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Texas Master Naturalists - Brush y Canyons Chapter

The Brush y Canyons Chapter encompasses Medina, Uvalde, and Kinney Counties.

04/01/2026

🌿 Join Us Tomorrow Night! 🌿

If you’re curious about the Texas Master Naturalist program or interested in learning more about our chapter, we’d love to have you join us for our monthly meeting.

📍 Location: Shady Meadows Group Shelter at Garner State Park

🕕 6:00 PM – Chapter Business Meeting
🕡 6:30 PM – Advanced Training (1 hour)

Program: How can you help with Mission San Lorenzo de la Santa Cruz? Presented by Janis Prather & Julie Bartosh

Janis and Julie will be sharing their vision for the site and highlighting ways Texas Master Naturalists can get involved, making this a great opportunity to learn how you can make a meaningful impact.

Come connect, learn, and see how you can be part of something special—we hope to see you there!

03/02/2026

🌿 Join Us for Our Next Chapter Meeting! 🌿

📅March 5, 2026🕕 Chapter Meeting starts at 6:00 PM | 📍 Shady Meadows Shelter at Garner State Park

We’re excited to host an Advanced Training session:
“What the Brush is Telling Us: Breaking Down White-tailed Deer Browsing & Browse Survey Methodology”
Speaker: Mary Beth Foerster, District Wildlife Biologist (Zavala County)

Discover how to interpret deer browsing, improve your wildlife knowledge, and connect with fellow enthusiasts. Perfect for landowners, wildlife lovers, and anyone curious about habitat management!

Bring your questions, curiosity, and friends—let’s learn from the brush together!

02/04/2026

📣 February Chapter Meeting – You’re Invited!

Join us for our February chapter meeting this Thursday, Feb 5th, at 6:30 pm at the Shady Meadows Shelter at Garner State Park.

We’re excited to have our membership director, Dnese Fly, speaking on:
✨ “From Hours to Impact: Our Chapter’s Volunteer Projects”✨

Come learn how our volunteers are making a difference through chapter projects—and how you can get involved. We’d love to see you there!

01/15/2026

Happy New Year! Looking to spend a Saturday or two outside by the river?

We’re welcoming in 2026 with an exciting new project: Riparian Restoration and Native Plant Demonstration Garden at the Castroville Regional Park. This project is part of the implementation of the Medina River Watershed Protection Plan, developed by the community!

Calling all hands on deck to help beautify the park, reduce erosion, limit bacteria loading into the river and enjoy a meal together.

Sign up for one or both events using the sign up link or by scanning the QR code. Details about each event can be found on the sign up link.

Tx.ag/RiparianVolunteerDays

Texas Water Resources Institute

01/10/2026

SAVE THE DATE! We're one short week away from January's ! The Texas Master Naturalist state program staff, Michelle Haggerty, Mary Pearl Meuth, and Hannah Ferguson, will present the "State of the Program" on January 13 at 12:00pm CT!

To register or view past recordings, visit our website: https://txmn.tamu.edu/tmntuesdays

01/07/2026

📣 Initial Training Classes Are Starting Soon! 📣

Our chapter is excited to announce our upcoming 2026 Initial Training Class, beginning February 7 and running through May 16.

If you’ve been thinking about joining our chapter or are ready to begin your journey as a Texas Master Naturalist, this is a great opportunity to get started!

For more information about the training and how to register, please visit https://txmn.org/brushycanyons/become-a-member/.

We’re looking forward to welcoming a new class and learning together this spring!

01/05/2026

🌿 First Chapter Meeting of the New Year! 🌿

Join us this Thursday at 6:30 PM for our chapter meeting, held at a new location:
📍 Texas A&M AgriLife Center at Uvalde

Following the meeting, we’ll have advanced training with Valerie Redus, presenting People of the Lower Pecos.

✅ This program will count toward advanced training hours, so let’s kick off the new year by getting those hours in!

We hope to see you there.

01/01/2026

Hello Naturalists!

As part of our Texas Nature Tracker updates and re-vamping, we are retiring 5 of our Texas Nature Tracker projects, and passing on the management of one of our TNT projects on iNaturalist. This means that these projects will no longer be pre-approved for TMN volunteer hours.

It will still remain a project on iNaturalist and you can still submit observations, but it will no longer be actively curated by Texas Nature Trackers.

Projects that are retiring:
Terrestrial Mollusks of Texas
Bees and Wasps of Texas
Texas Freshwater Mussels
Red Crowned Parrot Project
Texas Milkweeds for Monarchs

Projects that are changing management:
Fishes of Texas.

If a conservation need arises, we may re-ignite this project from retirement and restart curating observations.

We will be updating our website, where you will be able to find more ways to get involved with Texas Nature Trackers: https://tpwd.texas.gov/huntwild/wild/wildlife_diversity/texas_nature_trackers/.

If you have questions or concerns or contact information for an expert who may want to collaborate on this project, contact us at [email protected]

Wendy Anderson

11/24/2025

🎉 You’re Invited! Our Last Chapter Meeting of the Year — December 4th! 🍲🦉

Help us wrap up a wonderful year together at our final meeting of 2025! We’ll celebrate the season with a potluck meal, so bring a favorite dish to share and enjoy great food, friends, and fellowship.

✨ Special Guest Speaker: Dell Little
“Merlin & eBird: Become a Power User!”
If you’ve been wanting to get more out of these amazing birding apps, you won’t want to miss Dell’s tips, tricks, and power-user secrets. It’s the perfect way to prepare for our local upcoming Christmas Bird Counts and get inspired for next year’s birding adventures!

👋 We’d love to see you there — come help us close out the year with community, learning, and a whole lot of excitement!

10/01/2025

October Big Day is one of the biggest global birding events of the year, organized by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Birders from every corner of the world head outside for 24 hours to see how many species can be found and documented in eBird and Merlin Bird ID in a single day.

Join the global birding community and save your bird sightings in eBird and Merlin on 11 October, 2025.
Anyone can participate. Just go birding! Submit at least one eBird checklist or save your identifications in Merlin to contribute. Visit a new birding location, join on a local birding walk, even 15 minutes of birding in your neighborhood can help.

Collecting data on bird populations in a single day creates a snapshot of global bird populations, helping scientists understand migration patterns, abundance, and conservation needs.

Visit the link below to learn more about how you can participate.
https://ebird.org/news/october-big-day-2025
Join the celebration and go birding on October Big Day!

09/26/2025

🦋 See You Tomorrow! 🌼

Join us at Garner State Park – Pollinator Garden tomorrow, September 27th at 8am, as we clear paths, prune branches, and pull weeds to make room for fall blooms.

Don’t forget your gloves, shears, and sun protection—we’ll provide bags and a dumpster.
Let’s make the garden shine for pollinators and visitors alike! 💚

📍 Garner State Park • Pollinator Garden
📅 Tomorrow – September 27th

09/23/2025

🚨 Pollinator Garden Work Day – Just a Few Days Away! 🌸🐝

Join us at Garner State Park on September 27th at 8am as we:
✨ Clear and trim paths
✨ Prune branches for safe clearance
✨ Pull ragweed & snakeweed to prep for fall blooms

🧤 Bring: gloves, pruning shears/loppers, shovels
🌞 Don’t forget water, a hat, and sunscreen
🛠 We’ll have bags for weeds + a dumpster for larger debris

This is a great chance to earn service hours while helping pollinators thrive!

📍 Garner State Park – Pollinator Garden
📅 September 27 • 8am

We’d love to see you there! 💚

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Concan, TX

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https://txmn.org/brushycanyons/

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