EarthShare Texas

KBR Kids Day
2021-10-23 11:00 - 15:00 (America/New_York) | Tony Marron Park, 808 N. York Street, Houston, TX, 77003, United States
Join us for free family fun at the 14th annual KBR Kids Day at Tony Marron Park. Activity stations will include hands-on activities from more than 20 Houston partners, local entertainment, performances on the H-E-B Stage, Dia de los Muertos face painters, balloon artists, a rock-climbing wall, and so much more! A birds of prey show and a Halloween Costume parade will also be part of the festivities, so costumes are encouraged. Food and drinks will be available for purchase. Learn more.

Trick or tree-t! (TreeFolks NeighborWoods Free Tree Program)
2021-10-23 10:00 - 14:00 (America/New_York) | Northeast Early College High School, 7104 Berkman Drive, Austin, 78752, United States
Trick or tree-t! TreeFolks is giving away 500 free trees, available for pick-up on October 23rd at Northeast Early College High School during the annual Hopefest from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm. All trees are 5-gallon in size and must be reserved two-weeks in advance to guarantee that you will receive a tree. Additional trees will be available as supplies last. Once the event is full, email confirmations will be sent.
The TreeFolks NeighborWoods free tree program is a partnership between TreeFolks, the City of Austin and Hopefest. Please bring a Photo I.D, Austin Energy Electricity Bill, or Austin Library Card as proof of residency.
Signup form is not live yet, bookmark this page and check back soon or contact:
Becky Woodward, Tree Distribution and Procurement Coordinator (becky@treefolks.org)
Tree varieties:

Large Stature: Bald Cypress, Montezuma Cypress, Cedar Elm
Medium Stature: Lacey Oak, Loquat
Small Stature: Arroyo Sweetwood, Mexican Plum, Retama
Fruit: Asian Persimmon ‘Fuyu’, Pomegranate, Fig ‘Texas Everbearing’

TreeFolks' Urban Forest Stewards Virtual Happy Hour!
2021-10-21 18:00 - 19:30 (America/New_York)
Urban Forest Stewards and prospective UFSers are encouraged to join TreeFolks’ UFS Virtual Happy Hour! Drinks are encouraged so have your glass of water handy for some fun tree-themed toasts. And don’t forget to get your tree trivia hat and scavenger-hunt robe on for a few games and prizes (all the prizes are baby trees)!

Location: Virtual event on Zoom (link coming soon!)

Contact: Collin McMichael, Education Coordinator (collin@treefolks.org)

Katy Prairie Conservancy Presents Unplugged Adventure: Wetland Walk
2021-10-16 09:00 - 10:30 (America/New_York) | Indiangrass Preserve – Coastal Prairie Conservancy, 31975 Hebert Road, Waller, TX, 77484, United States
Join us for an educational wetland walk with an expert from Green Star Wetlands. During this adventure, you will be able to get up close to some of the wetlands on the Katy Prairie and learn about the plants that are part of the Prairie Wetland Community. Come ready with questions about wetlands near you or out on the prairie!
$5.00 registration fee. Limit 12 participants.
Learn more and register here.
Contact Terry Hendrick, thendrick@katyprairie.org, for more information.

9 Natives Showcase Garden Volunteer Day at the Houston Museum of Natural Science
2021-10-11 09:30 - 12:00, 2021-09-13 09:30 - 12:00 (America/New_York) | 9 Natives Showcase Garden, 5555 Hermann Park Drive, Houston, TX, 77030, United States
Interested in volunteering at the 9 Natives Showcase Garden at the Houston Museum of Natural Science? This monthly volunteer opportunity is the perfect way to get involved and support native plants in the heart of Houston!
On the second Monday of each month, volunteers will maintain the garden by pulling weeds, planting new native plants, and monitoring the garden’s growth. Volunteers of all ages and experience are welcome to join this come-and-go event.
Physical Requirements: Bending, kneeling, or sitting on the ground; some light lifting.
Recommended Clothing: Hat, closed toe shoes, and long pants.
What to bring: Water in a reusable water bottle, garden gloves (or the museum has disposable vinyl gloves), and any garden hand tools that you have such as pruners (or scissors), trowel, tool for weeding. KPC will also provide tools.
The 9 Natives Showcase Garden is located outside of the Cockrell Butterfly Center at the corner of Hermann Park Drive and San Jacinto Street. Three hour parking is available along Hermann Park Drive or in the parking lot with entrance from the circular drive around the statue of Sam Houston.
Contact Lan Shen, lshen@katyprairie.org, for more information.

