Vol. 14, No. 5

T E X A S Events

Volunteer Opportunities

Education & TrainingAlamo Area Chapter

Volume 14, No. 5 May, 2010

President Liz Robbins

[email protected]

Vice-President Vacant

TreasurerPete Cowger

[email protected]

SecretaryJamie Daily

[email protected]

Members-at-LargeLonnie Shockley

[email protected] Wolcott

[email protected] Yarnold

[email protected]

Immediate Past PresidentAnton Hajek

[email protected]

Officers

Message froM the BoardBy the 2010 AAMN Board

Wow. March and April turned out to be very busy months for the Outreach Committee and Chair,

Pam Yarnold! Pam and her team of volun-teers participated in over 10 Earth Day events throughout the city, public libraries and the AAMN Community Outreach booth! This is one hard-working lady and we appreciate the connection this team of volunteers makes with the community while manning the AAMN booths and tables. Pam ALWAYS needs help so please don’t hesitate to give her a holler.

Thanks to everyone who attended the election meeting last month. Liz Robbins was elected president and the new and proposed state bylaws were approved. The board will fill any vacancies that occur due to this election at the May 11 meeting. If you are interested in serving on the AAMN board, please contact John Wolcott at [email protected].

Don’t forget! The scheduled date for the next meeting is Tuesday, May 11, 2010. The meeting will be held at the Texas AgriLife Building, 3355 Cherry Ridge, East Court, Suite 208. Please adjust your calendars accordingly.

Hope you saved the date! Friday, May 14, the AAMN are planning a social gathering at Eisenhower Park beginning at 5:00 p.m. It is hoped that all the AAMN members from all the classes come out and enjoy a wonderful evening of fun, music and camaraderie. Sound system provided by John Nikolatos, so bring

your favorite dance music CD! Information on this event has been emailed to the members and also appears in this newsletter. Don’t forget to RSVP by May 7, so we can prepare enough GORDITAS for you, your family and friends!

Finally, May 15 & 16 – You are invited to “The Grand Opening of the Phil Hardberger Park.” This is a highly publicized event -- attendance expected to be over 2000+ people. Therefore, it is of the utmost importance that AAMN participate, attend, and assist! There is more information on this event in this newsletter and so many opportunities to assist our SAPAR partners and the AAMN. Please contact Nancy Phillips [email protected] or Liz Robbins [email protected] to sign up. They will be manning the AAMN booth for two days, so we look forward to hearing from you real soon.

We’ve Moved!

2nd Tuesdays@ Agrilife

Board MeetingMay 11

5:15 p.m.Program7:00 p.m.

May 11 Meeting Program Matt Reidy the Regulatory Biologist at Texas Parks and Wildlife serves as the regula-

tory biologist for the Greater San Antonio Area and Atascosa countywhich is not part of the GSAA. He will discuss prescribed burning as a way to work with habitat development.

This program is approved for advanced training hours.

New day

New location

A wArM welcoMe

To our newest developing Chapter of the Texas Master Naturalist Program--

The Indian Trail chapter based out of Ellis County

mailto:[email protected]



Texas Master Naturalist Alamo Area Chapter News

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Activities InformationPam Ball

[email protected]

CalendarFrank Ballard

[email protected]

Community OutreachPam Yarnold

[email protected]

Education OutreachCindy Sims

[email protected]

HistorianVacant

HospitalityNancy Brown

[email protected]

Hours SubmissionWilt Shaw

[email protected] Yin Liu

[email protected]

MembershipJohn Wolcott

[email protected]

Media & TechnologyJessica Manley210-454-8019

NewsletterEditor

Joann [email protected]

ContributorJamie Daily

DesignerJessica Manley

Public RelationsGreg Harmon

[email protected]

TrainingPam Ball

[email protected]

WebSam Glass

[email protected]

Service to the organization is always approved

for volunteer service hours.

cOmmitteees

Visit our web site atwww.alamomasternaturalist.org

News from the Board Committees

Projects to be reviewed for approval as a Master Naturalist activity must be submitted on the Submission for Activity Approval form. Forms can be obtained by contacting Pamela Ball, [email protected], or from the AAMN website at www.alamomasternaturalist.org.

PLEASE REPORT YOUR HOURS !!Reporting hours is easy with the new EXCEL spreadsheet that was developed for e-mail

submissions or for mailing in your hours. It is available online at www.alamomasternaturalist.org.

