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Our Mission…
to develop a corps of well-informed volunteers to provide education, outreach, and service dedicated to the beneficial management of natural resources and natural areas within their communities. 

Visit our StoryMap to learn more about our work in the Big Country Area.

Our Meetings…

Monthly meetings are usually held on the third Thursday of each month at 6:30 pm at the Taylor County Extension Office in Abilene, Texas.  Some meetings are held at other locations for special programs. We are also involved with a variety of other events throughout the community. The Big Country Chapter of Master Naturalists includes 13 counties: Taylor, Callahan, Coleman, Eastland, Fisher, Jones, Haskell, Knox, Nolan, Runnels, Shackelford, Stephens and Throckmorton County.

Our Purpose…
to provide education, outreach, and service dedicated to the beneficial management of  natural resources and natural areas within our community.


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2025 Hikes & Star Party Dates

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Want to become a Texas Master Naturalist Volunteer?

Our next Texas Master Naturalist training class will start in August 2025.  Our training committee is already underway planning speakers and sessions. We anticipate having the application available toward the end of June. If you’d like to be notified of events and/or when the training applications are available, be sure to sign up for our newsletter.

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Click here for more information on our yearly training

Additional questions may be directed to the office at 325-672-6048.

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