Our Mission

“To develop a corps of well-informed volunteers to provide education, outreach and service dedicated to the beneficial management of natural resources and natural areas within their communities in the state of Texas.”

 

Our Organization

The Texas Master Naturalist(TM) volunteer program is coordinated by the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service and the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department and supported by a variety of local organizations. Volunteers receive 40 hours of in-depth training in wildlife and natural resource management customized to focus on local ecosystems. In return, volunteers provide at least 40 hours of service in the form of community education and demonstration projects, while pursuing a minimum of 8 hours of advanced training in areas of special interest.

The Texas Master Naturalist(TM) curriculum is developed by experts and provides a standardized base of knowledge and skills for all volunteers across the state. Training is provided by educators and specialists from universities, agencies, nature centers’ museums, and other organizations who donate their services.

Chapters include the North Texas, Blackland Prairie, and Cross Timbers (Ft. Worth) chapters in the DFW area and many others state wide –   The Texas Master Naturalist (State) Website

The Texas Master Naturalist program:

  • Increases volunteer capacity and leadership in local communities,
  • Enhances public awareness of local ecosystems and natural resources.
  • Provides Texas rapidly growing urban populations with increased understanding of conservation and enhancement of natural resources in and near their-urban environments.
  • Increases educational opportunities for local residents of all ages, through instruction, tours, exhibits, demonstration projects, and other means.
  • Focuses the considerable resources of state and local agencies and organizations to create a high-quality educational program directed towards building self-sufficiency within the community.

 

