Welcome to the Heartwood Chapter web site!

Since 2005, the Texas Master Naturalist Heartwood Chapter has been organizing and training volunteers to assist the nature centers, nature sites, and wildlife organizations in and around Montgomery County, Texas -situated in the Pineywoods ecosystem.

Our volunteers are your friends and neighbors who are inspired by nature! They want to share what they learn about the natural habitat of the Texas Pineywoods. They want to observe, record, and maintain the wonders of nature found in the habitat where we all live, work, and play.

Have you seen the Heartwood Chapter video, produced by Ken Kramm and starring our own Texas Master Naturalist Heartwood members? Film now showing in the About Us section>>

Read what our member's have to say about their volunteer experience...
2013 Heartwood Chapter intern class

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Texas Master Naturalist Heartwood Chapter kick off their 9th year of training at the William Goodrich Jones State Forest Environment Education Classroom this past weekend.  Twenty enthusiastic interns started with an overview of the TMN program by chapter president, Teri MacArthur.  Urban District Forester and chapter advisor, John Warner gave the incoming class a history of the Jones State Forest, and a brief outline of upcoming programs and volunteer opportunities at the state forest.   Chapter members Ken Kramm, Elisa Fletcher, Debbie Layer, and Stacey Hill were on hand to welcome the intern class and what naturalists in history influenced them in their lives.

 

The group's first volunteer hours were earned by helping plant milkweed in the Monarch Way-station along with other plants beneficial to numerous other butterfly species in the Jones State Forest Pollinator & Wildscape Gardens.  The gardens at the Texas A&M Forest Service office in Conroe became a certified Texas Wildscape Habitat Demonstration Site in 2007.

 
New 2013 Interns - Welcome!
Volunteers in TMN earn hours in Monarch Way-station on state forest

4/26 -Memorial for Jeanne

Jeanne Schneider passed away of heart failure on Saturday, April 13.

Jeanne volunteered at many sites and on many projects since joining us in 2011, after moving here from Ohio. One of her favorite nature sites was the Spring Creek Nature Center. Jeanne's whole family is part of our Chapter. She is survived by her brother-in-law, Alex Ybañez, and her sister, Kathleen Ybañez, who helped Jeanne to relocate to Texas and encouraged her to join the Texas Master Naturalist Program.

Prairies and Pines Newsletter April - June 2013

TMN Vol 5 Issue 1 April to June 2013.pdf

Introducing the first newsletter for 2013! 

I do hope you enjoy this issue.  I am always looking for content so if you have any ideas, suggestions or contributions, feel free to submit them to:  tmnheartwoodnews@gmail.com.

Newsletters will be published on a quarterly basis.  Look for the next installment of Prairies and Pines in July!

Jones Forest Bluebird Trail

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Monitor and maintain bluebird nest boxes

Our mission is to maintain and monitor the nest boxes at the Jones State Forest during the nesting season and to educate others about the Bluebirds through all the seasons.

Group Manager: Linda Crum

Who can join this group project? You can. No experience required. You can learn by tagging along with an experienced volunteer.

 

Types of volunteer tasks:

W.G. Jones State Forest
1328 F.M. 1488
Conroe, TX 77384
United States
30° 14' 7.134" N, 95° 28' 45.1992" W
See map: Google Maps

Monthly Chapter Meeting

Join Us at the Monthly Chapter Meeting
All Chapter members and prospective members are invited!

1st Wednesday of each month - 6:00 p.m.
Chapter announcements + Guest Speaker

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Vultures of Stubblefield Lake

Wed, 10/07/2009 - 10:14pm — Ken Kramm
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I photographed the vultures in the Sam Houston National Forest (Texas) and captured unusual pictures of this beautiful, but misunderstood bird.

Vultures can eat a rotten, diseased carcass and not not get sick. The birds droppings are also disease free. These birds play an important role in nature by cleaning disease out of the environment. This helps protect other animals and people from getting sick. Scientists think the reasons behind this digestive cleansing process could be important to medical science.

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