Carolyn Evans Email & Phone Number

Carolyn Chipman Evans is the founder and executive director of the Cibolo Nature Center in Boerne, Texas. For twenty five years she has worked and hundreds of donors and volunteers to protect and preserve the 100-acre natural area and land in the Cibolo Watershed. She created The Friends of the Cibolo Wilderness, a non-profit organization dedicated to the conservation of natural resources through education and stewardship. She has worked to build community and broad based support by involving the Nature Conservancy, Texas Parks and Wildlife and many more agencies, service organizations, businesses, universities, Scouts, schools, clubs and individuals.Carolyn is co-author, with her husband Brent, of The Nature Center Book. It has been instrumental in the creation of nature centers through out the United States. Carolyn is a founding member of the Cibolo Conservancy, a land trust dedicated to protecting private lands from development in the Cibolo watershed and surrounding areas.Current goals are the expansion of the Cibolo Nature Center's programs and preserved lands by stewardship of the adjacent historic 62 acre Herff Farm. Other goals include:The development of a regional trail system in the Cibolo WatershedProtection of natural areas along the Cibolo CreekCreating a Walkable Community in BoerneHelping other nature centers start and thrive

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