Where to report your hours:Last names A-M: Last names N-Z:Wilt Shaw Ling Yin Liu104 Dove Meadow 4946 Dare LaneBoerne, TX 78006-4222 San Antonio, TX 78217E-mail : [email protected] Phone: 210-207-0021 E-mail: [email protected]

John Wolcott [email protected] and Roy Yarnold [email protected] have not only volunteered to assist you with this effort but will also serve as the clearing-house for information regarding reported hours, hours that have vanished and those that have gone unreported.

As most of you know, each year we award ‘one of a kind’ certification pins for those who achieve 8 hours of advanced training and 40 hours of volunteer service. This year that pin is a wood duck.

Additionally, throughout the year, the milestone dragonfly pins are also awarded for 250 hours, 500 hours, and 1,000, 2,500 and 5,000 hours of volunteer service.

ACTIVATE YOUR 2010 GOOGLE DOCS ACCOUNT TODAY!

AAMN Documents online at: AAMN DocumentsAccess important chapter documents including bylaws and minutes online

future meetings

AnnOuncement

AAMN Board of Director and general membership meetings have moved to the

AgriLife Extension classroom and are now held on the second Tuesday of each month.

3355 Cherry Ridge, Ste. 208 San Antonio, TX 78230

There is no meeting in July.

Helotes Creek Nature Center will host one meeting on September 14.

14433 Old Bandera RoadHelotes, TX 78023-3705

Celebrate AAMN!We’re planning an evening of fun

and fellowship at the large pavil-ion at Eisenhower Park on Fri-

day May 14, 5 - 8 p.m. to celebrate over 12 years of the Alamo Area Chapter Tex-as Master Naturalists with classes 1 - 26.

A gordita dinner plate will be served garnished with recognition and appreciation of our sponsors and partners, and those members who have contributed to some of our longest standing activities along with complimentary beer, wine, tea and water.

Tickets for the dinner plate are $7 each, due in advance.

Please RSVP to Nancy Brown before Friday May 7 at [email protected].

Send your check made out to AAMN, to Nancy at 17203 Eagle Hollow Drive, San Antonio, 78248 or e-mail Nancy if you have any questions.

Hope to see you there! Family and guests are welcome!

This event is being co-sponsored by the San Antonio Parks and Recreation.

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Table Theme Presenter1 Our Backyard Friends The Witte Museum

2 Protecting the Edwards Aquifer and Restoring Wildlife Habitats in your Backyard.

Master Naturalists - Nancy Phillips & Liz Robbins

3 Geology, Hydrology & Fossils Canyon Lake Gorge Preservation Society

4 Native Plants Native Plant Society5 Water & Rainfall Catchment Texas Rainfall Catchment

Walks by the FarmVoelcker Dairy Farm - 3 scheduled walks stationed

from farm area 11 am, 1 pm & 3 pmKay Hindes - City Archeologist

6 Trees Michael Nentwich7 The Value of Trees in an Urban Landscape Sierra Club8 Birds Bexar Audubon

Walk Time Theme Leader11:00 AM Birds Lora Reynolds - S.A. Audubon12:00 PM Native Plant Walk Native Plant Society1:00 PM** Bug & Birds Holly Camero1:00 PM Trees Sierra Club2:00 PM Butterflies Terry Doyle3:00 PM Plants Paul Cox

Table Theme Presenter1 Skins & Skulls - Mammals TPWD - Judit Green

2 Protecting the Edwards Aquifer and Restoring Wildlife Habitats in your Backyard.

Master Naturalists - Nancy Phillips & Liz Robbins

3 Geology, Hydrology & Fossils Canyon Lake Gorge Preservation Society

4 Native Plants Native Plant Society5 Water & Rainfall Catchment Texas Rainfall Catchment6 Trees Michael Nentwich7 The Value of Trees in an Urban Landscape Sierra Club8 Birds Bexar Audubon

Walk Time Theme Leader12:00 PM Birds Tom & Patsy Inglet - S.A. Audubon1:00 PM Native Plant Walk Native Plant Society1:00 PM Trees Sierra Club2:00 PM Geology Geologist Bill Ward3:00 PM Plants Paul Cox

SUNDAY May 16

Phil Hardberger ParkGrand Opening - May 15 & 16

Saturday 10 am - 5 pm & Sunday 12 - 4 pmSATURDAY May 15

Class 17Julie Fisher

Class 18Prem Nored

[email protected]

