News and upcoming events

WELCOME TO THE AUSTIN CHAPTER OF TOWN

 

 

Location for our monthly meetings!

Join us at the new LCRA Redbud Center for our monthly meeting. The address is 3601 Lake Austin Blvd, room #225. The center is located at the intersection of Lake Austin Blvd. and Redbud Trail.

Immediately after the intersection of Lake Austin Blvd and Redbud Trail, look for the large silver silos and turn left. The gate should be open. If not, drive close to the gate and it will open due to the car pressure. Park and walk to the entrance where the ponds and and landscaping are located (on the west side of the building.)

Austin TOWN is proud to be celebrating our 12th year!

Texas Outdoors Woman Network (TOWN) is an offshoot of the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department's Becoming an Outdoors Woman (BOW) program. Our goal is to enable outdoor oriented women to meet and build friendships with women who who have similar interests.

Our mission is to provide all women the opportunity to learn and experience outdoor activities in natural surroundings through a non-threatening and supportive environment.

Our outings include various activities and occur on a regular basis. Please visit the calendar to check out what is happening next. You can join us for a couple of different outings before becoming a member. Our activities include, but are not limited to the following:

  • Archery
  • Backpacking
  • Bird Watching
  • Camping
  • Day hiking
  • Kayaking/Canoeing
  • Fishing/Flyfishing
  • Horseback riding
  • Mountain biking
  • Nature crafts
  • Orienteering
For more information about our chapter, please contact Austin-TOWN .

Regular Events

Monthly Meeting
. Our agenda is typically the following: 6-6:30 pizza & socializing; 6:30-7:00 greetings, introductions, business, outings reports and planning; 7-7:45 speaker; 7:45-8:00 adjournment and cleanup. Please check our calendar for activity details.

For July our speaker is Jeff Connally whose topic is
Adventures Along the Appalachian Trail. The journey from Springer Mt., Georgia to Mt. Katahdin, Maine is 2,175 miles. It’s not flat. Jeff began his adventure as a section-hiker in 2002 and spends three to four weeks each year hiking north along this extraordinary path through the wilderness. Hot springs, dry springs, blow-downs, and the generosity of strangers have all added to the unpredictability of this unique
experience.

ForJune our speaker was Kathy Boydston from TPWD will talk about wind power and its effect on wildlife. Since 2003, Kathy has been the representative on wind energy and other related energy issues.  She has worked extensively with wind industry on several proposed locations, visited wind farm sites and coordinated with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Texas General Land Office on both onshore and off shore wind farms and the potential impacts on natural resources.  She has worked diligently with wind industry to address potential impacts to natural resources in Texas and has developed research projects to address the potential impacts of wind energy on different species across the state.

 
Join TOWN today!