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2024 Annual Meeting Awards Wrap Up

October 28, 2024 by hannah.ferguson

Annual Meeting Logo - 2024 Texas Master Naturalist San Marcos

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

  • 636 registrants
    • 130 in the first hour!
    • 382 in the first day!
  • 216 speakers
  • 143 class sessions; 34 field sessions
  • 44 of 49 chapters (~90 %)
  • 29 sponsors
  • 20 vendors
  • 499 Photo, Art & Media Contest entries
Table Of Contents
  1. Lifetime Service Hour Milestone Awards
    • First Year Certification in 2024
    • 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
    • 20,000 Service Hours Milestone Award
  2. Chapter Advisor Award
  3. 11th 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. 2025 Annual Meeting Location
  7. 2025 TMN Annual Re-Certification Pin

Lifetime Service Hour Milestone Awards

First Year Certification in 2024

250 Service Hours Milestone Award

Mary Abercrombie, Blackland Prairie​Holly Ahern, South Texas
Connie Anderle, El Camino Real​Cali Bakker, Blackland Prairie​
Ali Baucom, Capital Area​Chris Belcher, Alamo Area​
Peggy Brennan-Wigton Alamo Area​Craig Bruska, Guadalupe​
Karen Carpenter, North Texas​Claire Carter, Alamo Area​
Terrie Carter, Sabine Neches​Trish Coons, Lindheimer​
Shannon Davies, Capital Area​Jaime Davis, Capital Area​
Linda Decker, Capital AreaRadford Decker, Capital Area​
Cheryl Lynn Dillon, Blackland PrairieNancy Escobar, North Texas​
Steve Ferguson, Mid-Coast​Mika Geiger, Balcones Canyonlands​
Alyssa Goforth, Galveston Bay Area​Nicole Guentzel, Brazos Valley​
Carol Gregg, Lower Trinity Basin​Mary Habib, Guadalupe ​
Lin Hampton, Elm Fork​Laura Haynes, North Texas​
Ginger Heiman, Bluestem​Catherine Houston, Highland Lakes​
Ulrike Judkins, Guadalupe​Melissa Katz, Hill Country​
Marcia Kelly, Lindheimer​Karen Kimbell, Lindheimer​
Laura King, Hill Country​Tannis Lambert, Indian Trail​
Carol Lanthrum, East Texas​Gordon Lee, Prairie Oaks​
Kim Lindenfeld, Heartwood​Andrea Matthews, Gulf Coast​
Brenda McCoy, Elm Fork​Francis Ngoh, Blackland Prairie​
Pamela Peck, Alamo Area​Katie Peltier, Hays County​
Peter Reynolds, Blackland Prairie​Becky Roe, Good Water​
Belinda Rossiter, Guadalupe​Briana Rouse, Alamo Area​
Marnie Barnes Sadri, Bluestem​Ashley Sanders, Heartwood​
Martha Sanders, Hays County​Russell Sanders, Hays County​
Arica Shields, Blackland Prairie​Katie Simoneaux, Hill Country​
Bethany Snowden, Alamo Area​Soll Sussman, Hays County​
Neal Sutton, Hays County​Liz Tipps, Blackland Prairie​
Angela Villegas, Llano EstacadoRodney Walther, Coastal Prairie​
Peter Williams, Blackland Prairie​John Williams, Alamo Area​
Carolyn Wolfer, Guadalupe​Jill Zipperer, Hays County​