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Trinity River Audubon Center || Sunday Morning Bird Walk (AT) Sunday, October 26, 2025  ||  9am  – 10am   CT More Info & to register:  https://trinityriver.audubon.org/events/sunday-morning-bird-walk-11...
October 28, 2025    
8:00 am - 10:00 am
Name: Friends of Oak Cliff Workday Date & Time: Every Tuesday and Saturday 8am-10am Location: One of the three parks in Oak Cliff: Kidd Springs,...
October 28, 2025    
9:00 am - 11:00 am
Name: Friends of Oak Cliff Workday Date & Time: Every Tuesday and Saturday 9-11am Location: One of the three parks in Oak Cliff: Kidd Springs,...
October 29, 2025    
9:00 am - 12:00 pm
Western Heights Cemetery Volunteer Day 1617 Fort Worth Ave. Callas, TX 75208 Contact lead: Van Johnson, vanindallas2@aol.com Every Weds, 9am  - 12pm, earlier during summer...
John Bunker Sands Wetland Center || 1st Saturday Walk & Talk Bird Tour (AT) Saturday, November 1, 2025  ||  7:30am – 9:30am   CT Description:  Join...
Dogwood Canyon Audubon Center || 1st Saturday Bird Walk   (AT) Saturday, November 1, 2025  || 8:30am – 9:30am   CT Description:  Join us for a morning...
November 1, 2025    
9:00 am - 11:00 am
Name: Friends of Oak Cliff Workday Date & Time: Every Tuesday and Saturday 9-11am Location: One of the three parks in Oak Cliff: Kidd Springs,...
Heard Museum || Guided Trails (AT) Saturday, November 1, 2025  |  9:30am – 10:30am CT Description: Experience the ecology, geology, flora and fauna of the...
Laura W Bush Native Texas Park ||  Guided Walk (AT) Saturday, Nov 1, 2025  ||  10:00am –11:00am  CT Join us for a free guided tour...
November 4, 2025    
9:00 am - 11:00 am
Name: Friends of Oak Cliff Workday Date & Time: Every Tuesday and Saturday 9-11am Location: One of the three parks in Oak Cliff: Kidd Springs,...
November 5, 2025    
9:00 am - 12:00 pm
Western Heights Cemetery Volunteer Day 1617 Fort Worth Ave. Callas, TX 75208 Contact lead: Van Johnson, vanindallas2@aol.com Every Weds, 9am  - 12pm, earlier during summer...
If you have ever had a passing interest or deep passion for reptiles and amphibians, then this is the meeting for you. This talk will...
LLELA || 2nd Saturday Bird Walk (AT) Saturday, November 8, 2025  ||  7:30am  – 9:30am   CT Description:  Birders of all skill levels are welcome to...
Heard Museum || 2nd Saturday Bird Walk (AT) Saturday, November 8, 2025 ||  8am – 9:30am CT Hosted by the Heard & offered by volunteers...
November 8, 2025    
9:00 am - 11:00 am
Preservation Society for Spring Creek Forest “2 nd Saturday” workdays Sept. 2025/ May 2026 Sept. 13, 2025, 9-11am: -- 1770 Holford Road (the center section...
November 8, 2025    
9:00 am - 11:00 am
Name: Friends of Oak Cliff Workday Date & Time: Every Tuesday and Saturday 9-11am Location: One of the three parks in Oak Cliff: Kidd Springs,...
November 8, 2025    
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
W.W. Glover Cemetery Volunteer Day 6650 Military Parkway, Dallas, TX 75227 Contact lead: Kathy Ann Reid, krtexas@protonmail.com April 12, 10 am - 12 pm May 10,...
Friends of Oak Cliff Parks || Bird Walk  with Carrie & Ben(AT) Sunday, November 9, 2025 || 10am – 12noon   CT Description: Join us for...
Twelve Hills Nature Preserve || Bilingual Nature Walk (AT) Sunday, November 09, 2025 || 12noon – 1:30pm   CT Guide: Nancy Escobar Description:  Nancy Escobar is...
November 11, 2025    
9:00 am - 11:00 am
Name: Friends of Oak Cliff Workday Date & Time: Every Tuesday and Saturday 9-11am Location: One of the three parks in Oak Cliff: Kidd Springs,...
TMN North Texas chapter || Joint Hike with our chapter at the Elm Fork Nature  Preserve (AT) Tuesday, November 11, 2025 || 9:30am – 11:30am....
November 12, 2025    
8:30 am - 11:30 am
All information and volunteer dates are under this link: https://interland3.donorperfect.net/weblink/weblink.aspx?name=E347204&id=303 Event Name: (see link) Date/Time: (varies, see link) Address: (varies, see link) Description of event...
November 12, 2025    
9:00 am - 12:00 pm
Western Heights Cemetery Volunteer Day 1617 Fort Worth Ave. Callas, TX 75208 Contact lead: Van Johnson, vanindallas2@aol.com Every Weds, 9am  - 12pm, earlier during summer...
November 14, 2025    
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
When: Friday, November 14th,  2025,  10:00 am - 12:00am Where: Kiest Conservation Area, 3238 S Hampton    75224 KCA West (parking lot side) entrance What:...
Project site name changed to Prairie Creek Marsh and Wildscape (formerly Canyon Creek) Monthly workday 1001 G. Bush Freeway ( Hilton Garden Inn) Every third...
John Bunker Sands Wetland Center || 3rd Saturday Guided Boardwalk Tour (AT) Saturday, November 15, 2025 ||  9:00 AM – 10:30 AM    CT Description:  As...
November 15, 2025    
9:00 am - 11:00 am