Katy Prairie Conservancy’s Stewardship Saturdays
2021-10-09 09:00 - 11:00 (America/New_York) | Indiangrass Preserve – Coastal Prairie Conservancy, 31975 Hebert Road, Waller, TX, 77484, United States
Looking for a way to get your hands dirty and help the prairie? Come join us for a STEWARDSHIP SATURDAY! Volunteers help manage invasive species, plant native plants, and restore prairie habitats.
All ages are welcome to participate – no experience necessary!
Physical Requirements: Bending, kneeling, or sitting on the ground; some light lifting.
What to wear: Closed-toe shoes, tall socks, long pants, long-sleeved shirt, hat.
What to bring: Reusable water bottle, gardening gloves (or we have pairs to borrow). All other tools are provided.
Masks are required for all Stewardship Saturdays volunteers when around others.
Learn more and register here
Contact Terry Hendrick, thendrick@katyprairie.org, for more information.

TreeFolks Young Professional's Podcast Club: Criminal - Episode 36: Perfect Specimen
2021-10-06 18:30 - 19:30 UTC
TreeFolks Young Professionals are starting a Podcast Club and will be hosting its first-ever virtual podcast discussion night on October 6, 2021, from 6:30 to 7:30 pm. The first podcast is based on the poisoning of the Treaty Oak in downtown Austin and the discussion will feature John Giedraitis, Austin’s City Forester at the time who saved the historic tree! The link to register can be found here, along with more information and a link to the 25-minute podcast!

23rd Annual Texas Recycling Summit
2021-10-05 - 2021-10-08
Summit has been Texas’ premier recycling conference for 23 years, offering annual CEUs, exclusive networking opportunities and cutting-edge updates to the recycling industry of Texas.
This year we anticipate welcoming more than 300 professionals from state and local government, private industry, higher education, and NGOs/trade associations.

Summit 2021 will now be a fully virtual event from Oct 4-6th, featuring more than 40 expert speakers in more than 20 professional sessions.

49th Annual Buffalo Bayou Partnership Regatta
2021-10-02 08:00 - 14:30 (America/New_York) | 7700 San Felipe, 7700 San Felipe St, Houston, TX, 77063, United States
The Buffalo Bayou Partnership Regatta presented by Gillman Subaru is right around the corner! Paddlers, ages 12 and older, can register to participate in the largest canoe and kayak race in Texas!

Step Up for Bats Challenge
2021-10-01 - 2021-10-31
When you participate in the Step Up for Bats Challenge this October, every step you take matters for bats! Whether you’re walking, running, biking, swimming, or taking part in any another fitness activity, it all counts. Registration is $45 and includes a Step Up For Bats swift-wicking T-shirt!

Bats are crucial to a healthy planet. They pollinate important food-bearing plants like bananas, peaches, and agave. They regenerate forests by dispersing seeds. They save farmers billions of dollars each year by eating crop-destroying insects and reducing the use of chemical pesticides in the environment. But unfortunately, bats around the world are on the decline due to threats like habitat loss, disease, and starvation – threats that we can overcome.

