Volunteer opportunities abound! In 2020, members logged a total of 3,036 volunteer hours (1,281 hours with partners listed below). Since the chapter’s inception in 2010, members have logged 26,270 volunteer hours. Forty hours of volunteer work are required annually for new members and recertifying members.
The calendar of upcoming events provides details about the chapter-sponsored outings. Volunteer hours must be recorded on the Texas Master Naturalist Volunteer Management System Portal.
Partners include:
- Shangri La Botanical Gardens in Orange
- Big Thicket National Preserve in East Texas
- Sea Rim State Park in South Jefferson County
- Roy E. Larsen Sandyland Sanctuary in East Texas
- Village Creek State Park in Hardin County
- J. D. Murphree Wildlife Management Area in South Jefferson County
- Big Thicket Association … a Friend of the the Big Thicket National Preserve
Other approved volunteer activities undertaken by members in recent years included:
- Upper Texas Coast Sea Turtle Patrol, a Turtle Island Restoration Network project
- Martin Dies State Park Clean-up
- Edgewater Trail Clean-up
- Cooks Lake Day Use Area Clean-up
- Texas Stream Team Water Monitoring
- Watson Rare Plant Preserve
- Big Thicket Association
- BTA Neches River Adventures
- BTA Neches River Rally
- Community Collaborative Rain, Hail & Snow Network (CoCoRaHS)
- Golden Triangle Audubon Society Annual Bird Counts
- Field Research for the Cornell Lab of Ornithology
- Texas Land Conservancy – Marysee Prairie Volunteer Workdays