Welcome to the Austin Chapter of the 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 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.
We are a volunteer run organization of active women committed to learning about and enjoying the outdoors. We enjoy many activities like hiking, camping, kayaking, biking, geocaching, and more. Our membership events are on Meetup. Our monthly meetings are open to anyone. If you would like to join our organization, please fill out our membership application. If you still have questions or would like to meet our board and members, feel free to attend our monthly meeting or email us at info.town.austin [at] gmail.com.
If you would like to see our events, they are on Meetup
——————————————————————————————————————–
Our Monthly Meetings are every 4th Tuesday of the month. The 2025 meetigns will start on Tuesday, February 25, 2025, at 6:00 pm. at 2913 Northland Drive, Austin, Texas. You do not need to be a member to attend our meetings. In fact,we would love to see YOU at a meeting! Please consider yourself invited!
Our meetings are both in-person and Zoom. If you would like to participate by Zoom, please email us to get the link.
See below for the list of speakers.
Come early if you can help set up tables and chairs.
Meeting agenda:
6:00 — Check in and hellos
6:30 — Business meeting
7:00 — Speaker (see the specific speaker for the month below)
8:15 —Sign off till next time
Hope you can join us!
Monthly Meeting Speakers for 2025
January: Holiday Party; no meeting
February 25: Round table discussion, facilitated by Marie W: fun, helpful outdoor related apps, Dawn G to discuss leading a TOWN outing. Open forum.
March 25: Not to be missed, Dawn G presenting on the ins and outs of navigating the TPWD reservation system.
April 22: By popular request, a hands-on Geocaching experience by Jacque Austin.
May 27: What to know about skin care in the outdoors presented by outdoor enthusiast, Melissa Frost, PA-C of Ladera Park Dermatology
June 24: Central Area Master Naturalist, Gene Janulis presenting on what CAMN’s mission is as well as how to become a Master Naturalist.
July 22: Stay tuned.
August 26: Stay tuned.
Sept 23: Monica Morrison of Texas Native Cats. Advocates to ensure the population of Texas wild cats.
October: Celebrate TOWN; no meeting
November: Board Elections. This meeting will be on Zoom only. This meeting is for members only. The meeting will start at 6:30pm and end when the voting is over. There will not be a speaker.
December: Holiday break; no meeting