Acton Nature Center
 6900 Smoky Hill Ct, Granbury TX 76049
Actonnaturecenter.org 
Contact:  Robert Theimer
Continuing Tasks:
          Mow and trim along the paths
          Check the windmill and turn on/off as appropriate
          Spray “round up” on the trails.  Use caution to minimize any over spray
          Move and trim around the house and bathroom (fire wise)
          Repair any washouts on the trails.
          Trim around the stone markers
          Repair or reset the stone markers on the trails
          Mow and trim the area around the parking lots
          Trim the junipers and trees along the paths 
Big Projects:
           Continue to spread the granite along the path to the house and bathroom.
           Widen the path from the parking lot to the house.  This will allow vehicle access to the house and minimize the 
...........damage to the restored prairie. 
           Restore the paths in the butterfly and house area.
           Cut down the junipers and form piles so we can chip/chop them up for mulch.
           Acting as docents to the public on designated Saturdays.
           Marking a maps and collection of plants on site to be turned over to Brit.
           Participating in the ongoing blue bird box survey. Check with Billy Teels on this.
           Water to establish plants in the Butterfly garden.
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 Buffalo Creek Riparian Development Project
CONTACT: 
This project entails development and restoration of the southernmost 500 feet of Hulen Park on the east and west banks of Buffalo Creek in Cleburne. This is a high-visibility opportunity for community and public education activities and its primary focus is as a demonstration site for sensitive application of ecological and wildlife habitat landscape development indigenous to Johnson County riparian zones.

We currently have a concept plan approved by the long-standing non-profit Buffalo Creek Committee and by the City of Cleburne Parks and Recreation Department. A specific design for the five ecological zones of the riparian area has primarily been accomplished as well. Exact placement of the selected plantings have not yet been determined.

We need assistance with ongoing photographic documentation; building of information kiosks similar to the ones at use in the state parks; planting trees and shrubs according to Texas Forest Service guidelines; monitoring and managing the plantings from season to season; drafting and publishing plant guides (and, eventually, wildlife guides) for display and for distribution on site; tree and shrub identification plaques/signs/tags; and some old-fashioned physical labor 2-3 times per year clearing the stream bank of undesirable non-native invasive and planting our selections in their place. We would also like to establish some water quality monitoring from inception to record a baseline to be used in the future should another citizen/school-driven group be willing to execute this as a community service project. Ideally, this monitoring would be at three locations: slightly upstream, on location and slightly downstream.

Anyone interested may attend the Buffalo Creek Committee meetings the last Friday of the month at the First Financial Bank building on N. Main Street in Cleburne at noon. This is a working lunch, so bring one if you so desire.
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Fossil Rim
Physical address:  2155 County Road 2008, Glen Rose, and TX 76043
For GPS: 2299 County Road 2008, Glen Rose TX 76043
254.897.2960
www.fossilrim.org
Numerous volunteer opportunities.  Some long term opportunities require training from Fossil Rim (tour guides, etc) but there are other opportunities that do not require training are available (example: manning educational booth during Wetland day).  Contact Fossil Rim directly, or RBMN member Carol Lee at carol.lee@htcomp.net.
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Camp El Tesoro
7710 Fall Creek Hwy, Acton, TX 76049
Web site: www.CampELTesoro.org
Contact: Jane Lovedahl
Email address: jane@campfirefw.org or mjclovedahl@hotmail.com
Cell Phone: 817-944-8870
Home Phone: 817. 346-2324
Work Phone: 817, 831-2111 ext. 105

