Welcome!Judit Green, Michelle Haggerty, Mary Pearl Meuth

We’ll get started at 9:00am!

Virtual Volunteer Fair – Meeting Etiquette• Videos have been turned off – for both you as attendees and our

presenters, except those currently speaking.• Please stay muted the whole time – ask questions in the Chat Room.• Chat Room Etiquette –

• Please use clear questions, no acronyms.• Select Chat to Everyone.• Chat related ONLY to Presentation Topic at the time.• Chat will be Recorded and Posted.

• Agenda times will be kept – it will be fast!• The Event will be Recorded and posted on our website once done.• Pop-ins welcome throughout day.

What Presenters will Be Sharing• Project Descriptions and Overview• Project Expectations & Outcomes• Project Logistics• Experience, Equipment and Advanced Training (if Needed)• The Benefits for You!• Project Location & Contact Information

Where Can I Get More Information?

https://txmn.tamu.edu/virtual-volunteer-fair-february-2021/

Where Can I Get More Information?

• Full Catalog has EACH Project listed and Full Contact Information

• …including those not being presented during this week’s events.

How do I Get Set Up To Volunteer?

• Survey Monkey -https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/TMNVirtualVolunteerFair2021

• Adds your name to the list as a potential volunteer for the project(s) you’ve selected.

• Project Hosts will be sent Survey Monkey lists by the end of February.• They will then each follow up with TMN Volunteers on additional

advanced training needed, next steps & how to get started.• Please Note – there may be more volunteers than needed for some

Projects.• And we may have another Virtual Volunteer Fair to have more opportunities. .

How to Log Hours for Attending/Listening?• Ensure you are approved for this service opportunity by your chapter VMS

admins –or-- sign yourself up to “TMN Virtual Volunteer Service Fair”if that opportunity is not in your drop-down list, you may sign up for it here:

https://tpwd.samaritan.com/recruiter/index.php?recruiterID=1450&class=OppDetails&opportunityID=221386

• The Fair is a multi-day event, so please create a separate logbook entry (LBE) for each day you attend.

• Use the opportunity “TMN Virtual Volunteer Service Fair” to log hours for ONLY those project sessions you attend each day of the Fair.

• NOTE: Record hours in 15-minute increments • For Service Performed: report “reviewed/attended project intros at Virtual Volunteer

Fair”

Two Types of Project Opportunities Presented• VIRTUAL SERVICE PROJECTS

• Virtual service projects are opportunities that any Texas Master Naturalist statewide can assist with from their home (or computer) using on-line tools and resources.

• DISTANCED SERVICE PROJECTS • Distanced Service Projects typically take place at a site or location and can be

done solitarily or very small groups with the tightest of social distancing guidelines and while following all program and local COVID-19 health and safety guidelines and service measures.

• Distanced Service Projects can be “place based” or “non-place based”

• Many projects seek the specialized ecoregion-specific training our members receive so ecoregions and chapters best serving those needs have been ID’d

How to Log Volunteer Service Hours for Projects?For VIRTUAL SERVICE PROJECTS presented at this Spring 2021 VVF

• Report all truly VIRTUAL volunteer service hours under the Statewide opportunity “TMN Virtual Volunteer Service Fair”.

• For the “Service Performed”: enter the title of the Virtual Service Project and other information that would be helpful to the hours approver.

• REMEMBER: To report Virtual Service Project hours, you must be signed up for or be approved to the “TMN Virtual Volunteer Service Fair”

How to Log Volunteer Service Hours for Projects?For PLACE BASED SERVICE PROJECTS presented at this Spring 2021 VVF• Log your hours under the appropriate local chapter opportunity that

has previously been set up by your chapter VMS admins for this service/location.

• Depending on the Region or State Park, many of those opportunities may already be in your local chapter Opportunities list (drop-down list).

• Check with your local Chapter VMS admin if you are selecting a project that is not within your chapter’s service area or that is otherwise not currently in your drop-down list of approved opportunities before you participate in the opportunity.

