Category: Member News

  • CAMN Represents at the 2019 TMN Annual Meeting!

    This year’s Texas Master Naturalist Annual Meeting was held in Rockwall from October 17th-20th and it was my third year to attend.  For those that have never attended a meeting, it is a blast!  This year’s meeting had over twenty field trips and training workshops, fantastic seminars, educational displays, a book store and a silent auction!   “This year’s Texas Master […]

  • Learning to Tag Austin’s Urban Wildlife

    More than a dozen CAMN members met along with members of the Goodwater and Bastrop Master Naturalist Chapters on October 12, 2019 to learn how to identify urban wildlife captured on the cameras stationed throughout Austin by the Urban Wildlife Information Network.  The cameras are set up in parks, nature preserves and along creeks that wildlife use as travel corridors. The purpose […]

  • Check out Ed Crowell’s New Book: Barton Creek

    Ed Crowell, award-winning journalist and formercity, state editor, and features editor for the Austin American-Statesman, writes on the long history of Barton Creek Greenbelt, the iconic Barton Spring Pool, and new mounting environmental pressures. Read more in News & Things: http://camn.org/news-things/ed-crowells-new-book-barton-creek/

  • The CAMN Chapter Apparel Summer Sale is open for business!

    Visit CAMN-TX.itemorder.com to purchase your choice of CAMN apparel! There are a variety of styles, sizes, and colors available, including some new cap styles, embroidered shirts, vests, hats, patches, and a soft-side cooler with the CAMN logo! Orders may be placed until 11:59 pm on Sunday, June 30th. A portion of each sale will be […]

  • The CAMN Chapter Apparel Shop is Open Again!

    The CAMN Chapter Apparel shop is open again! There are a variety of styles, sizes, and colors available for purchase, including embroidered shirts, vests, caps, hats, patches, and even a soft-side cooler with the CAMN logo! Orders may be placed until 11:59 pm on March 30th, and 15% of net sales are contributed to CAMN […]

  • The CAMN Chapter Apparel shop is open for orders!

    The CAMN Chapter Apparel shop is open for orders! There are a variety of styles, sizes, and colors available for purchase, including embroidered shirts, vests, caps, hats, patches, and even a soft-side cooler with the CAMN logo! Orders may be placed until 11:59 pm on November 30th, and a portion of the sales proceeds will […]

  • Meet our 2018 Training Class

    Saturday, we welcomed our newest members to the Capital Area Chapter for class orientation. Such great smiles seen on the patio of the Laura Bush Community Library. We look forward to meeting  you out in the field, and learning of all the great work you do!

  • Texas Master Naturalist Annual Meeting Trip Report

    (Trip report submitted by Mikael Behrens) I was fortunate to be able to attend the Texas Master Naturalist 17th Annual Meeting (October 21-23, 2016), and boy did it give me a lot to think about! The meeting was held at a resort on Lake Conroe, just north of Houston. Ironically, I and so many other naturalist […]

  • Enhancing Rainwater for Native Plants on an Austin Preserve

    Some people think I, as president, do nothing in CAMN but send emails and run some meetings. Today I offer a spot of proof to prove otherwise. I was photographed in the wild at a work session on Austin Water/Wildland Conservation Division’s Vireo Preserve at the completion of one of the last steps of finishing our […]

  • On finding our volunteer motivations…

    (Adapted from our internal newsletter for members.) CAMN is an incredibly diverse group, with not only a lot of moving organizational parts, but dedicated people who take on many tasks to help run our business. Some of them serve on the board. But many without recognized titles quietly help with organizational tasks like reviewing applications, […]