Many of our Texas Master Naturalist chapters are getting ready for a new crop of volunteers to join the TMN program! Many spring classes have already started while fall and winter training seasons are being planned! We would like to share these classes through our statewide press channels. We encourage each chapter to utilize their local press, marketing avenues, and the handiest recruiting tool of all – word of mouth!
Our TMN state office is gathering information via a form below to post to our website and share with an agency news release announcing upcoming 2024 trainings. Please only fill out the form below if your chapter has an upcoming training that starts anytime in 2024.
Scroll down to view the chapters offering a 2024 basic training class. Be sure to check back regularly as new classes are added!
TMN Chapters hosting 2024 training classes:
Alamo Area Chapter
Balcones Canyonlands Chapter
Training Dates: August 29 – December 5, 2024
Time of Day: 6:00 pm – 9:30 pm Thursday evenings
Training Location: online, plus choose three (of six) field trips held on Saturdays
Registration Fee: $150
Registration Deadline: July 29, 2024 (applications open mid-May)
Training Coordinator: Sheila Endres, training@bctxmn.org
Chapter Website: https://bctxmn.org/
Big Country Chapter
Training Dates: August 15 – November 7, 2024
Time of Day: 6:00 – 9:00pm, on Thursdays and three Saturdays
Training Location: The majority of the training classes will be held at the Taylor County Extension office. We will have 5 field sessions, 2 of which will require driving. Carpooling is an option.
Class Limit: 20
Registration Fee: $150.00
Registration Deadline: 5:00pm on August 1, 2024
Training Coordinator: Danetta Shelburne, danetta.shelburne@gmail.com
Chapter Website: https://txmn.org/bc/
Blackland Prairie Chapter
Bluestem Chapter
Training Dates: August 1 – October 3
Time of Day: 6:00 – 9:00 pm
Training Location: Sherman Courthouse, Texas AgriLife Ext Ofc. 100 W Houston St A-G-1, Sherman, TX 75090. Field trips take place at various locations throughout our Chapter region.
Class Limit: 20
Registration Fee: $130.00
Registration Deadline: July 29, 2024
Training Coordinator: Shelly DeLozier, trainingclassdor@bluestemtmn.org
Chapter Website: https://txmn.org/bluestem
Bois d’ Arc Area Chapter
Brazos Valley Chapter
Training Dates: August 27 – November 12, 2024
Time of Day: Tuesday, 6:00 – 9:00 pm, some Saturday mornings.
Training Location: BRTC, TAMU (Biodiversity Research and Teaching Collections) 3380 University Dr. East, College Station, TX 77845
Class Limit: 25
Registration Fee: $165
Registration Deadline: August 20, 2024
Training Coordinator: Kimberly Roese, kimir77845@yahoo.com
Chapter Website: https://txmn.org/brazos
Brush y Canyons Chapter
Capital Area Chapter
Training Dates: August – December 2024
Time of Day: Tuesday evenings & Saturday mornings
Training Location: This is a Hybrid Training Class: Virtual lectures will take place on Zoom, most Tuesday evenings. In-person field sessions to complement with lectures will take place on around 7 Saturday mornings at various sites in Travis County. More details are available on our website, applications will be accepted June 1-30, 2024.
Class Limit: 40
Registration Fee: $140
Registration Deadline: June 30, 2024
Training Coordinator: David Cook, curriculum@camn.org
Chapter Website: https://camn.org/applicants-hub/
Coastal Prairie Chapter
Training Dates: August 24 – November 5, 2024
Time of Day: Evening (Tuesday 6pm-9pm, Daytime (Sat 9am-2pm)
Training Location: VARIOUS: Some in-person classrooms are at the Fort Bend AgriLife Extension Annex in Rosenberg while others are remote via Zoom platform. Field training is at various locations including Rosenberg, Sugar Land, Needville, Richmond, Katy.
Class Limit: 24
Registration Fee: $135
Registration Deadline: until class is full; then waitlisted
Training Coordinator: Shannon Westveer, info@coastalprairie.org
Chapter Website: https://txmn.org/coastal/
Cradle of Texas Chapter
Training Dates: Sept. 7th – Nov. 16th, 2024
Time of Day: Tuesday evenings and Saturdays
Training Location: Most classes will be held at the Angleton Library’s Meeting Room. A few classes will be held at a Partner’s site (Brazos Bend State Park, Brazoria National Wildlife Refuge, Gulf Coast Bird Observatory, Sea Center Texas). All classes are offered (where possible) by Zoom and are recorded. Training Director permission required to attend by Zoom or to make up classes with recording. Field Trips are not recorded.
Class Limit: 40
Registration Fee: $150
Registration Deadline: 2 weeks prior to start of class. However, walk-ins are accepted if room is available.
Training Coordinator: Melanie Hollenshead, theladyspath@hotmail.com
Chapter Website: https://txmn.org/tmncot
Cross Timbers Chapter
Training Dates: August 20–November 2
Time of Day: Evenings (6:00-9:00 pm)
Training Location: Most classes held at FW Botanic Garden; some at FW Nature Center and Refuge; Local field trips at the FW Nature Center and other locations.
