Mid-Coast Chapter Members

Find links to everything you need on this page: training opportunities, volunteering opportunities, reporting, activities, partners, archives, trusted resources, and Members-Only information.

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Clearing the Rail Trail at Aransas National Wildlife Refuge

Volunteer Opportunities

Do what you love! Give 40 hours of Volunteer Service each year to be the change you want to see in the world. Members work in field research/citizen science, educate kids and adults about the natural world, improve wildlife habitat and manage natural resources, and provide technical guidance to other organizations to meet our Texas Master Naturalist mission.

Find a new volunteer service opportunity?

Check it against Guidelines and against VS Already Approved, and then fill out an approval request form if the opportunity is new and meets the guidelines.

Read State Volunteering Guidelines

Training Opportunities

Mid-Coast Master Naturalists keep learning. Partners offer training for specific projects, single presentations, and lecture series on resource management, field research, and other topics that meet the TMN mission.

Learn what you love! Master Naturalists are lifelong learners. Earn 8 hours of Advanced Training per year to get and keep your Texas Master Naturalist Certification.

AT: Plants | AT: Wildlife | AT: Habitat
AT: Single Presentations | AT: Specific Projects
AT: Lecture Series | AT: Online Training
State AT Opportunities

Find a new training opportunity?

Check against Criteria and AT Approved in the Past. Fill out an approval request form for new opportunities that meet criteria.

Need to make up missed initial training as AT?

See the current year’s Initial Training schedule.

Teaching wetland sedges at Mad Island Marsh Preserve

Read State Training Criteria

The belted kingfisher is the Mid-Coast Chapter mascot — "Volunteers don't get paid; not because they're worthless, but because they're priceless." – Anonymous

Reporting Help & Forms Links

All MCTMN Reporting Categories
Quick VMS Help – visual “How-to”
Request Advanced Training Approval form
Request Volunteer Service Approval form
More help & forms at Members-Only

Reporting

Mid-Coast in Action:

Chapter Service & Training in August 2023
VS Hours: 774
AT Hours: 100
Members Reporting: 60
Different Opportunities: 33
Value @ $23 per hr: $20,102.00

Service & Training 2023 Year-to-Date Total
VS Hours: 9,237.50
AT Hours: 1,211.25
Members Reporting: 93
Different Opportunities: 50
Value @ $23 per hr: $240,032.25

Cumulative – 2000 to Present
VS Hours: 235,560.50
AT Hours: 24,399.50
All-time Members Reporting: 326
Different Opportunities: 71
Value at $23 per hr: $5,979,080.00

Your hours fund TMN – Report here!