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2025 Annual Meeting Awards Wrap Up

October 19, 2025 by hannah.ferguson

Our 2025 Texas Master Naturalist Annual Meeting by the Numbers:

  • 569 registrants
    • 121 in the first hour!
    • 351 in the first day!
  • 170 speakers
  • 49 student poster presentations
  • 130 class sessions; 25 field sessions
  • 45 of 49 chapters (~93 %)
  • 24 sponsors
  • 20 vendors
  • 517 Photo, Art & Media Contest entries
  • 13 Video Contest entries
  • 8 Project Fair entries
Table Of Contents
  1. Lifetime Service Hour Milestone Awards
    • First Year Certification in 2025
    • 250 Service Hours Milestone Award
    • 500 Service Hours Milestone Award
    • 1,000 Service Hours Milestone Award
    • 2,500 Service Hours Milestone Award
    • 4,000 Service Hours Milestone Award
    • 5,000 Service Hours Milestone Award
    • 10,000 Service Hours Milestone Award
  2. 12th Annual TMN Video Contest
  3. Exemplary Project Awards
  4. Photo, Art & Media Contest
    • Media: Newsletter
    • Media: Brochure
    • Media: Chapter Scrapbook
    • Photography: Plants & Fungi
    • Photography: Wildlife Birds
    • Photography: Wildlife Insects and Arachnids
    • Photography: Wildlife Reptiles and Amphibians
    • Photography: Wildlife Other
    • Photography: Chapters @ work/play
    • Photography: Scenic
    • Photography: Detail & Macro
    • Photography: Digitally Enhanced
    • Art: Drawing or Painting
    • Art: Sculpture, Carving or Ceramics
    • Art: Sewing & Stitchery
    • BEST OF SHOW
  5. 2026 Annual Meeting Location
  6. 2026 TMN Annual Re-Certification Pin

Lifetime Service Hour Milestone Awards

First Year Certification in 2025

250 Service Hours Milestone Award

Brooke Adam, Alamo AreaDeric Adam, Alamo Area
Leigh Allen, Piney Wood LakesWanda Anglin, Gideon Lincecum
Mary Beach, Sabine Neches Nancy Blakney, Elm Fork 
John Briggs, Sabine NechesKaren Bueker, Coastal Prairie
Tracey Burke, Alamo AreaClarie Carter, Alamo Area
Jim Case, Mid-CoastEmily Cassidy, Prairie Oaks
Clover Clamons, Hays CountyPatricia Coombs, El Camino Real
Deana Dossey, Balcones CanyonlandsKristi Cowan, Llano Estacado
Melissa De Pagter, South Texas BorderChuck Foster, Jr., Capital Area
Letty Garnett, Alamo AreaLisa Gibson, Cross Timbers
Marvelyn Granger, Gideon LincecumTrey Granger, Gideon Lincecum
Matt Jary, Highland LakesLisa Johnson, South Plains
Elizabeth Kehn, Central TexasHouston Kerr, Sabine Neches
Lisa Kolaja, Hill CountryRebecca Larkin, Highland Lakes
Andrea Lent, Balcones CanyonlandsLeia Lozano, Alamo Area
Meiling Liu, Blackland PrairieSherry Mossbarger, Indian Trail
Barbara Muntz, Balcones CanyonlandsAlex Murray, North Texas
Ellen O’Neil, Central TexasJimmy Pryor, Gulf Coast
Ann Regan, North TexasAdolfo Reyes, Blackland Prairie
Christy Ritchie, Good WaterKristine Robb, Alamo Area
Sarah Roche, Good WaterWanda Roof, Heartwood
Susan Rumsey, GuadalupeBob Schmidt, South Texas Border
Sara Schubert, Balcones CanyonlandsLauren Shugart, Balcones Canyonlands
Katie Simoneaux, Hays CountyAlexis Smith, Gulf Coast
Sandra Stevens, Lost PinesBarbara Sullivan, Heartwood
Kristi Vogt, Lost PinesRita Wright, Lower Trinity Basin
Joe Vorsas, East TexasTed Zobeck, North Texas
Katherine Zoller, Lost Pines

