The 2023 Initial Training Class for the Central Texas Master Naturalist Chapter is CLOSED at this time.
Our next training class will be in Spring 2024; registration usually opens in January with classes beginning in mid-March going into June. For future reference, trainees are reminded they will need reliable access to a computer with Internet and some basic computer skills to navigate our online system for reporting training and volunteer hours to Texas Parks and Wildlife Department and our chapter communications.
All Texas Master Naturalists must pass an annual background check (initiated by and paid for by Texas Parks and Wildlife). Texas Parks and Wildlife uses the Volunteer Management System (VMS), an online tool, to report volunteer and advanced training hours to a central location as part of grant requirements for the Texas Master Naturalist Program. Instruction in the use of the VMS is provided in the training course sessions.
Completion of the training course and initial certification as a Texas Master Naturalist is not the end, but the beginning of many enjoyable hours volunteering with other Texas Master Naturalists to protect and preserve the outdoors of Texas.