Join the challenge to walk a collective 15,000 miles (30 million steps) around the globe to raise awareness for the importance of bats, and raise $25,000 to support Bat Conservation International’s work to protect them. At each destination, you’ll unlock a milestone badge and special content! You can earn awards for fundraising and compete to raise the most money and track the most steps throughout the month of October.

How to participate:
Register and set up your account anytime before October 31st. Once you register, you will have your own web page that will track your distance and funds you raise.

Registration is $45 (includes T-shirt). Registration fees are counted toward your fundraising goal.

Become a Spring Creek Greenway Ambassador
2021-09-30 18:30 - 20:30 UTC | Big Stone Lodge at Dennis Johnston Park, 709 Riley Fuzzel Rd, Spring, TX, 77373, United States
The Spring Creek Greenway Ambassador program is our free adult environmental education program. We offer this program twice a year with five classes held on weeknights and weekends. As an Ambassador, you will learn about the unique features of the local ecology and all the exciting work that BLC does. After completing the program, you will have a better understanding of what’s in your backyard, how to protect and preserve the greenway, and how you can get involved in the amazing work that BLC does.

Register with this link.
Contact Frida Ramirez: framirez@bayouland.org

Bugstock
2021-09-25 16:00 - 21:00 (America/New_York) | Yolanda Black Navarro Buffalo Bend Nature Park, 2300 S Sgt. Macario Garcia Dr., Houston, TX, 77011, United States
Bugstock is an evening of peace, love and bugs! Don’t miss the fun, bug-inspired activities, music, plant giveaways, BioArt Bayou-torium, and Brandon Balengée’s Love Motel for Insects sculpture. This event is open to all ages. RSVP here.

Bexar Audubon Society September Meeting: Billion Bird Report!
2021-09-22 18:30 - 19:30 (America/New_York) | Zoom
Presenter: Richard Heilbrun, Program Leader, Texas Parks & Wildlife Department

Description: A recently released national report shows three billion birds have disappeared from the planet over the last 50 years, but some bird groups are rebounding. Why are some birds doing well while others are declining? Which groups are most at risk? What are wildlife biologists and land managers doing to slow or reverse the decline? What else can we do? Join wildlife biologist Richard Heilbrun for an exploration into this groundbreaking discovery and what it means for Texas and for the birds that we hold dear to us around San Antonio.

Zoom Link

Meeting ID: 844 3113 9264
Passcode: [REDACTED]

MONTOPOLIS: THE LIVING COAST
2021-09-18 20:00 - 22:00 (Asia/Krasnoyarsk) | MATCH-Midtown Arts & Theater Center Houston, 3400 Main St., Houston, TX, 77002, United States
The Living Coast performance combines original music, live narration, and cinematic images of the Texas gulf coast. Surfers and sailors, shrimpers and oilmen, poets and scientists all share their stories about this complicated region of serene beauty, vast industry, and incredible contradictions.
The Living Coast film was produced by cinematographer Anlo Sepulveda and drone pilot Reagan Jobe.
Proceeds from this performance will be donated to the Matagorda Bay Foundation and the Citizen’s Environmental Coalition.

“A Montopolis show is like a night of beautiful chamber music, but with electric guitar and the twang of pedal steel giving a Texas kick to the keys and strings.” Texas Monthly
“A multimedia love letter to the Texas coast, with voices and images from the Gulf set to an original score” – NPR, The Texas Standard
“Montopolis can create forceful sounding songs that have a bit of rock ‘n roll snarl, but it is also capable of mournful classical sounding pieces and others that are mysterious and ambient. The group’s range of expression is striking…” – Andrew Dansby, Houston Chronicle

Register for the event here.