Class 19 Cal Eichler

210- 828-0833

Class 20 Suzanne Benavides

& Palani Whiting

Class 21Nancy Brown

[email protected]& Wendy Thornton

Class 22 Linda Painter Darst

[email protected]& Jamie Daily

[email protected]

Class 23 Steve Guerrant & Gary Trede

[email protected]

Class 24 John Wolcott

[email protected]& Susan Hunnicutt

[email protected]

Class 25 Ron Tullius

210-739-2566 [email protected]

Class 26Dwight Henderson

[email protected]

clAssrepresentAtives

Volunteers are definitely needed to assist with the 1,000 x 5-gallon tree give-away. There will be two satellite parking/shuttle locations where the trees will be stationed. If helping with the tree giveaway, report to those stations.

Thank you, Michael Nentwich, City Forester San Antonio Parks and Recreation

For more information please contact Nancy Phillips at [email protected] or Liz Robbins at [email protected] for volunteer service hours.


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City of San Antonio Parks and Recreation Department Natural Areas

May 2010 Stewardship Activities

Our May calendar includes several impor-tant changes: Work time changes to sum-mer hours, 7:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.; location

is Scenic Canyon, across the road from our designated parking location at the Grey Moss Inn (19011 Scenic Loop Rd, Helotes, TX 78023); there will be no work day on Thurs., May 13. Scenic Canyon is not open to the public and does not have any restrooms or water.

May’s work project will be the always fun and infor-mative vegetation identification and percent cover sur-veys. Not required, but it helps if you can identify Texas flora; we will teach survey methods. Our surveys include off trail strenuous hiking in sometimes very dense veg-etation, and it is important for you to bring water (and a pack of some kind in which to carry it). Also it is good to wear long pants, long-sleeved shirts, hat, sunscreen, and, if you wish, insect repellant. Because some people are allergic to sulphur, please do not plan to apply sulphur to the brush/snake leggings we can loan you. Not required, but if you have a compass, bring it.

If you have any questions, please contact Jayne Neal at 210-372-9124, [email protected] or Wendy Leonard at 210-372-9124, [email protected].

Thursdays - May 6, 20, 27 7:30 a.m. -11:30 a.m. Vegetation Surveys at Scenic Canyon Park at Grey Moss Inn, 19011 Scenic Canyon Rd.Thursday - May 13 No meeting

Master Naturalist Training

Medina river Natural AreaSpring Bloomer Classes 2010

Desert Life May 11, 2010 9:30-11:30 a.m. andMay 13, 2010 9:30-11:30 a.m. if needed

Explore animal and plant life of the desert. How do these plants and animals adapt and survive in this hot and dry climate. Explore desert-like plants that live in the South Texas Brushlands. Kid friendly snake mobile to take home.

Classes are $3/child/session-maximum of $6/family/session; Target age is 7-10 years and older and younger children will benefit from the classes. Classes are limited to 15 children. To ensure a spot for your child, pre-registration is required. Call 624-2575 now to register.

Approved for volunteer service hours if assisting.www.sanaturalareas.org

NPSoT Speakers line-up

Meetings of the San Antonio chapter of NPSOT are held on the 4th Tuesday of each month and are free and open to the public.

May 25 – Louise Cooper, administrator on the activities of the year-old Helotes Creek Nature Center [Subject area: Activities of environmental organizations]

Approved for 1 hour advanced training6:30 p.m. – Native plant and seed exchange7:00 p.m. – Meeting and program

Lions Field Adult Center2809 Broadway (at Mulberry & Broadway by Brackenridge Park)

Map at www.tinyurl.com/LionsField-SA

San Antonio River Authority

river Preservation Project May 11 & 12At the Eagleland stretch of the river, Lee Marlowe and her staff continue to make ex-cellent presentations on plant ID. The training for AT credit runs from 9-10 a.m. Volunteer activities run from 10 a.m.

to 1 p.m. This is one hour less than previous SARA activities. Many plants will be in full bloom, making identification a lit-tle easier and much more fun. The flowering plant will match the picture in our field guides for one thing! Contact Ron Tullius at (210) 739-2566 or [email protected] for advanced training/volunteer service hours

www.sara-tx.org

MeeTING SNAKeSSecoND SATUrDAY ProGrAM

Presented bySouth Texas Herpetological AssociationMay 8, 2009 - 10:00 a.m. -11:30 a.m.FRIEDRICH PARK – Note Location!!

