Approved Volunteer Service
These service opportunities were approved and occurred in the past. New instances will be approved without completing a volunteer service approval request. Bold, colored text indicates how to report each opportunity. If you have questions or know of opportunities that should be listed, contact the Hourskeeper.
These projects have been approved in the past and are still approved.
- Amos Rehabilitation Keep (ARK) work RM: ARK
- ANWR bird censuses FR: Bird Populations (specify ANWR)
- ANWR front desk PO: ANWR
- ANWR nature store PO: ANWR
- ANWR shuttle tours TR: ANWR direct education
- ANWR Tower/Heron Flats/Roving interpretation PO: ANWR
- Aquarium at Rockport Harbor PO: ARH docent, TG: ARH Operations, TR: ARH direct education (specify scheduled group)
- Aransas First RM: Other Locations or NPA: Other Locations
- Aransas Pathways NPA: Aransas Pathways, PO: Aransas Pathways, RM: Aransas Pathways, TG: Aransas Pathways
- Bay Education Center docent PO: M-A NERR
- Beach/Estuary/Other clean-ups (improves habitat for wildlife) RM: Other Locations
- Bird censuses for appropriate authorities FR: Bird Populations
- Blue crab larvae data collection FR: Aquatic Life
- Cactus moth surveys FR: Insect Life
- Chapter business CB: Chapter Business (choose from dropdown)
- Chapter Plant Sale educational activities PO: MCTMN Plant Sale
- Chapter Plant Sale funding activities CB: Chapter Business—funding
- Christmas Bird Counts FR: Bird Populations
- City or County committees (stormwater, environment) TG: City or County
- Coastal Bend Bays & Estuaries RM: Other Locations, other
- Coastal Bird Conservation FR: Bird Populations
- CoCoRaHS reporting FR: Other Partners
- Cold-stunned sea turtle rescue RM: PAIS Sea Turtles
- Coleto Creek Park & Reservoir NPA: Coleto Creek, PO: Coleto Creek, RM: Coleto Creek
- Colonial Waterbird Society FR: Bird Populations
- Cowbird Trapping TPWD RM: Other Locations
- CRWN Water Quality Monitoring FR: Water Quality
- Dove-banding TPWD FR: TPWD
- Estuary Explorium PO: M-A NERR
- FAMI board TG: ANWR
- FAMI booth at events PO: ANWR
- Formosa Tejano Wetlands habitat improvement RM: Tejano Wetlands
- Formosa Tejano Wetlands education PO: Other Events/Partners
- Goliad State Park RM: Goliad SP, PO: Other Events/Partners
- Goose Island State Park RM: Goose Island, PO: Other Events/Partners
- Great Backyard Bird Count FR: Bird Populations
- Green Ash Seed Collection project RM: Other Locations
- Gulf Coast Bird Observatory (GCBO) monitoring FR: Bird Populations
- HummerBird Celebration volunteering approved, disapproved, reporting
- HBC Bus, boat, and ranch tours – leading PO: HBC
- HBC Butterfly Tent PO: HBC
- HBC Hummer Homes PO: HBC
- HBC organization TG: Other Organizations
- HBC Setup & takedown OT: Partner Organization
- HBC FAMI booth PO: ANWR
- HBC MCTMN booth CB: Recruiting
- HBC WWF booth PO: HBC
- Habitat cleanup (ex. Egery Flats, Whooper territories) RM: Other Locations
- Invasive plant removal (any site other than listed Partners) RM: Other Locations
- Kids’ Birding Education TR: Other Organizations
- Mad Island Marsh Preserve FR: Mad Island, TG: Mad Island, TR: Mad Island
- Matagorda Bay Nature Park PO: MBNP, RM: MBNP
- Matagorda Co Birding & Nature Center docent PO: MCBNC
- Mission-Aransas NERR support FR: Mission-Aransas NERR, PO: Mission-Aransas NERR, other
- Monofilament line collection RM: Other Locations (specify)
- Native plant garden work (any site other than listed Partners) NPA: Other Events/Partners
- Native plant propagation for restoration projects (any site other than listed Partners) RM: Other Locations
- Native plantings at rookery locations for restoration RM: Other Locations
- Native plant propagation for Chapter Sale CB: Chapter Business—funding
- Nature Trackers watches–TPWD FR: TPWD
- Nature Trail creation & maintenance NPA: ANWR, AP, CCP, Other, or WWF
- Navigation District Bird Advisory Group TG: City or County
- Nesting boxes (any site other than listed Partners) RM: Other Locations
- Non-ARK or -WRC rehab work RM: Other Locations
- Nueces Delta Preserve RM: Other Locations, PO: Other Events/Partners
- Phytoplankton monitoring FR: Aquatic Life
- Presentations on TMN-mission-related topics TR: Other Organizations
- R/V Archimedes Floating Classroom assistance PO: Other Events/Partners
- R/V Katy assistance PO: M-A NERR
- Reef building (any site other than listed Partners) RM: Other Locations
- Riparian Photo Study FR: Other Partners
- San Antonio Bay Project (SABP) FR: Other Partners, TG: Other Organizations, other tasks
- San Antonio River Authority (SARA) TG: Other Organizations
- Seabean education TR: Other Organizations
- Seagrass planting (any site other than listed Partners) RM: Other Locations
- TAES Beach Boxes for area schools PO: AgriLife
- Texas AgriLife Extension Service PO: AgriLife or other tasks
- Texas State Aquarium docent PO: Texas State Aquarium
- Texas State Aquarium background tasks TG: Other Organizations
- Texas State Marine Education Center PO: TSMEC
- Texas Streamteam monitoring FR: Water Quality
- Texas Zoo PO: Other Events/Partners, RM: Texas Zoo
- TMMSN marine mammal stranding work RM: TMMSN
- Trapping bark beetles-US Forest Svc FR: Insect Life
- Trapping Emerald Ash Borers-TX Forest Svc FR: Insect Life
- Turtle patrol or support RM: MI Turtle Patrol, RM: Other Locations, RM: PAIS Sea Turtles
- Vegetation surveys FR: M-A NERR or FR: Other Partners
- Water quality monitoring anywhere FR: Water Quality
- Welder Wildlife Foundation FR: WWF research, NPA: WWF, PO: WWF, RM: WWF, TG: WWF, TR: WWF
- Wetland restoration (any site other than listed Partners) RM: Other Locations
- Wetlands Education Center docent PO: M-A NERR
- Whooper observation and reporting FR: Bird Populations (specify ICF)
- Wildlife Management Area board TG: Other Organizations
- Wildlife rescue/delivery RM: ARK or RM: Other Locations
- Writing TMN-related news/website articles PO: Other Events/Partners
