onscreen at the event. Ticket purchasers can submit their photos of the Park to director@bigbendconservancy.org for consideration.

Click here to register for the event today.

There will be no tickets sold onsite, there are limited tickets available.

The Conservancy thanks everyone who purchases a ticket for the event and looks forward to seeing you there.

Join Houston Audubon for a hike through the woods during the highly anticipated spring migration season on Saturday, March 31 at 8 a.m.! This is a great hike for new and seasoned birders alike. We promise you’ll see Memorial Park a little differently. Meet at the Cullen Running Trails Center’s porch, get ready to see the Park in a whole new way, and expect to walk about 1 mile. For more information, visit facebook.com.

Learn about the animals of Armand Bayou and the habitats they live in. Demonstrations vary from week to week: mammals, birds and reptiles.

The Jones-Bender, Judy Overby Bell and Spring Creek Greenway trails are open for bicycling. Children under 12 must be accompanied by an adult.

All Jesse H. Jones Park & Nature Center programs and events are free of charge unless otherwise noted and open to the public regardless of socioeconomic level, race, color, sex, physical ability, national origin, or religion. Anyone requiring special assistance to participate in these programs should contact the nature center. Programs meet at the Nature Center unless otherwise noted. Solid shoes are recommended. Call 281-446-8588 for more information.

Join the JJP Eradicators in documenting and removing invasive species. Ages 16+ or with an adult.

All Jesse H. Jones Park & Nature Center programs and events are free of charge unless otherwise noted and open to the public regardless of socioeconomic level, race, color, sex, physical ability, national origin, or religion. Anyone requiring special assistance to participate in these programs should contact the nature center. Programs meet at the Nature Center unless otherwise noted. Solid shoes are recommended for all walks. Call 281-446-8588 for more information.

Learn about the animals of Armand Bayou and the habitats they live in. Demonstrations vary from week to week: mammals, birds and reptiles.

The European Investment Bank (EIB) is the world’s largest multilateral provider of climate finance, committing at least 25 percent of its funding to climate change adaptation and mitigation in Europe and developing countries. Over the next five years, the EIB will provide around $100 billion for climate-related projects. At this event, Klaus Trömel, former secretary general of the EIB and Rice MBA ’85, will discuss the types of projects and the countries in which the EIB is planning to invest. For more information and to RSVP, visit www.bakerinstitute.org.

The Houston Community ToolBank is pleased to announce tickets are on sale now for the 3rd Annual Hammers & Ales at Karbach Brewery! The event will feature great giveaways, appetizers, guest appearances, and of course, craft brew, on April 3rd from 6-9 pm.

And as usual, the Houston Community ToolBank will raffle and auction off valuable items, all to raise money for the ToolBank’s mission and ongoing Harvey recovery efforts: serving Houston-area nonprofits, churches, schools and community groups by providing tools for pennies on the dollar to drive volunteerism.

The Toolbank has provided more than $3.9 million in Community Impact since our founding in 2014. That translates to 97,000 volunteers with our blue tools in their hands, making Houston a stronger and more resilient community. All Hammers & Ales proceeds will benefit the ToolBank directly.

Purchase Tickets here.
Interested in being a Hammers & Ales Sponsor? Click here.

For more information, visit houstontoolbank.org.

Reserve online

Classroom location: Houston Audubon’s Edith L. Moore Nature Sanctuary. 440 Wilchester Blvd., Houston, TX 77079. Telephone: 713-932-1639

Classroom sessions are normally held in the administration building which is the brick building you first come to on the gravel drive as you enter the sanctuary. On a rare occasion we meet in the log cabin, which is the second building.

Field trip locations: We will review all the details for the field trip in class. The instructor will be checking for bird activity the week of the class to maximize our opportunity to see birds. You will be provided info by email on what to bring and complete driving directions to our meeting location a few days before the field trip

Warblers & Songbirds: April 3-7, 2018

People come from all over the world to the Houston Audubon High Island Sanctuaries to experience the migration and arrival of the “jewels” of the bird world. Learn about the remarkable migration journey of these small and beautiful birds. Learn the principles to identify the 37 different species of warblers that are possible to see in our area as well as other spring migrant songbirds. This class is open to all levels of birders and photographers.

Class: Tuesday, April 3, 2018 (7:00-8:45 PM)
Field Trip: Saturday, April 7, 2018 (7:30 AM – 3:30 PM)

INSTRUCTOR

Glenn Olsen leads natural history and birding tours with GOBirding Ecotours and teaches bird identification, gardening for birds and butterflies, and nature-related classes through Rice University’s Glasscock School of Continuing Studies, Houston Audubon, Katy Prairie Conservancy, and the Texas Master Naturalist program. He has served on the Houston Audubon Board as Vice President of Education and also served as an Audubon Warden monitoring colonial nesting birds in Rockport, TX. He is currently Region 8 Director for the Texas Ornithological Society. Two of his many other efforts towards conservation include monitoring endangered Attwater’s Prairie Chickens at the Nature Conservancy’s Texas City Preserve and co-founding the Wildscapes Workshop through the Native Plant Society of Texas (NPSOT) where he served as president of both the Houston Chapter and the State NPSOT. He has led field trips and/or given programs for meetings of the Texas Ornithological Society, Houston Audubon, Houston Arboretum, the Native Plant Society of Texas, Rio Grande Valley Birding Festival, Rockport Hummer/Bird Festival, Galveston FeatherFest, and other groups and festivals.  Glenn has led trips to such exotic locales as Ecuador, the Galapagos Islands, Amazon Rainforest, Costa Rica and the hottest birding locations in the U.S.