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Welcome

How to Become a Texas Master Naturalist Volunteer

The Hill Country Chapter is one of 48 Chapters within the State of Texas. Our Chapter covers Bandera, Gillespie, Kerr, San Saba, Edward, Kendall, Kimble, Mason, Menard, and Real counties. If you are outside of these Counties you can find your Chapter here.

To become a certified Texas Master Naturalist volunteer with the Hill Country Chapter you must attend a 12-week initial training course and then complete 40 volunteer hours and 8 advanced training hours within 1 year of completing the initial training course.

Our next training class will be in the Spring of 2027.

To get an idea of the schedule for the initial training course you can see the full schedule for our Spring 2026 training class here.

To get an idea of the volunteer opportunities available to you please explore our various volunteer opportunities available here.

Information about our Spring 2027 training course is here.

If you would like us to contact you about the class please complete this form and we will be in touch. We would love to hear from you!

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Texas Master Naturalist, Hill Country Chapter
PO Box 293972
Kerrville, TX 78029

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