Our 23rd Texas Master Naturalist Annual Meeting by the Numbers:
- 458 registrants
- 83 virtual & 375 in-person
- 126 speakers
- 114 concurrent sessions, including 21 field sessions
- 43 of 48 chapters (~90 %)
Lifetime Service Hour Milestone Awards
First Year Certification in 2022
250 Service Hours Milestone Award
- Kristina & Robert Adkins, Hays County
- Karen Aho, Prairie Oaks
- Roy Appleton, Highland Lakes
- Dawn Bahr, East Texas
- Scott Berger, El Camino Real
- Vicki Blachman, Capital Area
- Stephanie Bowers, Hays County
- Bobby Cowley, Guadalupe
- Barbara Dell, Gulf Coast
- Mary Anne Dingus, Llano Estacado
- Gertrude Florence, Hill Country
- Amanda Fowler, Good Water
- Andrew & Michelle Goerdel, Good Water
- Teresa Denise Hall, Heartwood
- Lisa Hardcastle, Galveston Bay Area
- Andrew Harrod, Capital Area
- Carolyn Henderson, El Camino Real
- Charlise Hill-Larson, Blackland Prairie
- Jim Isleib, Gulf Coast
- Marie Kieber-Emmons, South Texas
- Ashley Landry, Good Water
- Bobby Langlinais, Heartwood
- Shari Lewis, Coastal Prairie
- Aaron Lincoln, Heart of Texas
- Hoiman Low, Coastal Prairie
- Lisa Martinez, Cradle of Texas
- Dan Matkin, North Texas
- Derrick Mims, Alamo Area
- Katie Moses, Prairie Oaks
- Katherine Murphy, Hays County
- Colleen Murray, Blackland Prairie
- Marty Newman, Elm Fork
- Darla Oakman, Heartwood
- Tasha Patterson, Blackland Prairie
- Diana Philpot, Heartwood
- Paulette Platko, Blackland Prairie
- Suanne Pyle, Hill Country
- Lucy Randel, Coastal Prairie
- Kenneth Rust, Llano Estacado
- Shelby Smith, North Texas
- Rich Sommer, Gulf Coast
- Debra Sorenson, El Camino Real
- Patricia Todd, Lost Pines
- Betsy Triplett-Hurt, Llano Estacado
- Amy Watkins, Blackland Prairie
500 Service Hours Milestone Award
- Lydia Brandt, Bluestem
- Elaine Cowley, Guadalupe
- Troy Dale, Elm Fork
- Kristina del Pino Borgstrom, Rio Brazos
- Johanna DeYoung, Coastal Prairie
- Donna Dutton, Hill Country
- Steven Ellerbe, Lower Trinity Basin
- Linda Fairlie, Central Texas
- Karen Gardner, Gideon Lincecum
- Emily Hansen, Capital Area
- Nancy Haubert, Rio Brazos
- Pamela House, Galveston Bay Area
- Janice James, Blackland Prairie
- Gene Janulis, Balcones Canyonlands
- Mary Beth Lampe, Cross Timbers
- Meade LeBlanc, Galveston Bay Area
- Robbin Mallett, Coastal Prairie
- Sue Matkin, North Texas
- Carra Milikien, Hill Country
- Derrick Mims, Alamo Area
- Eric Neubauer, El Camino Real
- Kathy Pittman, Cradle of Texas
- Mickey & Valerie Redus, Lower Trinity Basin
- Ann Reynolds, East Texas
- Kat Ross, Capital Area
- Beth Seward, Lost Pines
- Lucy Spade, Hill Country
- Terri Stinn, Heartwood
- Lee Ann Thierry, Lost Pines
- Paige Wood, Good Water
- William Worsham, Heartwood
- Marcia Wutke, Good Water
- Julian Yates, Balcones Canyonlands
1,000 Service Hours Milestone Award
- Nancy Angell, Sabine Neches
- Lisa Audiffred, Capital Area
- Gail Bradshaw, Prairie Oaks
- Avon Burton, Cross Timbers
- Cindy Chrisler, Good Water
- Michele Connolly, South Texas
- Regina Dale, Elm Fork
- Bibi Dalrymple, South Texas
- Sheila Endres, Balcones Canyonlands
- Jamie Fairchild, Coastal Prairie
- Jerrel Geisler, Gulf Coast
- Karen Hoffman, Gulf Coast
- Melanie Hollenshead, Cradle of Texas
- Melinda Kincaid, Gulf Coast
- Sarah Marshall, Coastal Prairie
- Linda Nixon, Blackland Prairie
- Mary O’Hara, Hays County
- Donna Otto, South Texas Border
- Larry Peterson, Cradle of Texas
- Michael Petitt, Galveston Bay Area
- Paulette Pittman, Gulf Coast
- Karen Rueb-Hall, East Texas
- Chantele Singleton, Galveston Bay Area
- Stalin SM, North Texas
- Sheri Wilcox, Gideon Lincecum
- Mary York, Panhandle
2,500 Service Hours Milestone Award
- Mickey Dufilho, Cradle of Texas
- Roberto Gaitan, Rio Grande Valley
- Josie Gonzales, Alamo Area
- Dale Hughling, Central Texas
- Terri Hurley, Coastal Prairie
- Debra Jones, Red River
- Carolyn Langlinais, Heartwood
- Linda Nixon, Blackland Prairie
- Barbara Peet, Rio Grande Valley
- Nancy Rabensburg, Lost Pines
- Theresa Rooney, Gulf Coast
- Mary Spolyar, Gulf Coast
- Jean Suplick, Blackland Prairie
- Lisa & Rick Travis, Blackland Prairie
- Philip Woods, South Texas
4,000 Service Hours Milestone Award
5,000 Service Hours Milestone Award
10,000 Service Hours Milestone Award
Chapter Advisor Award
9th Annual TMN Video Contest
3rd Place
Lost Pines – What is a Master Naturalist?
2nd Place
Hays County – TMNs at work with the HELM Project
1st Place
Hays County – TMNs at work with the Wild About Nature Project
Exemplary Project Awards
Photo, Art & Media Contest
We had 269 entries
An average of 91 votes per category
Thank you to the Gideon Lincecum Chapter for hosting this contest once again! (Second year in a row!)
Photography: Plants
Photography: Wildlife Birds
Photography: Wildlife Insects
Photography: Wildlife Other
Photography: Chapters @ work/play
Photography: Scenic
Photography: Digitally Enhanced
Art: Drawing or Painting
Art: Sculpture, Carving or Stitchery
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2023 Annual Meeting Location
2023 TMN Annual Re-Certification Pin
Texas Ecoregions