How to Log Hours for Projects?For PLACE BASED Service

ProjectsFor VIRTUAL Service

Projects

Questions?Judit Green – Texas Parks & Wildlife Department – Judit.Green@tpwd.texas.govMichelle Haggerty – Texas Parks & Wildlife Department – Michelle.Haggerty@tpwd.texas.govMary Pearl Meuth – Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service – mpmeuth@tamu.edu

Day 1 Agenda

AgendaWednesday February 3rd

9:00 AM - 9:10 AM Introduction9:10 AM - 9:20 AM George W. Bush Presidential Library Native Texas Park

Docent - Lois Diggs9:20 AM - 9:30 AM Prairie Restoration Maintenance Plan - Stephanie Keith9:30 AM - 9:40 AM Erosion Plot Design - Stephanie Keith9:40 AM - 9:50 AM Social Media Content - Jordan Kieffer9:50 AM - 10:00 AM BREAK

10 – Minute BREAK

Agenda10:00 AM - 10:10 AM Flora and Fauna Guide to the Chris W. Burkett Service

Center Demonstration Gardens - Rebecca Sales10:10 AM - 10:20 AM Virtual Interpretive Videos - Brent Wilkins10:20 AM - 10:30 AM Request for Social Media Content emphasizing the

natural resources and flora and fauna of Southeast Texas. - Emilee Gerngross

10:30 AM - 10:40 AM 3 Rivers Foundation Biodiversity and Educational Assistance - Christena Stephens

10:40 AM - 10:50 AM Nature Notes Contributor - Rachel Powers10:50 AM - 11:00 AM BREAK

10 – Minute BREAK

Agenda11:00 AM - 11:10 AM Butterfly Monitoring - Irmi Willcockson11:10 AM - 11:20 AM Texas Butterfly Monitoring Co-coordinator - Irmi

Willcockson11:20 AM - 11:30 AM Texas Aquatic Science Video and e-Book Production -

Melissa Felty (Alderson)11:30 AM - 11:40 AM Adopt-A-Paddling Trail - Shelly Plante11:40 AM - 11:50 AM Monitoring Invasive Aquatic Species Through Birding

- Alice Best11:50 AM - 12:00 PM Day 1 Conclusion & Wrap Up

AgendaAnother Plug for Projects Not Able to Be Presented today

Check these out too!

Village Creek State Park Trail Maintenance and Minor Repair Projects - Kathy SmithVillage Creek State Park Invasive Species Control - Coral Ardisia - Kathy SmithVillage Creek State Park Bird Checklist - Kathy SmithSpecies Spotlight for Village Creek State Park Social Media - Kathy Smith

THANK YOU!

Day 2 Agenda

AgendaThursday February 3rd

9:00 AM - 9:10 AM Introduction9:10 AM - 9:20 AM Bracken Cave Preserve video projects - Fran Hutchins9:20 AM - 9:30 AM City Nature Challenge 2021 in the Rio Grande Valley -

Tony Henehan9:30 AM - 9:40 AM AquaPlant Website Review & Enhancement - Brittany

Chesser9:40 AM - 9:50 AM Invasive Species Surveys and Verification - Angela

England9:50 AM - 10:00 AM BREAK

10 – Minute BREAK

Agenda10:00 AM - 10:10 AM Adopt-A-Loop - Great Texas Wildlife Trails - Joshua Lee10:10 AM - 10:20 AM Fat Bat project - Fran Hutchins10:20 AM - 10:30 AM Story Time for Bats - Fran Hutchins10:30 AM - 10:40 AM Plant ID Bingo - Meg Inglis10:40 AM - 10:50 AM Aligning TPWD Educational Resources with the Texas

Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) - Louisa Torrance

10:50 AM - 11:00 AM BREAK

10 – Minute BREAK

Agenda11:00 AM - 11:10 AM Texas Municipal Park Providers Inventory - Jamie

Walker11:10 AM - 11:20 AM Aquatic Plant Photo Submission Round 2 - Brittany

Chesser11:20 AM - 11:30 AM Armchair Botanist: Community Scientists Transcribing

Specimen Labels - Tiana Rehman11:30 AM - 11:40 AM Horned Lizard Conservation Educational Materials -

Mason Lee11:40 AM - 11:50 AM TPWD’s Texas Ecological Analytical Mapper user

testing - GroundTruther tool - Wendy Anderson11:50 AM - 12:00 PM Day 2 Conclusion & Wrap Up

AgendaAnother Plug for Projects Not Able to Be Presented today

Check these out too!

Village Creek State Park Trail Maintenance and Minor Repair Projects - Kathy Smith

Village Creek State Park Invasive Species Control - Coral Ardisia - Kathy SmithVillage Creek State Park Bird Checklist - Kathy SmithSpecies Spotlight for Village Creek State Park Social Media - Kathy Smith

THANK YOU!