Current Class

Training Class Schedule for 2024

Attendance at 10 of the 11 classes and 4 of the 5 field trips is required.

Class Syllabus
CTMN Handbook
VMS Tutorial
DateDayStartEndTopicLocationHandouts & Instructions
06/18/2024Mon6:00 pm7:30 pmOpen House-program starts at 6:30.
Fort Worth Botanic Garden-Redbud Room		coffee, tea, soda,
cookies, snacks
08/20/2024Tue6:00 pm9:00 pmHow to be a Master NaturalistFort Worth Botanic Garden – Lecture Hall
08/27/2024Tue6:00 pm9:00 pmIntro EcologyFort Worth Botanic Garden-Rose Room
09/03/2024Tue6:00 pm9:00 pmVolunteer OpportunitiesFort Worth Botanic Garden-Rose Room
09/10/2024Tue6:00 pm9:00 pmGeology and ArcheologyFort Worth Botanic Garden-Rose Room
09/17/2024Tue6:00 pm9:00 pmAquatic SystemsFort Worth Botanic Garden-Camellia Room**NOTE-CHANGE OF ROOM
09/24/2024Tue6:00 pm9:00 pmReptiles and Amphibians (Herps)Fort Worth Botanic Garden-Rose Room
09/28/2024SAT9:00 am3:00 pmAquatic Field TripFort Worth Nature Center & Refuge
10/01/2024Tue6:00 pm9:00 pmForest SystemsFort Worth Botanic Garden-Rose Room
10/06/2024SUN9:00 am3:00 pmLand Management Field TripTBA
10/08/2023Tue6:00 pm9:00 pmBirds and MammalsFort Worth Botanic Garden-Rose Room
10/15/2024Tue6:00 pm9:00 pmInvertebrates, Arachnids, DragonfliesFort Worth Botanic Garden-Camellia Room
**NOTE-CHANGE OF ROOM
10/19/2024SAT9:00 am3:00 pmForest Field TripFort Worth Nature Center & Refuge
10/22/2024Tue6:00 pm9:00 pmPrairie SystemsFort Worth Botanic Garden-Rose Room
10/26/2024SAT9:00 am3:00 pmPrairie Field Trip
TBA
10/29/2024Tue6:00 pm9:00 pmUrban SystemsFort Worth Botanic Garden-Rose Room
11/02/2024SAT9:00 am3:00 pmUrban Systems Field TripTBA

Cost: The fee to participate in training is $150. Included is the textbook and membership dues for the next calendar year. A few partial scholarships are available.

Textbook: Haggerty and Meuth, Texas Master Naturalist Statewide Curriculum. TAMU Press. The Chapter will distribute textbooks to students at the first class.

Questions? Ask training@ctmn.org