Texas Waters Specialist Program – “Texas Instream Flow Study” with Kevin Mayes, Natural Resources Specialist, TPWD

Program Requirements

Accumulate at least 8 hours of Advanced Training utilizing the Texas Waters curriculum:

• Attend Texas Waters events, sessions, and field trips at the Texas Master Naturalist Annual Meeting
• Attend Texas Waters webinars. If you missed any of the webinars, you can still use them to earn AT by forming a small interactive study group and watch the recorded webinars (below) with discussion.
• Small group interactive study (Use the chapters in the curriculum and the “Questions to Consider” to guide your study and discussion.
• Other approved Texas Waters learning activities such as Texas Stream Team and CoCoRaHS training (Limit-4 hours)

Texas Waters Specialist – Volunteer Registration and Reporting Guide

Texas Master Naturalists should enter their Advanced Training hours under the “AT:TX Waters Certification Training” opportunity for AT credit. The hours required to obtain certification and for community service are not on top of existing chapter requirements; instead, can be counted toward your annual chapter requirements.

Annual Renewal Requirements

Participate in at least 10 hours of volunteer services in the area of water and watersheds.  Projects should be pre-approved. Some examples can be found here.