Reservations are recommended 210-564-6402. Suggested donation of $3/ind. or $5/family.Approved for advanced training

explore eisenhower ParkThese classes meet at the Mass Pavilion (the large gated area in the park) and last from 9:30 - 11:30. May 17 Hike Topic: Flower Power and Seedy Stories Activity: Seed TubesApproved for advanced training

www.sabot.org


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Here are awards earned this past month. Listed first are those from our newest class (26) who graduate certified on May 1, 2010 and will be presented with their Dragon Fly pins.

Howard S. Homan Dwight HendersonMary Homan Myfe Moore Billie Murrell

Cherry Pedrick James Pedrick Margaret L. York

Cherry and Jim Pedrick have also earned this year’s Wood Duck pin, having completed more than 80 hours of service and 16 hours of advanced training. We congratulate each of you and welcome you to our chapter.

From Prior ClassesKimberly Briggs 25 Dragon FlyKay Cage 25 Dragon FlyBarbara Harder 25 Dragon FlyPamela Ball 18 Wood Duck

AwArDS SUMMArYBy John H. Wolcott

Mesquite creek wildlife Habitat Area

The (MCWHA) is being developed in New Braunfels by the Waste Man-agement Company in conjunction with local community and conser-vation partners. This habitat affords the opportunity to earn Volunteer

Hours working in current projects such as the Pollinator Garden, Pond Revi-talization and the Invasive Species Task Force. Future projects include Prairie Restoration in Rangelands, Riparian Zone Restoration and Artificial Nesting Structures. This 300-acre site is a participant in the Wildlife Habitat Council’s Wildlife at Work program. Waste Management’s efforts will protect this prop-erty from development in perpetuity, ensuring that wildlife in the area will have a safe place in which to thrive, even with the expected encroachment along the IH35 corridor. Contact Kathy Krnavek at [email protected] if you are interested in being involved with any of these projects at the Habitat.

Approved for volunteer service hours.

San Antonio Parks & Recreation

There are sev-eral events coming up

where free trees will be distributed to help increase our cano-py and improve the

health of our city. Please let me know if you are interested in volunteering at any of the events. I will give out more details for each event to inter-ested volunteers. Spread the word to volunteers and the greater community who simply want trees. Improving our urban forest is a community effort.

May 1: 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. Camargo Park - 150 x 5-gallon May 15 and 16: Hardberger Park

Grand Opening - 1,000 x 5-gallon trees

May 22: 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. at S.S. Lions Park - 150 x 5-gallon

Approved for volunteer service hours.

Michael Nentwich, City Forester(210) 207-3108

TwA hosting Volunteer Training workshop

Texas Wildlife Association members, prospective volunteers, and com-munity partners who enjoy teaching are invited to a Conservation Legacy volunteer training workshop on May 21 in New Braunfels.

The 9 a.m.- 4 p.m. workshop at the T Bar M Conference Center and Resort will feature the history of TWA, why TWA needs volunteers, why volunteer for TWA, how to promote membership and regional teams, programs overview, and the importance of communication and teamwork. Attendees will receive a volun-teer toolbox.

Workshop details and registration information are available at: http://texas-wildlife.org/For more information, contact Koy Coffer @ 830-792-3070, or [email protected]

Approved for advanced training

Linda Gindler 23 Wood DuckPatsy Inglet 8 Wood Duck Tom Inglet 8 Wood DuckJessica Leslie 20 Wood DuckPaul Mebane 21 Wood DuckCatherine Ross 22 Wood DuckJudith Shockley 25 Wood DuckLonnie Shockley 23 Wood DuckNalga Mebane 21 250 HourCatherine Ross 22 500 HourRon Tullius 25 500 Hour

We are pleased to announce that in the process of checking records with members, we have been able to award Judith Fisher Hein almost 2,000 hours. She will receive her 250, 500, and 1,000 hour pins at our May picnic.

I am in the process of contacting members to validate the hours we currently show in our records. We know we lost records in the early 2000 time frame, so if you have hours earned and can provide some limited documentation, we will update our records. John Wolcott, Membership. (210) 497-4365 or [email protected].

www.masternaturalist.tamu.edu/page.asp?o=tmn&s=MN&p=443095


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By Anton Hajek

HOt tub nAturAlistmAy, 2010

Such a beautiful time of year. Everything has bloomed, is green. Nurseries are having big sales. With the freeze this year and drought the last three years

many plants have taken it hard, as in fatalities. I am not the only one. It is somewhat cheery to have a person complain about their lost trees as it means they are aware of the loss and hopefully the necessity to maintain a healthy canopy..