500 Service Hours Milestone Award

Brooke Adam, Alamo AreaHolly Ahern, South Texas
Valarie Atwood, Blackland PrairieMarsha Ballard, Big Country
Abbie Beck, Elm ForkMeredith Brady, Blackland Prairie
Craig Bruska, GuadalupeTina Burke, Blackland Prairie
Karen Carpenter, North TexasTerrie Carter, Sabine Neches
Ele Chew, Mid-CoastJo Cosbey, Coastal Prairie
Deana Dossey, Balcones CanyonlandsSusan Falcone-Potts, Heart of Texas
Steh Faught, GuadalupeRalph Faxel, Galveston Bay Area
Sari Garfinkle, Coastal PrairieShirley Hunter, Coastal Prairie
Margo Kirby Taylor, Lower Trinity BasinGordon Lee, Prairie Oaks
Aaron Lincoln, Heart of TexasLeia Lozano, Alamo Area
Jen Mattson, Good WaterDee Ann McGinnis, Cross Timbers
Lee Pacatte, Lost PinesTom Philpot, Heartwood
Susan Roberts, North TexasRebecca Roe, Good Water
Belinda Rossiter, GuadalupeAshley Sanders, Heartwood
Martha Sanders, Hays CountyRussell Sanders, Hays County 
Talat Shah, Alamo AreaStan Simons, Central Texas
Kathryn Sneed, Brazos ValleyDebra Sorenson, El Camino Real
Carol Smith, Central TexasCari Spiares, Heart of Texas 
Donna Thomas, Indian TrailKelly Thornborrow, Central Texas
Michael Wenzel, South TexasJill Zipperer, Hays County
Teddi Zonker, Cross Timbers 

1,000 Service Hours Milestone Award

Meredith Brady, Blackland PrairieLindsey Bredemeyer, Tierra Grande
Caroline Broderick, Lindheimer Dorothy Buechel, North Texas
Nancy Casillas, Blackland PrairiePatricia Clark, South Texas
Mary Dobberstine, Galveston Bay AreaCarol Gregg, Lower Trinity Basin
Jean Higgins, Blackland PrairieBill Hopkins, Prairie Oaks
Lisa Houston, HeartwoodCahterine Johnson, El Camino Real
Jacque Kyle, Bois d’ArcMary Beth Lampe, Cross Timbers
Bryan Lewis, Elm ForkBrenda Martin, Elm Fork
Carl Marugg, Big Country Mohammed Nasrullah, Galveston Bay Area
Sharon Newsome, Blackland PrairieCarl Parsons, Elm Fork
Katie Peltier, Hays CountyBarbara Peterson, Rio Grande Valley
Paulette Platko, Blackland PrairieRebecca Posten, North Texas
Valerie Redus, Brush y CanyonsVelma Schmidt, South Texas Border
Liz Tipps, Blackland PrairieMargaret Tolboom, Prairie Oaks
Cynthia Walker, Rio BrazosRobert Walker, Rio Brazos
John Williams, Alamo AreaPaige Wood, Good Water
Jessica Woods, Good WaterSusie Yarbrough, Llano Estacado
Julian Yates, Balcones Canyonlands

2,500 Service Hours Milestone Award

Margo Johnson, Coastal Prairie Marla Layne, Blackland Prairie 
Bruce Neville, Brazos ValleyMary OHara, Hays County 
Cheryl Wallek, Alamo Area Lauren Young, North Texas 

4,000 Service Hours Milestone Award

5,000 Service Hours Milestone Award

10,000 Service Hours Milestone Award


12th Annual TMN Video Contest

3rd Place

2nd Place

1st Place

View all of our 2025 Video Contest submissions on our YouTube page.


Exemplary Project Awards

View all of our 2025 Project Fair submissions on our YouTube page.


Photo, Art & Media Contest

We had 517 entries

Thank you to the Brazos Valley Chapter and the Photo, Art & Media Committee—along with TMN Program Aide, Cristian Lopez—for hosting the contest!​

Media: Newsletter

Media: Brochure

Media: Chapter Scrapbook

Photography: Plants & Fungi

Photography: Wildlife Birds

Photography: Wildlife Insects and Arachnids

Photography: Wildlife Reptiles and Amphibians

Photography: Wildlife Other

Photography: Chapters @ work/play

Photography: Scenic

Photography: Detail & Macro

Photography: Digitally Enhanced

Art: Drawing or Painting

Art: Sculpture, Carving or Ceramics

Art: Sewing & Stitchery

BEST OF SHOW


2026 Annual Meeting Location


2026 TMN Annual Re-Certification Pin

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