“Service to others is the rent you pay for your room here on Earth.” — Muhammad Ali
To initially certify and continue your certification as a Master Naturalist you need 40 Volunteer Hours per year. There are many ways to get these hours including volunteering to serve on a committee or as an officer, picking up trash through our Keep Midland Beautiful program, developing curriculum for our future Training Sessions or Educational Outreach, participating in a project such as the I-20 Butterfly Garden, leading children on the trails at Sibley Nature Center and much, much more.
Here is a list of current LETMN projects and activities. For more information, click on the name of the project or activity here or on the drop down menu.
- Adopt-A-Loop, Great Texas Wildlife Trails. LETMN has adopted Permian Basin East Loop which includes Andrews Bird Viewing Area, Comanche Trail Park, I-20 Wildlife Preserve and Jenna Welch Nature Study Center Inc., Wadley Barron Park, Sibley Nature Center and Hogan Park. Go to the following link to learn what to do and how to post pictures and eBird lists for this project LETMN Adopt-A-Loop: Permian Basin East Loop.
- Native Bees of the Llano Estacao-LETMN Project. Go to the Bees area in Learning Resources to learn more about this project: https://txmn.org/llano/bees/
- Sibley Nature Center Programs-Opportunities will be listed in a weekly email to trainees and members.
- Bird Counts
- Keep Midland Beautiful
- I-20 Wildlife Preserve Programs and Butterfly Counts
- Petroleum Museum and the Museum of the Southwest/Blakemore Planetarium Programs
- Texas Nature Trackers
- Project Feederwatch through the Cornell Lab (November 2023-April 2024).
Volunteer Projects Approval Process
If you have a volunteer opportunity or project you would like to propose to LETMN, please use the following process (note: V.P.D. is the Volunteer Projects Director):