I have plants to replace. My soil is interesting in that some plants here, the red buds and mountain laurels, bloom later than even north SA.

I think because of the drought that I am amazed at the greenery. And the invasives. If come-a-long-grass was a cash crop I'd do well. And beggars lice. Everywhere. Lucky me. Lucky everywhere as there aren't many places I visit that don't have these invasives. I can only pull so many out of the ground. And we're told we will have a great mosquito crop. I am displeased to reveal that the hot tub is unused since the March 2009 double leg break. I never seem to have four hours on a weekend to clean and restart it. It is interesting how a daily habit can be forgotten. My dad and my wife's mom are coming to realize their mortality. To everything there is a season. They have each lived long years, but it is difficult to come to grips with.

May, 2010

cibolo Nature center Wildlife Field Research

Are you interested in mammals, insects, reptiles, birds, grasses,

trees, fishes or aquatic invertebrates? Volunteers receive training and hands-on experience

doing surveys that monitor land stewardship practices. Join the re search team of your choice for one to three days. Attend the Friday evening Citizen Science Research Seminar and dinner.

Pre-registration required. CNC membership encouraged. For more information and to register, contact Suzanne at 830-249-8240 or [email protected]

Become a citizen scientist!Wildlife Field ResearchMay 3-8, 2010

Approved for advanced training

river walk Garden workdaySecond Friday of every month9 a.m. - 1 p.m.San Antonio Riverwalk Garden

Volunteers are needed to cut, trim, and plant at the San Antonio Riverwalk Garden. Bring cutting tools such as shears, rakes, and clip-

pers and also gloves and water for this workday.This is our own Master Naturalist project at the

corner of Aubrey and Old Guilbeau (north of Du-rango, the west side of the San Antonio river) on the Riverwalk.

Contact Lan Eng 830-980-2300 or [email protected] or visit www.alamomasternaturalist.orgApproved for volunteer service hours

www.cibolo.org

SorTING foSSIlS AT AGrIlIfe

With Dr. Larry Meissner along with Keith, who has been working on resistivity testing at the Friesenhahn Cave site for his graduate thesis.

Saturday, May 15th at 9:00 a.m. 325 Resource Dr. off Hwy. 46, New Braunfels Approved for volunteer service hours

coNSerVATIoN eASeMeNT worKSHoPSPONSORED by the LOWER COLORADO RIVER AUTHORITY Friday, May 14, 2010Registration begins at 12:30 p.m.; Workshop 1-4:15 p.m.Pre-registration not required. Free.Pedernales Electric Cooperative Headquarters Main Lobby Auditorium*201 A. Avenue F, Johnson City, TX 78636

Approved for advanced trainingFor information, please contact: Bobby Humphrey, LCRA conservation coordinator 1-800-776-5272/7155; [email protected]

Members may begin reserving accommodations the TMN Annual Meeting and Advanced Training

The 11th Texas Master Naturalist Statewide Annual Meeting & Advanced Training will be held October 22-24, 2010 at T bar M Ranch in New Braunfels. The Lindheimer Chap-

ter of the Texas Master Naturalist program will be assisting as hosts. This year, the overnight accommodations will be separate from the conference registration expense. While, the conference registration is not yet available, members may begin reserving their rooms at T bar M now. A block of rooms is available to re-serve at the special rate of $85 per room per night (plus tax, where applicable). The rooms are extremely nice, hotel style rooms. There are also a limited number of 2 & 3 bedroom condos avail-able at $85 per bedroom as well. The majority of the rooms are double/doubles that may sleep up to 4 individuals. ALL ROOM RESERVATIONS MUST BE MADE BY September 27, 2010.

You may make your room reservation at this time on-line. www.tbarm.com Group # txmasnat Password naturalistIf you have any question concerning making your reservation

or about T Bar M please contact a reservationists at 800/292-5469 twenty-four hours a day and reference reservation number 308734.


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cOmmunity OutreAcH

Hummer House Day Trip on June 12, 2010

Our Chapter has organized a bus trip to the Hum-mer House in Christoval, Texas on June 12th.

The Hummer House is situated along the South Concho River. The area has numerous native bird species as well as migrant birds during seasonal changes.

The property is the summer home to Texas’s largest concentration of breeding Black-chinned Hummingbirds.

The day’s program will include a bird banding presentation and a hummingbird talk in the air-conditioned observation room.

There will be plenty of time for viewing the birds. We will end our visit with an hour hike around the property.

