About us

Objectives of the San Antonio Metro Area’s City Nature Challenge Team:

Connect people to their local nature in urban and metro areas.
Build both in-person and online communities around local nature.
Grow volunteer biodiversity documentation in SA-Metro Area, Texas, and Globally
Collect urban biodiversity data accessible to biologists and scientists (TPWD, Texas Nature Trackers)
Foster friendly competition within internal groups and with other urban areas across Texas and the Globe.

Intro to City Nature Challenge

Meet Our Core Team

Texas State Coordinator CNCCraig Hensley – TPWD TNT Biologist
SA-Metro Area Coordinator (12 counties)Peter Joseph Hernandez (AAMN)
SA-Metro Bexar CoordinatorJane Weeden (AAMN)
Corporate WranglerPeggy Brennan (AAMN)
Programs / Community WranglerJerry Morrisey (AAMN)
Programs / Newsletter / MediaBriana Rouse (AAMN)
Outreach / EducationKristen Tolleson (AAMN)
Media / DesignBlair Stewart (AAMN)
Advisor – AAMNJudit Green (TPWD, Urban Wildlife Biologist)
AdvisorJoseph Plappert (TPWD, Urban Wildlife Biologist)

County Coordinators

AtascosaVacant
BanderaLaura M. Levy (HCMN)
BexarJane Weeden (AAMN)
ComalJill Horvath (AAMM)
GillespieBarbara Shirley (NPSOT-Fredericksburg)
KarnesVacant
KendallLaura Bray (AAMN)
KerrSuanne Pyle (HCMN)
GuadalupeSandi Wheeler (GMN)
GoliadWilfred Korth (MCMN)
MedinaVacant
WilsonPeter Hernandez (AAMN)
AAMN = Alamo Area Chapter Texas Master Naturalist
GMN = Guadalupe Chapter Texas Master Naturalist
HCMN – Hill Country Chapter Texas Master Naturalist
MCMN = Mid-Coast Chapter Texas Master Naturalist
NPSOT = Native Plant Society of Texas
TPWD = Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
TNT = Texas Nature Trackers