Join Galveston Bay Foundation's Adopt-A-Beach Site
2021-09-18 09:00 - 13:00 (Asia/Krasnoyarsk)
Be part of the statewide effort to clean Texas beaches at the Texas General Land Office’s Fall Adopt-A-Beach Cleanup event. Galveston Bay Foundation, in partnership with Port Houston, is hosting a cleanup site at Morgan’s Point from 9am to 1pm. Come help clean the Galveston Bay Shoreline and enjoy lunch and opportunities to win prizes after! This event takes place during National Estuaries Week, a celebration of estuaries like Galveston Bay.
Parking area at end of Ballester Street at Ballester Fishing Area
For questions about this event, please contact Emily Ford at eford@galvbay.org
Registration Link Here

Gardening for Monarchs & Other Wildlife With Native Plants in Texas
2021-09-14 - 2021-09-16
To bring back the monarchs and help protect all pollinators & other wildlife we need to create native gardens in our urban & suburban spaces. Through this workshop, participants will learn to design, install, and maintain their own monarch-friendly native gardens —that also benefit many kinds of wildlife—choosing the proper native plants for their ecotype, site, and weather conditions. Workshop participants will also learn to use their new native gardens as an environmental educational tool.

Main Topics:

How gardening for monarchs benefits many other wildlife species
The human benefits of native gardening
Importance of gardening with native plants
Components of a native garden
Creating native gardens in Texas, what to keep in mind
Providing themed native gardens
Growing your own native milkweed, the successful technique
Basics of Landscape Designing (includes exercises)
Installing and maintaining your new native garden
Other resources and tools that will help you with your native gardening projects
Virtual Tour to a recently installed native garden

This is the third level of training of the Monarch Stewards Certification Program. If you have attended the first two levels already, once you attend this workshop, you will be certified as one of the National Wildlife Federation’s Monarch Stewards.
Anyone can participate in this workshop, whether you have attended the first two levels or not.
We look forward to seeing you on September 14th and September 16th!
Amid COVID-19, this interactive two-day workshop will be hosted online (via Zoom) on September 14 (12pm-5pm), and September 16 (12pm-6pm), with plenty of breaks and time for Q & A.

Learn more and register for this event here.

Katy Prairie Conservancy’s Stewardship Saturdays
2021-09-11 09:00 - 11:00 (America/New_York) | Indiangrass Preserve – Coastal Prairie Conservancy, 31975 Hebert Road, Waller, TX, 77484, United States
Are you looking for a way to get your hands dirty in support of land conservation? Join the Katy Prairie Conservancy at Stewardship Saturdays! Volunteers help manage invasive species, plant native plants, and restore prairie habitats on the second Saturday of each month.

All ages are welcome to participate – no experience necessary!
Physical Requirements: Bending, kneeling, or sitting on the ground; some light lifting.
What to wear: Closed-toe shoes, tall socks, long pants, long-sleeved shirt, hat.
What to bring: Reusable water bottle, gardening gloves (or we have pairs to borrow). All other tools are provided.
Contact info@katyprairie.org for questions and more information.

EPIC Rock Climbing at Enchanted Rock
2021-08-28 08:00 - 12:30 UTC | Enchanted Rock, 16710 Ranch Rd. 965, Fredericksburg, TX, 78624, United States
Join EPIC and Austin Ascents on August 28 from a morning of rock climbing!
About this event
Join EPIC and Austin Ascents for a morning of rock climbing at Enchanted Rock State Natural Area.
This session is best for those with some indoor or outdoor climbing experience.
This is the session for you if: you have some indoor or outdoor experience, you know how to belay a top rope and you may you have some of your own gear (harness, shoes, helmet, belay device).
What you’ll learn: movement skills on rock, belay with different devices, weighted and unweighted belay transfer skills
About Austin Ascents: Austin Ascents provides instruction in rock climbing and offers SOLO Wilderness First Aid 2-day courses and Wilderness First Responder 9-day courses. They provide climbing classes and skills courses at all experience levels for people seeking to expand their skills and knowledge. Click here to learn more!
About EPIC: Emerging Professionals In Conservation, a program of Hill Country Conservancy, is an outdoors club dedicated to exploring and preserving the natural beauty of the Texas Hill Country. Membership dues go to support Hill Country Conservancy’s projects in and around Austin and the Hill Country, including the Violet Crown Trail.
Join EPIC today for a discount on this event, and to join us for other fun outdoor recreation activities!
Contact: Sarah Dean HCC Volunteers, Memberships and Special Events Manager: Sarah@hillcountryconservancy.org
Event Link/Signup

