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 2025 trainings. Please only fill out the form below if your chapter has an upcoming training that starts anytime in 2025.
Scroll down to view the chapters offering a 2025 basic training class. Be sure to check back regularly as new classes are added!
TMN Chapters hosting 2025 training classes:
Alamo Area Chapter
Balcones Canyonlands Chapter
Big Country Chapter
Blackland Prairie Chapter
Bluestem Chapter
Bois d’ Arc Area Chapter
Brazos Valley Chapter
Brush y Canyons Chapter
Capital Area Chapter
Training Dates: January – May, 2025
Time of Day: Saturdays, approx. 8am – 3pm
Training Location: Training sessions will take place across 10 Saturdays from January to May, 2024, and will be completely in-person. Classes will be hosted at various locations around Travis County depending on the content.
Class Limit: 35
Registration Fee: $140
Registration Deadline: October 31, 2025
Training Coordinator: David Cook, curriculum@camn.org
Chapter Website: https://camn.org
Coastal Prairie Chapter
Cradle of Texas Chapter
Cross Timbers Chapter
East Texas Chapter
El Camino Real Chapter
Training Dates: January 16, 2025 – April 17, 2024
Time of Day: 5:30pm
Training Location: All Saints Episcopal Church Meeting Hall at Travis and 2nd Streets in Cameron, TX.
Class Limit: 20
Registration Fee: $150
Registration Deadline: December 7, 2024
Training Coordinator: Alan Rudd, aerudd@yahoo.com
Chapter Website: https://txmn.org/elcamino
Elm Fork Chapter
Galveston Bay Area Chapter
Gideon Lincecum Chapter
Training Dates: January 11 – May 17, 2025
Time of Day: Daytime Saturdays and some Monday evenings on Zoom
Training Location: Various locations in Winedale, La Grange, Bellville and Brenham.
Class Limit: 20
Registration Fee: $200 for individuals, $375 for couples
Registration Deadline: December 31, 2024
Training Coordinator: Connie Shortes, tmn.glc.tc@gmail.com
Chapter Website: https://txmn.org/glc/becoming-a-master-naturalist/
Good Water Chapter
Guadalupe Chapter
Gulf Coast Chapter
Hays County Chapter
Heartwood Chapter
Highland Lakes Chapter
Indian Trail Chapter
Lindheimer Chapter
Llano Estacado Chapter
Longleaf Ridge Chapter
Lost Pines Chapter
Mid Coast Chapter
North Texas Chapter
Panhandle Chapter
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
Trans-Pecos Chapter
2025 Basic Training Classes
Please fill out this form below to help us collect and share the upcoming basic training class information from chapters across the state.