Texas Panhandle chapter of the Texas Master Naturalists held an open house
AMARILLO TEXAS -- Do you love the outdoors? Are you looking to possibly volunteer and make a difference? Well, you may be a perfect fit for the Texas Master Naturalist program.
Texas Master Naturalist, Texas Panhandle chapter held an open house Saturday to create awareness and promote participation in the program.
The program gives anyone interested the necessary training to get out and volunteer or just enjoy nature more.
"If you've got a wildflower field guide in your back pack or a bird field guide, and your always interested in trying to understand what your seeing and what's around you, that would be a good indication that you might like this program," said Susan Thompson, who was a founding member of the Texas Panhandle chapter of Texas Master Naturalists.
"They would get to learn all the traditional naturalist disciplines so they basically get a foundation in knowledge of the outdoor world and general knowledge of nature," said Thompson.
To become a Texas Master Naturalist you must complete 40 hours of training and an additional 8 hours of specialized training. You learn about the various ologies so to speak. Geology, Archeology, Ichthyology, Herpetology, and many more. You also learn about prescribed burns, wildlife monitoring, and you may even learn how to serve as guide for school trips to Palo Duro Canyon or other Texas parks.
I have barely even scraped the surface of what you can learn or how you can apply the training, so for more information on the Texas Naturalist program and how to sign up, check out their website which we have provided a link to below.