Sensory Pollution in the Anthropocene: Effects of Light and Noise Pollution on Birds in the “Age of Humans”
2021-08-25 18:30 - 19:30 UTC
Bexar Audubon Society August Monthly Meeting
Presenter: Jennifer N. Phillips, PhD, Assistant Professor, Texas A&M San Antonio
Dr. Jennifer Phillips will discuss her research on how urban noise affects communication in a model species, the White-crowned Sparrow, during this online presentation. She will also discuss how we can move from single species studies to better understand the effects of light and noise pollution on avian populations and communities, using her study system of nesting birds in northern New Mexico.
Join Zoom Meeting

Violet Crown Trail Cleanup at the Spyglass Trailhead
2021-08-14 09:00 - 11:00 UTC | Spyglass Trailhead, 1600 Spyglass Dr, Austin, TX, 78746, United States
***Please RSVP to ensure you receive important details and updates about this event***
Join Hill Country Conservancy and Emerging Professionals In Conservation as we help keep the Violet Crown Trail clean and safe! This volunteer event is open to anyone, and is a great way to give back to the trail!
We’ll meet at the Spyglass Trailhead and spend about two hours on the trail picking up trash, removing graffiti, and enjoying a leisurely walk.
About Emerging Professionals In Conservation: EPIC, Hill Country Conservancy’s young professionals organization, is an outdoors club run by a volunteer leadership council, dedicated to exploring and preserving the natural beauty of the Texas Hill Country. Members enjoy outdoor recreation activities and support Hill Country Conservancy through annual dues and volunteer opportunities like this cleanup!
Contact: Sarah Dean HCC Volunteers, Memberships and Special Events Manager: Sarah@hillcountryconservancy.org
Event Link/Signup

STAR 2021 Busch Bin Grants Webinar
2021-08-11 11:00 - 12:00 UTC
Join STAR for an overview of the 2021 Busch Bin Grants! (Applications open August 11th.)
Seeking recycling and waste bins for your organization, school or business? Join us for this webinar to learn how STAR’s Busch Bin Grants can help!
Through STAR’s Bin Grant Program, sponsored by Busch Systems, schools, small businesses, and other entities, such as non-profits and local governments, can apply to receive brand new Busch Systems bins to help expand or start a recycling program.
Each grant offers up to 6 Waste Watcher bins, 50 28-quart desk-side recycling bins, and 50 hanging waste bins with lids. By providing desk-side recycling and larger central collection bins, an organization can start or expand their own recycling program!
Busch Systems has been passionately delivering recycling and waste solutions for over 30 years and is the #1 rated brand in the industry according to Trustpilot. Having started as a curbside bin manufacturer, they have since moved their focus to centralized stations and consulting services.
* STAR members receive 10 extra points towards the application scoring, so if you are not yet a part of our alliance, join STAR now!
Speakers:

Brittany Rosenberg, STAR Executive Director, will give an overview of the grants, including how to apply and who should apply.

Alec Cooley, Senior Advisor at Busch Systems will go over best practices.

Amy Thomaides, Community Enhancement Initiatives Manager at City of San Marcos Resource Recovery, will share what the city has learned from their case study on bins.

