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
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Our next monthly meeting – Tuesday, September 24, 2024, 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.
Speaker: Tiffany Osburn, Deputy State Archeologist, Archeology Division, of the Texas Historical Commission. She focuses on the preservation of historic Texas landscapes. She has the privilege of working with private landowners and communities to record and preserve important places in Texas for future generations. Tiffany also serves on the board of the Texas Archeological Society, the Texas Land Conservancy, and the Gault School of Archeological Research, an organization committed to education, research, and conservation of archaeological sites. Tiffany has focused her career and non-profit service on stewardship of cultural and natural resources and land conservation as a means of preserving our heritage.
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 2024
January: Holiday Party; no meeting
February 27: Joy Emshoff, former TOWN member/President, avid kayaker, and Co-Author of the Texas Water Safari as well as a book about the history of canoes in North America, how to paddle a canoe and the best paddling trails.
March 26: Have questions about owning a motorhome vs a trailer? Question and answer panel led by Marie W and Gloria B.
April 23: Jody Richardson, presenting on her 500 mile trek on the El Camino!
May 28: Kayla French, from The Nature Conservancy (with a follow up outing in July).
June 25: Keith Goolsby, all you need to know about geocaching.
July 23: Nona Evans of Texas Sassy Bees, all about bees, beekeeping and a honey tasting.
August 27: All you need to know about car and tent camping presented by Dawn G and Dawn K
Sept 24: Tiffany Osburn, Deputy State Archeologist, Archeology Division, of the
Texas Historical Commission.
October: Celebrate TOWN; no meeting
November 19: 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