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2023 Annual Meeting Awards Wrap Up

October 23, 2023 by mpmeuth

Our 24th Texas Master Naturalist Annual Meeting by the Numbers:

  • 475+ registrants
  • 131 speakers
  • 132 concurrent sessions, including 25 field sessions
  • 42 of 49 chapters (~86 %)
Table Of Contents
  1. Lifetime Service Hour Milestone Awards
    • First Year Certification in 2023
    • 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
    • 30,000 Service Hours Milestone Award
  2. Chapter Advisor Award
  3. 10th Annual TMN Video Contest
  4. Exemplary Project Awards
  5. Photo, Art & Media Contest
    • Media: Newsletter
    • Media: Brochure
    • 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
  6. 2024 Annual Meeting Location
  7. 2024 TMN Annual Re-Certification Pin

Lifetime Service Hour Milestone Awards

First Year Certification in 2023

250 Service Hours Milestone Award

Amber Arseneaux, Rio BrazosSusan Powell, Hays County
Chrissy Cortez-Mathis, North TexasBeverly Prichard, Bluestem
Renee Dowhaniuk, Blackland PrairieJennifer Rektorik, South Texas Border
Susan Hamby, Elm ForkGayle Rice, South Texas Border
Sharon McGinley, Rio Grande ValleyGinny Richards, Elm Fork
Rob Kaaa, North TexasSusan Roberts, North Texas
Samantha Knight, North TexasMatthew Stepanek, North Texas
Scooter Langley, HeartwoodKaren Stewart, Highland Lakes
Marla Layne, Blackland PrairieKim Tingle, Bluestem
Patricia Lopacki, Good WaterTracy Walpole, Galveston Bay Area
Mohammed Nasrullah, Galv. Bay AreaKathy Webster, Hill Country
Kerry Padilla, Coastal PrairieGail Wilson, Central Texas
Jan Peterson, Coastal PrairieKaren Wilson, Alamo Area
Janice Poscovsky, Coastal PrairieSteve Wilson, North Texas

500 Service Hours Milestone Award

Kristina Adkins, Hays CountyDale Parish, Sabine Neches
Robert Adkins, Hays CountyBarb Peterson, Rio Grande Valley
Penny Brown, Rio Grande ValleyPaulette Platko, Blackland Prairie
Cheryl Brummett, Rio Grande ValleyPatricia Poore, Hill Country
Brenda Catlett, North TexasJanice Poscovsky, Coastal Prairie
David Cook, Capital AreaBeverly Prichard, Bluestem
Jill Goff, Highland LakesLucy Randel, Coastal Prairie
Emma Gonzales, Rio Grande ValleyKenneth Rust, Llano Estacado
Emily Hawthorn, Alamo AreaVicki Sanders, Blackland Prairie
Carolyn Henderson, El Camino RealBrian Schrock, Gulf Coast
Jane Jamison, Hill CountryRich Sommer, Gulf Coast
Marla Layne, Blackland PrairieJackline Thornton, El Camino Real
Angela Sullivan Ledoux,Joyce Tipton, Coastal Prairie
Hoiman Low, Coastal PrairiePatricia Todd, Lost Pines
Mark Maxwell, Lost PinesKent Trulsson, North Texas
Andrea Morgenstern, Coastal PrairieCynthia Walker, Rio Brazos
Katie Moses, Prairie OaksTracy Walpole, Galveston Bay Area
Lucy Moyer, Coastal PrairieUte Welk, Coastal Prairie
Sharon Newsome, HeartwoodKaren Wilson, Alamo Area
Kerry Padilla, Coastal PrairieSusie Yarbrough, Llano Estacado

1,000 Service Hours Milestone Award

Henry Aschner, North TexasJohn O’Connell, Cradle of Texas
Marcia Braun, Gideon LincecumCarol Oeller, Gulf Coast
Robin Gelston, Rio Grande ValleyRebecca Patterson, Capital Area
Sharon Hamilton, Cross TimbersKathy Pittman, Cradle of Texas
Mari Hanley, HeartwoodLaurie Sheppard, Blackland Prairie
Lynne Hester, Good WaterMarsha Stephens, Prairie Oaks
Elizabeth Hosick, Rio Grande ValleyRena Sutphin, Indian Trail
Pamela House, Galveston Bay AreaJoyce Tipton, Coastal Prairie
Nick Huckaby, Sabine NechesBob Waring, Good Water
Kevin Kolk, Coastal PrairieIrmi Willcockson, Gulf Coast
Eric Neubauer, El Camino RealLinda Wood, Prairie Oaks
Evelyn Nielson, LindheimerFrances Woodfin, Blackland Prairie

2,500 Service Hours Milestone Award

Joseph Connors, South Texas BorderJoni Gillis, Rio Grande Valley
Susie Doe, Coastal PrairieRobert Hansen, Hill Country
Mike Farley, Good WaterRiver Rivera, South Texas Border
Frank Garcia, Hill CountrySusan Walther, Coastal Prairie

4,000 Service Hours Milestone Award

5,000 Service Hours Milestone Award

10,000 Service Hours Milestone Award

30,000 Service Hours Milestone Award


Chapter Advisor Award


10th Annual TMN Video Contest

3rd Place

2nd Place

1st Place


Exemplary Project Awards


Photo, Art & Media Contest

We had 499 entries

An average of 91 votes per category

Thank you to the Rio Grande Valley & South Texas Border Chapters for hosting this contest!

Media: Newsletter

Media: Brochure

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


2024 Annual Meeting Location


2024 TMN Annual Re-Certification Pin

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