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Important Dates:
Bin Grant Applications will be open Aug 11 – Sept 11, 2021
Winners will be announced in October.
Bins will be delivered in November.
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Free and open to the public
Register Here

Galveston Bay Foundation Rain Barrel Workshop
2021-08-07 | Urban Harvest, 3302 Canal St., Houston, TX, 77003, United States
Galveston Bay Foundation’s Rain Barrel Program works in partnership with LyondellBasell and Coca-Cola Southwest Beverages to conserve water and reduce stormwater runoff, pollution, and bacteria entering Galveston Bay. At the event, you will receive a rain barrel of your own and learn the environmental benefits of rain barrels and how to set them up.
Drive-thru Rain Barrel Pickup 9am – noon
A virtual workshop will be held from 2 – 3pm
For questions about this event, please contact Sasha Francis at (832) 536-2255 or email sfrancis@galvbay.org
Registration Link Here

Burrowing Owl Ecology and Creating Artificial Habitat in El Paso, Texas
2021-07-28 18:30 - 19:30 UTC
Bexar Audubon Society July Monthly Meeting
Presenter: Lois Balin, TPWD Urban Wildlife Biologist
This online presentation will cover burrowing owl ecology, monitoring, and creating artificial habitat for the owls in El Paso, TX. It will include the research that has been done at Rio Bosque Wetlands Park and the lessons learned from creating burrowing owl habitat in City and National Parks.
Join Zoom Meeting

Nature Hike at Nalle Bunny Run Wildlife Preserve
2021-07-24 08:00 - 10:30 UTC | Nalle Bunny Run Wildlife Preserve, 4615 Bunny Run, Austin, TX, 78746, United States
Start your weekend with a walk in nature. These monthly hikes offer a glimpse at an environmental treasure on the banks of Lake Austin and provide insight into the important work of Hill Country Conservancy.
ABOUT THE HIKE

The hike lasts 2.5 hours and is an easy, slow pace with frequent stops.
All hikes are weather permitting
There are no restroom facilities on the preserve
Please leave all pets in the comfort of your home
Feel free to bring binoculars and/or a camera!

ABOUT NALLE BUNNY RUN WILDLIFE PRESERVE
The 50-acre Nalle Bunny Run Wildlife Preserve is not only an environmental treasure, but an important habitat restoration project situated on the banks of the Colorado River. Thirty five acres of the preserve was donated to Hill Country Conservancy in December 2000 by the Nalle Family, who wished for years to preserve the beloved “Bunny Run” for the public to enjoy. The conservation management of this preserved Lake Austin waterfront and its proximity to Austin make Nalle Bunny Run Wildlife Preserve a visual and environmental masterpiece.
Contact: Sarah Dean HCC Volunteers, Memberships and Special Events Manager: Sarah@hillcountryconservancy.org
Event Link/Signup

The Impact of Outdoor Education on Student Academic and Social Outcomes
2021-07-19 12:30 - 13:00 UTC
Every year, thousands of students participate in adventure-based stewardship curriculum at IDEA Camp RIO, located in deep South Texas. IDEA Public Schools has partnered with the East Foundation in a three-year study designed to measure the short– and long-term impact of students’ time at camp on their interests in natural resources and land stewardship, academic achievement and well-being, and college and career choices in the natural sciences. We are excited to share more behind the purpose of this research, the methods and measures used in the study design, pivots we’ve made during virtual camp lessons and learning due to Covid restrictions, and some of the trends we are seeing in data results after two years.

Click here to register.

Violet Crown Trail Cleanup at the 360 Trailhead
2021-07-10 09:00 - 11:00 UTC | VCT 360 Trailhead, 3755B S Capital of Texas Hwy, Austin, 78704, United States
Show your love for the Violet Crown Trail by helping us keep the trail clean!
About this event
***Please RSVP to ensure you receive important details and updates about this event***
Join Hill Country Conservancy and Emerging Professionals In Conservation as we help keep the Violet Crown Trail clean and safe! This volunteer event is open to anyone and is a great way to give back to the trail!
We’ll meet at the 360 Trailhead and spend about two hours on the trail picking up trash, removing graffiti, and enjoying a leisurely walk.
About Emerging Professionals In Conservation: EPIC, Hill Country Conservancy’s young professionals organization, is an outdoors club run by a volunteer leadership council, dedicated to exploring and preserving the natural beauty of the Texas Hill Country. Members enjoy outdoor recreation activities and support Hill Country Conservancy through annual dues and volunteer opportunities like this cleanup!
Contact: Sarah Dean HCC Volunteers, Memberships and Special Events Manager: Sarah@hillcountryconservancy.org
Event Link/Signup

