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Lindheimer Chapter encompasses all of Comal County, and even has volunteer associations in Blanco and Kendall Counties. Our Naturalists are involved in many projects, and we consider ourselves fortunate to have experts in many natural areas so we often learn while we work. SIGNATURE PROJECTS The Lindheimer Chapter of the Texas Master Naturalists is proud of its association with two prominent natural features found in the Texas Hill Country. These are Canyon Lake Gorge (canyongorge.org) and the Friesenhahn Cave (www.concordia.edu/html/Faculty/Meissner/fries_home.htm). A third signature project has been added in 2009—a 300-acre wildlife territory known as the Mesquite Creek Wildlife Habitat Area (MCWHA), located adjacent to Waste Management’s Mesquite Creek Landfill on Kohlenberg Road. Waste Management's plan is to preserve, enhance, and maintain the area, with the help of a wide array of community volunteers. Members of the Lindheimer Chapter are fortunate for the many different opportunities these three projects are providing, but are always searching for other ways to serve its nature community. Learn about our signature projects...

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Become a Master Naturalist

Texas Master Naturalists not only get their feet wet and their hands dirty, but while doing so they spend time in a natural setting, learn about different plant and animal species, and maybe even find something new: One member, in fact, discovered a new plant species.

To become a Texas Master Naturalist, each volunteer:

  • Goes through an approved training program with at least 40 hours of combined field and classroom instruction, plus 8 hours of approved advanced training
  • Donates 40 hours of volunteer service back to the state and community. Trainees can complete their 40 hours of volunteer service and 8 hours of advanced training within a year after their initial training.
  • Completes another 8 hours of advanced training and donates 40 hours of volunteer service every year after the first one.

Interested in joining? If you can’t find a chapter near you, contact the Texas Master Naturalist coordinator, a local office of Texas Parks and Wildlife or a local county Extension agent.

Become A Master Naturalist

Want to know more?
Here’s some facts:

Since the organization’s founding in 1998, Texas Master Naturalists have contributed more than 1,003,409 hours of service on 90,000 acres of wildlife and native plant habitats, and reached more than 1.2 million Texas residents of all ages. These volunteer efforts are worth more than $20 million.

Currently 5,306 Texas Master Naturalist™ volunteers serve in 39 local chapters across the state, and new chapters are opening all the time.

The program has earned the Wildlife Management Institute’s Presidents’ 2000 Award, the National Audubon Society’s 2001 Habitat Hero’s Award, the Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission’s 2001 Environmental Excellence Award, and Texas A&M University’s 2001 Vice Chancellor’s Award of Excellence in Partnership. In 2005 program earned the U.S. Department of Interior’s “Take Pride in America” award.