Lunch will be provided on site by DunBar East Restaurant.The bus will leave from I-10 and 1604 UTSA Park and

Ride at 6:15 AM. There will be a second pick up at I-10 and Hwy 46 Park and Ride in front of Chili’s in Boerne.

We anticipate our return to the UTSA Park and Ride around 6:45 PM.

Each Master Naturalist may bring one paying guest.Price per person is $50. Seating is limited.Reservations will be taken on a first come first serve basis.To make a reservation, please e-mail Arless Lenz at

[email protected] with the names of passengers and the location for pickup.

Your reservation acknowledgement and instructions for trip payment will follow by e-mail. Total payment is due by check within 5 business days of the confirmed reservation.

INVASIVe PlANT erADIcATIoN AT rANcHo DIANA

Master Naturalists and members of the Balcones In-vaders Satellite invite you to join us in our continuing efforts to eradicate invasive plants at Rancho Diana

in northwest San Antonio. We are continuing our eradication of Chinaberry, Chinese Photinia, Chinese Pistachio, Ligus-trum, Pyracantha, Japanese Honeysuckle and Nandina on the property. To date, we have eradicated over 6,300 specimens.

Tuesdays: May 4, May 11, May 18, May 25 Wednesdays: May 5, May 12, May 19, May 26Volunteers meet outside the gate at 7:30 A.M. and conclude at 9:30 or 10:00 A.M. If you are interested, contact Cheryl Hamilton at 210-

342-9721 or [email protected]. It is important to e-mail or call no later than 9:00 p.m. the night before if you will be joining us, as we enter Rancho Diana as a group.

Approved for advanced training/volunteer hours

Notes from the field

Photo by Lissa Martinez, AAMN Class #25

It poured repeatedly at Crownridge. Janis was great, talking about the park un-

der the sheltering pavilion for about an hour. Then the rain let up enough for us to tour

the area around the parking lot, which is full of na-tives that Janis has planted. The wildflowers there and in the adjacent meadow are various and abundant.

There is a surprisingly large number of trees in the same area. Janis could talk about mesquite, cedar elm, escarpment black cherry, mimosa, and hackberry.

We did start up the trail about 10:20, but only a short distance... wanted to be at Friedrich at 11 a.m. on the dot.

By the time we reached Friedrich, the rain abated. The sun broke through. Eric spent the entire time with the first group on the back porch. He was very eager to walk the trail, and walk the trail we did. He did his nor-mal talk at three stations.

Station 2 was special because water was pouring from the limestone formations (karst) into the ravine! This happens, he explained, only very infrequently and only for a short period of time. We got to see it. It was a wonderful demonstration of limestone formations in the Hill Country. We owe it to the rains.

We left Friedrich and our field trip under sunny skies.

Ron Tullius, AAMN Training CommitteeClass #25

Master Naturalists share information with visitors at the King William Fair

Saturday, April 24, 2010

Center: Camilla Ritchey-Class 12, Far Rt: Community Outreach Chair Pam Yarnold-Class 24

Master Naturalists arevolunteers dedicated to the

conservation,preservation and restoration

of our natural resources,promoting

ecological educationfor all ages.

The Alamo Area Chapter of the Texas Master Naturalists gratefully acknowledges the support

of our sponsoring organizations:

WWW.ALAMOMASTERNATURALIST.ORGAlamo AreaP.O. Box 690356San Antonio, Texas 78269RETURN SERVICE REQUESTED

May 14th, 2010 - Save the date!

Save Friday evening, May 14th, 2010 for our Alamo Area Master Natural-ists social gathering at Eisenhower

Park. We hope to get as many AAMN members from ALL the classes--#1 to the newest, #26, for dinner and recogni-tion. More information is on page 2. This event is being co-sponsored with the San Antonio Parks and Recreation.

class 26 Graduation

May 111 A.M

Auld House

San Antonio Botanical Gardens

The guest speaker will be Bryan

Davis, Texas AgriLife Extension

Service agent for natural resources

in Bexar County.

Service hour award pins will also

be distributed to our chapter Master

Naturalists.

In MemoriamOur fellow Master Naturalist and Class 25

Representative Ivan Estes, passed away on April 10, 2010. Ivan was a life-long outdoorsman who

supported the MN mission with sincere interest and enthusiasm. Our condolences to his wife Carolyn,

MN Class 25 and to the entire Estes family.

WWW.ALAMOMASTERNATURALIST.ORG

http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/

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