BRIT Botanical Resource Institute of Texas
Main Office: 500 E. 4th Street Fort Worth TX 76102
Education Offices: 503 Bryan Avenue, Fort Worth TX 76104
817.332-4441
www.brit.org
Mounting plants
Filing mounted plants
Short term projects
Extensive volunteer opportunity information can be found on their website.
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Cleburne State Park
5800 Park Road 21
Cleburne, TX 76033
817. 645-4215
www.tpwd.state.tx.us
No active projects, but opportunities available  for park hosting positions with this and other state parks.  For more information, visit the Texas Parks and Wildlife Web site or ask Jim Crocker  or Cathy Crocker to share their experiences.
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Dinosaur Valley State Park
Park Road 59
Glen Rose TX
254.897-4588
No active projects, but Park Superintendent Billy Baker has spoken to our group and said to feel free to contact him for volunteer opportunities at the park.
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Bird Watching in your location and then reporting the findings to Cornell University.
This is done at your own pace and your time is turned into there time keeper.  For information check www.birds.cornell.edu
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County Tree Measure
We have been measuring the trees in our three counties reported to us from news articles we sent out and with information provided by the forestry service to find the “biggest” in the country.  We have found some that have been submitted to the state list.  The chair person for this has moved but we will start again this fall.  It usually takes a full morning to drive to the site of tree(s) on our list and measure (also talk with the owner who is so happy to have their tree looked at.) It is a fun project and a good way to spread the story of the Master Naturalists.  For more information contact:
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CHAPTER OFFICER OR COMMITTEE MEMBER
Doing administrative work or being an officer or on a committee for our chapter constitutes approved volunteer time.  Examples are: working on our website, working on the next training course, giving programs or training to the chapter. Contact any of our officers.
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CHAPTER NEWSLETTER
Our newsletter is published electronically and is 2-4 pages long.  It needs articles covering a wide range of topics, book reviews, plant of the month, etc. Contact Bill Teels 
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 SPEAKERS BUREAU
Participating in our Speakers Bureau and doing advertising of the speakers’ bureau in local newspapers.  What do we talk about?  The naturalist program or any other topic from our training that you feel competent in.  This can be done with a friend and you can practice on the group first.
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 COMANCHE PEAK TRAIL
On TXU Comanche Peak Nuclear Site, north of Glen Rose in Somervell County.  Trails need maintaining with weeding, limbs cut back and mulching.
Contact Robert Theimer 
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WILDLIFE RESCUE
www.dfwwildlife.org
This is done out of your home after special training held by the organization, DFW Wildlife Coalition.
You sign up for specific times to take calls about found wild creatures in yards when someone wonders what to do with the rabbits, skunk, bird, etc. in their back yard or on the roadside.
This organization saves many creatures from death or worse.  Contact Pat Kriener 818, 793.4625 or Diane Cutler at cutler.diane@yahoo.com, or go to their website for more information.
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 Further opportunities

The following is a list of approved volunteer opportunities that no one has started yet.
Feel free to explore some of these opportunities, and let your volunteer service committee know if/when specific projects emerge that you would like to have posted on the web site. Contact Cathy Crocker at cathy@dot11net.net

 Texas Weather Watchers
Citizen meteorologists, sending in daily and weekly reports on selected measurements like rainfall, temperature, etc.  Website it www.cocorahs.org
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Cedar Hill State Park
1570 F.M. 1382
Cedar Hill TX 75104
972.291-3900
No specific projects, but our state parks always need volunteers.  This park is listed on the Cross Timbers Master Naturalist web page as having several volunteer project opportunities.  Feel free to contact the park directly to get involved.
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Texas Forest Service
710 Howard Clemmons Road
Granbury TX 76048
817. 579-1735
At different times they need help for a day, but we have not helped them yet. Someone that lives close and available weekdays would be greatly appreciated.  Contact them directly to get involved.
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Texas Trackers/Citizen Scientist
This is a cover name for many topics.  Monarch watch, horned lizard watch, box turtle survey, prairie watch, and frog and muscle watch that some of us have had the training for but not put the knowledge to good use.  www.tpwd.state.tx.us/learning/texas nature trackers/ will give you lots of ideas.  Mike Balderas is working on the amphibian (frog) program.  Diane Cutler has worked on the mussel watch program.
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 Wheeler Branch
This is a new small lake that was formed to supply water to Glen Rose in Somervell County.  The property is still being shaped around the bank of the lake and when finished (this fall we hope) we have been asked to help in the work of plantings and wetland plans.  Contact Robert Theimer for more information. 
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