500 Service Hours Milestone Award

Gail Baum, Pineywood Lakes​Anna Marie Blair, Lost Pines​
Caroline Broderick, LindheimerSamra Bufkins, Elm Fork​
Nancy Casillas, Blackland Prairie​Marian Collins, Alamo Area​
Trish Coons, Lindheimer​Bobby Cowley, Guadalupe​
Tina Critchfield, Pineywood LakesPeggy Brennan-Wigton, Alamo Area​
Charlene Davis, Rio Brazos​Rochelle DeLozier, Bluestem​
Mary Dobberstine, Galveston Bay Area​Thomas Gerik, Central Texas​
Haeley Giambalvo, Alamo Area​Carol Gregg, Lower Trinity Basin​
Mary Habib, Guadalupe​Susan Hamby, Elm Fork​
Mary Jo Hansen, Highland Lakes​John Heintz, Hays County
Jean Higgins, Blackland Prairie​Lisa Houston, Heartwood​
Wanda Huffins, Alamo Area​Jessica Jones, Pineywood Lakes​
Ulrike Judkins, Guadalupe​Erin McKool, Indian Trail​
Barbara Merrill, Alamo Area​Dana Murray, Lindheimer​
Mohammed Nasrullah, Galveston Bay Area​Katie Peltier, Hays County​
Rebecca Posten, North Texas​Suanne Pyle, Hill Country​
Ginny Richards, Elm Fork​Marnie Barnes Sadri, Bluestem Chapter​
Roberta Sherfy, Balcones Canyonlands​Lisa Smith, Lindheimer​
Bethany Snowden, Alamo Area​Jean Stipelcovich, Coastal Prairie​
Kim Tingle, Blackland Prairie​Liz Tipps, Blackland Prairie​
Flo Ulrich, Good Water​Flo Ulrich, Good Water​
Angela Villegas, Llano Estacado​Jean Watson, Coastal Prairie​
Kathy Webster, Hill Country​Jane Weeden, Alamo Area​
John Williams, Alamo Area​Carolyn Wolfer, Guadalupe​

1,000 Service Hours Milestone Award

Robert Adkins, Hays County​Tina Adkins, Hays County​
Mikael Behrens, Capital Area​Paul Bertrand, Sabine Neches​
Dawn Bissell, South Texas​Marian Collins, Alamo Area​
Elaine Cowley, Guadalupe​Kristy Daniel, Hays County​
Kristy Daniel, Hays County​Whitner Dieterich, Elm Fork​
Steven Ellerbe, Lower Trinity Basin​Karen Gardner, Gideon Lincecum​
Ginger Greatens, North Texas​Angela Griffin, Cradle of Texas​
Shelia Hargis, Capital Area​Nancy Haubert, Rio Brazos​
Jane Jamison, Hill Country​Gene Janulis, Balcones Canyonlands​
Leah Justice, Blackland Prairie​Sue Ann Kendall, El Camino​
Marla Layne, Blackland Prairie​Meade LeBlanc, Galveston Bay Area​
Doray Lendacky, Hays County​Hoiman Low, Coastal Prairie​
Lisa Martinez, Cradle of Texas​Mark Maxwell, Lost Pines​
Kerry Padilla, Coastal Prairie​Diana Philpot, Heartwood​
Bruce Polikoff, Central Texas​Ann Ray, Gideon Lincecum
Susan Reece, Rio Brazos​Janet Rogal, Balcones Canyonlands​
Vicki Sanders, Blackland Prairie​Jeanine Sebaugh, Alamo Area​
Molly Smith, Capital Area​Shelby Smith, North Texas​
Wesley Smith, Lost Pines​Jean Solana, Lost Pines​
Rich Sommer, Gulf Coast​Lee Thierry, Lost Pines​
Lee Thierry, Lost Pines​Claire Vollmar, Alamo Area​
Tracy Walpole, Galveston Bay Area​Ute Welk, Coastal Prairie​
Sandi Wheeler, Guadalupe​Gary Lynn Wood, Prairie Oaks​

2,500 Service Hours Milestone Award

Nancy Angell, Sabine Neches​Lisa Audiffred, Capital Area​
Cindy Chrisler, Good Water​Sheila Endres, Balcones Canyonlands​
Melody Holm, Rio Brazos​Bill Johnson, Coastal Prairie​
Marilyn McFarland, Lindheimer​Mickey Redus, Brush y Canyons​
Melanie Schuchart, Blackland Prairie​Randolph Watson, Coastal Prairie​
Shannon Westveer, Coastal Prairie​Sheri Wilcox, Gideon Lincecum​
Sue Yost, Elm Fork​

4,000 Service Hours Milestone Award

5,000 Service Hours Milestone Award

10,000 Service Hours Milestone Award

20,000 Service Hours Milestone Award


Chapter Advisor Award


11th Annual TMN Video Contest

3rd Place

2nd Place

1st Place

View all of our 2024 Video Contest submissions on our YouTube page.


Exemplary Project Awards

View all of our 2024 Project Fair submissions on our YouTube page.


Photo, Art & Media Contest

We had 499 entries

An average of 91 votes per category

Thank you to Balcones Canyonlands, Highland Lakes and Lost Pines Chapters—along with TMN Program Aide, Cristian Lopez—for hosting the 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


2025 Annual Meeting Location


2025 TMN Annual Re-Certification Pin

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