Name: Friends of Oak Cliff Workday Date & Time: Every Tuesday and Saturday 9-11am Location: One of the three parks in Oak Cliff: Kidd Springs,...
Dallas Public Library || Floriography: The Language of Flowers (AT) Saturday, November, 15, 2025  ||  11am – 12noon   CT Description:  Take a short trip through...
November 16, 2025    
9:00 am - 11:00 am
LLELA || Thrive Nature Walk –(AT) Sunday, November 16, 2025 | 9am – 11am   CT Description:  Sights of plants and wildlife, smells of fresh air...
November 16, 2025    
9:00 am - 10:30 am
LLELA || Nature Walk  at Thrive(AT) Sunday, November 16, 2025  ||  9am  – 10:30am   CT Description:  Sights of plants and wildlife, smells of fresh air...
Ned Fritz Nature Preservation || Yellow Walk in the Bonton Woods (AT) Sunday, November  16, 2025 || 2pm – 4pm   CT  Arrive at 1:45pm. Guide:...
November 18, 2025    
9:00 am - 11:00 am
Name: Friends of Oak Cliff Workday Date & Time: Every Tuesday and Saturday 9-11am Location: One of the three parks in Oak Cliff: Kidd Springs,...
November 19, 2025    
9:00 am - 12:00 pm
Western Heights Cemetery Volunteer Day 1617 Fort Worth Ave. Callas, TX 75208 Contact lead: Van Johnson, vanindallas2@aol.com Every Weds, 9am  - 12pm, earlier during summer...
Heard Museum || 3rd Thursday Bird Walk (AT) Thursday, November 20, 2025 ||  8am – 9:30am CT Description: 3rd Thursday Bird Walks in the Heard...
Event Name: Paschall Park Butterfly Trail Workday (VH) Date/Time: Friday November 21, 2025, 8-10am Address: Paschall Park Butterfly Trail, 1001 New Market Road, Mesquite, 75149...
November 21, 2025    
8:00 am - 3:00 pm
All information and volunteer dates are under this link: https://interland3.donorperfect.net/weblink/weblink.aspx?name=E347204&id=303 Event Name: (see link) Date/Time: (varies, see link) Address: (varies, see link) Description of event...
Prairie & Timber Audubon Society Field Trip || Chalk Hill Farm (AT) Saturday, November 22, 2025  ||  7:30am – 10:30am   CT Target Birds: Winter residents...
November 22, 2025    
9:00 am - 11:00 am
Name: Friends of Oak Cliff Workday Date & Time: Every Tuesday and Saturday 9-11am Location: One of the three parks in Oak Cliff: Kidd Springs,...
Trinity River Audubon Center || Sunday Morning Bird Walk (AT) Sunday, November 23, 2025  ||  9am  – 10am   CT More Info & to register:  https://trinityriver.audubon.org/events/sunday-morning-bird-walk-13...
November 25, 2025    
9:00 am - 11:00 am
Name: Friends of Oak Cliff Workday Date & Time: Every Tuesday and Saturday 9-11am Location: One of the three parks in Oak Cliff: Kidd Springs,...
November 26, 2025    
9:00 am - 12:00 pm
Western Heights Cemetery Volunteer Day 1617 Fort Worth Ave. Callas, TX 75208 Contact lead: Van Johnson, vanindallas2@aol.com Every Weds, 9am  - 12pm, earlier during summer...
November 29, 2025    
9:00 am - 11:00 am
Name: Friends of Oak Cliff Workday Date & Time: Every Tuesday and Saturday 9-11am Location: One of the three parks in Oak Cliff: Kidd Springs,...
Tandy Hills Prairie Sky/Star Party (FYI) Saturday, November 29, 2025   6:00 PM or after dark The Fort Worth Astronomical Society presents their Saturday star party...
Constellation of Living Memorials First Annual Symposium (AT) Tuesday, December 3rd, 2025    9:00 AM – 5:00 PM Advanced Registration Required:  https://www.eventbrite.com/e/constellation-of-living-memorials-symposium-tickets-1968290594152 Location: Water and Land...
December 2, 2025    
9:00 am - 11:00 am
Name: Friends of Oak Cliff Workday Date & Time: Every Tuesday and Saturday 9-11am Location: One of the three parks in Oak Cliff: Kidd Springs,...
December 3, 2025    
9:00 am - 12:00 pm
Western Heights Cemetery Volunteer Day 1617 Fort Worth Ave. Callas, TX 75208 Contact lead: Van Johnson, vanindallas2@aol.com Every Weds, 9am  - 12pm, earlier during summer...
NTMN December Chapter Meeting
Tarantulas: SO Awesome! Topic: We will discuss the general biology of tarantulas, variety, habitat, predation & defense, local species native to Texas, and threats to...
Trinity River Audubon Center || Bird Excursion (AT) Saturday, December 06, 2025  ||  7am  – 12noon   CT For more info & to register: https://trinityriver.audubon.org/events/bird-excursion Description:...
John Bunker Sands Wetland Center || 1st Saturday Walk & Talk Bird Tour (AT) Saturday, December 6, 2025  ||  7:30am – 11:30am   CT Description:  Join...
Dogwood Canyon Audubon Center || 1st Saturday Bird Walk   (AT) Saturday, December 6, 2025  || 8:30am – 9:30am   CT Description:  Join us for a morning...
December 6, 2025    
9:00 am - 11:00 am
Name: Friends of Oak Cliff Workday Date & Time: Every Tuesday and Saturday 9-11am Location: One of the three parks in Oak Cliff: Kidd Springs,...
Heard Museum || Guided Trails (AT) Saturday, December 6, 2025  |  9:30am – 10:30am CT Description: Experience the ecology, geology, flora and fauna of the...
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