Class Limit: 30
Registration Fee: $150; partial scholarships available
Registration Deadline: June 30, 2024
Training Coordinator: Melinda Wolfinbarger, training@ctmn.org
Chapter Website: https://txmn.org/crosstimbers/
East Texas Chapter
Training Dates: August 24 to November 9. Once a week on Saturdays (except Aug. 31 and Oct. 26).
Training Location: Tyler Nature Center and other locations in the 10-county program area.
Class Limit: 25
Registration Fee: $150
Registration Deadline: August 9, 2024
Training Coordinator: tmneasttxpres@yahoo.com
Chapter Website: https://txmn.org/etwd
Elm Fork Chapter
Training Dates: August 20 – November 5, 2024
Time of Day: 9 am – 3 pm
Training Location: Denton and surrounding area
Class Limit: 36
Registration Fee: $150
Registration Deadline: April 15, 2024
Training Coordinator: Elise Spain, elisespain2@gmail.com
Chapter Website: https://txmn.org/elmfork/
Galveston Bay Area Chapter
Good Water Chapter
Training Dates: Sept 3 – Dec 12, 2024
Time of Day: 6pm – 9:30pm
Training Location: Williamson County Extension Services Building – 100 Wilco Way, Georgetown, TX 78626. Upstairs training room, all classes are in person. Virtual class options for special needs, with prior approval from class director.
Class Limit: 25
Registration Fee: $150
Registration Deadline: August 26, 2024
Training Coordinator: Victoria Barber, ncd-f@gwmn.org
Chapter Website: https://txmn.org/goodwater/
Guadalupe Chapter
Training Dates: August 6 – November 16, 2024
Time of Day: evening, 6– 9 pm
Training Location: Schertz Area Senior Center, 608 Schertz Pkwy, Schertz, TX 78154
Registration Fee: $175
Registration Deadline: August 6, 2024
Training Coordinator: Rebeca Leininger, class@guadmn.org
Chapter Website: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1GlasGH98ZZlazqAIigTSv5eaFDAAZP7v/view?usp=sharing
Gulf Coast Chapter
Training Dates: August 17 – December 10, 2024
Time of Day: Evenings
Training Location: Campus, University of Houston – Downtown
Class Limit: 32
Registration Fee: $175
Registration Deadline: July 20, 2024
Training Coordinator: Spencer Simons, spencer.simons@txgcmn.org
Chapter Website: https://txmn.org/gulfcoast/
Hays County Chapter
Training Dates: July – December, every other Tuesday
Time of Day: Evening
Training Location: will vary around Hays County
Class Limit: 35
Registration Fee: $25 at registration, $175 total
Registration Deadline: June 2, 2024
Training Coordinator: Mary O’Hara, trainincom@haysmn.org
Chapter Website: https://www.beautifulhayscounty.org/about#become
Heartwood Chapter
Highland Lakes Chapter
Indian Trail Chapter
Training Dates: August 13 – October 29, 2024
Time of Day: evening, 6 – 9 pm
Training Location: First Methodist United Church in Waxahachie, plus 3 field trips
Class Limit: 20
Registration Fee: $150
Registration Deadline: August 1, 2024
Training Coordinator: Lynn Sawyer, lynn-sawyer@sbcglobal.net
Chapter Website: https://txmn.org/indiantrail/about/become-a-master-naturalist/
Lindheimer Chapter
Llano Estacado Chapter
Longleaf Ridge Chapter
Lost Pines Chapter
Mid Coast Chapter
North Texas Chapter
Panhandle Chapter
Training Dates: September 1, 2023 – May 31, 2024
Time of Day: Daytime on Saturdays
Training Location: (TBA)
Class Limit: 24
Registration Fee: $95
Registration Deadline: August 15, 2023
Training Coordinator: Bernice Blasingame, cbblasingame@sbcglobal.net
Chapter Website: https://txmn.org/pc/
Piney Wood Lakes Chapter
Prairie Oaks Chapter
Rio Brazos Chapter
Rio Grande Valley Chapter
Training Dates: January 15 to early April, 2025
Time of Day: Every Wednesday from 6:00 – 9:00 pm
Training Location: Classes are hybrid; in-person and virtual. Except for the first class (Jan. 15), which has mandatory in-person attendance and will not be offered virtually. We will meet in-person at South Ecotourism Center, (STEC), 501 W. State Highway 100, Laguna Vista, Texas.
Class Limit: 30
Registration Fee: $150
Registration Deadline: January 3, 2025
Training Coordinator: Barb Peterson, riograndevalleychapter.tmn@gmail.com
Chapter Website: https://rgvctmn.org/14022-2/
Rolling Plains Chapter
Sabine-Neches Chapter
South Plains Chapter
South Texas Border Chapter
South Texas Chapter
Training Dates: August 17 – December 14, 2024
Time of Day: Field trainings are held two to three Saturdays per month. Thursday evenings prior to field trainings, Zoom introductions are held.
Training Location: There are over thirteen field locations within our region that are visited throughout the training season.
Class Limit: 20
Registration Fee: $165
Registration Deadline: Open, payment site opens in July to secure seat in class
Training Coordinator: Dawn Bissell, BISSELLS@SWBELL.NET
Chapter Website: https://txmn.org/st/
Trans-Pecos Chapter
2025 Basic Training Classes
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