The Keep Texas Beautiful Annual Conference
2021-06-29 - 2021-07-01
The virtual conference is an opportunity for community leaders across the state to come together to learn, educate and grow their networks and knowledge. KTB provides innovative keynotes, speakers, panels and sessions that tackle environmental topics like waste reduction, recycling education, and more.

This year’s conference will open with an afternoon of pre-Conference sessions followed by three days of conference programming and networking opportunities. This year’s Conference will take place in the afternoons of June 29-July 1.

View the schedule and learn more at ktb.org/conference.

STAR's Fourth Annual Reuse Tour: Green Hope Project
2021-06-25 12:00 - 13:00 UTC
The State of Texas Alliance for Recycling’s Reuse Council’s annual Reuse Tour is in El Paso this year! Texas is a big state, so don’t fret if it’s a little further than you care to drive, because we’re hosting our tour virtually this year!
The tour will be spread across three Fridays in June, during lunch, on the 4th, 11th, and 25th. We’ll feature a different reuse organization each week, and have built in time for small group networking rooms.
Admission is free, though donations to STAR are encouraged.
Tour Stops:
June 4: City of El Paso with Nicholas Ybarra, Engineering Division Manager, Environmental Services
June 11: Root Architects with Christopher Esper, Principal and Rida Asfahani, Founding Principal
June 25: Green Hope Project with Candace Printz, Founder & Director

June 4: City of El Paso
Join representatives from the City of El Paso as we kick off the Texas Reuse Tour in El Paso! Learn how El Paso is making it easy for its residents to reuse everyday items through their 5,000 square foot Country Reuse Stores and at their Citizen Collection Stations. You’ll also hear about other programs like their community tool shed, household hazardous waste reuse, paint reblend program, and more!
June 11: Root Architects
Root is a boutique architectural design firm focused on mixed-use commercial & residential projects. Join architects Christopher Esper and Rida Asfahani as they show you some of their adaptive-reuse projects that are helping preserve historic buildings in and around Downtown El Paso.
June 18: No Tour
In observance of Juneteenth, there will be no tour.
June 25: Green Hope Project
Join the Director of Green Hope Project, Candace Printz, to find out how this organization is promoting reuse in El Paso. The non-profit focuses on art, education and environmentalism and is constantly striving to recycle, reuse, and repurpose in creative and innovative ways, in order to change the culture of our community for the better.

From Emps to Kingbirds: Unraveling the Diversity of Flycatchers
2021-06-23 18:30 - 20:00 UTC
Is it a Yellow-bellied or a Least? A Couch’s or a Tropical? The Tyrannidae are diverse and can be quite confounding. Join Craig Hensley for a look at the world of flycatchers. You’ll learn about their natural history and learn tips and tricks for identification, as well as the realities of limitations associated with field identification of a few. Approved for AAMN AT hours.
Craig Hensley, a lifelong naturalist and educator, is one of two Texas Nature Trackers Biologists with the Wildlife Diversity Program of Texas Parks & Wildlife Dept. He has had a long career of educating people of all ages about the wonders of nature, from Minnesota and his home state of Iowa to Texas, and places in-between. He is an avid birder, butterfly and wildflower enthusiast and perhaps, most important of all, the father of two wonderful children and four beautiful granddaughters.

Click HERE to Join the Zoom Meeting
Meeting ID: 896 5523 3745
Passcode: [REDACTED]
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Photo Credit: Vermilion Flycatcher by Craig Hensley.
