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Texas Wildlife Association's Adult Learn to Hunt Program focuses on introducing novice hunters interested in forging a connection between conservation, hunting and sustainable eating. Participants will also learn valuable skills related to skinning, butchering and cooking techniques associated with wild game. Upon applying to the program, applications will be reviewed, and hunters will be contacted once chosen to participate.
Program: Adult Learn to Hunt Program
Contact Person: Matt Hughes
Contact Phone: (210) 288-0688
Click here for details or to sign up
This opportunity is for Ambassador Alumni to log all volunteer hours after the successful completion of their Ambassadorship.
Program: Ambassador Program
Contact Person: Dorothy Martinez
Contact Phone: (512) 298-9090
Only certified TPWD NASP or USA Archery instructor volunteers may sign up for this opportunity. If you regularly work with audiences, are not currently certified and want to be, please contact ArcheryEdu@tpwd.texas.gov. Please note, this certification is not intended for those with an archery hobby, but instead those that instruct or have access to audiences.
Program: National Archery in the Schools
Contact Person: Joel Janssen
Contact Phone: (512) 517-5527
Brazos Bend State Park is home to miles of adventurous trails, a variety of wildlife, and hard-working staff members that preserve the natural, picturesque landscape that is our park. Our Park Hosts serve as a valuable multiplier to our efforts in maintaining our beautiful campgrounds and helping to provide visitors with a positively memorable experience.Our park hosts will enjoy the amenities of a full-hookup campsite (Water/Sewer/Electric) in exchange for 25 hours of work per week.Examples of Maintenance Park Host duties include fee collection, campsite checks, landscaping, and maintenance of our facilities and campsites. State Park vehicles are available to carry out hosting duties.As of currently, there is no longer any availability for Park Host assignments in 2024 at Brazos Bend State Park.Applicants must be at least 18 years old. Criminal background checks are required for all persons occupying a host site.
Program: Brazos Bend State Park
Contact Person: Danny Thach
Contact Phone: (979) 553-5101
*NOTE: If you are interested in Park Host opportunities, please apply for our separate Park Host opportunity. *Volunteering at Brazos Bend involves customer service, formal interpretation such as presenting educational programs or leading hikes, informal interpretation such as helping us staff our Nature Center and doing roving interpretation on the trails, helping with operations of our non-profit gift shop, and attending outreach events outside the park. You will find that once you start to volunteer, there will be many other opportunities that open to you. You will have the chance to develop many new skills and/or improve on existing ones. We are looking for enthusiastic volunteers that love everything nature and outdoors and want to share their love and passion for it with others.Minimum hourly requirements, flexible schedule, training required.Visit: www.brazosbend.org for complete information
Contact Person: Jessica Bullard
Contact Phone: (979) 553-5101 x0
The Buffalo Soldier Heritage and Outreach program is looking for you. The Texas Buffalo Soldiers program provides educational experiences that connect underrepresented populations with the outdoors through interpretive story telling of the Buffalo Soldiers, the country's first professional African American soldiers. The Texas Buffalo Solders program brings history to life with stories, costumes and tools. At one of our programs, you can learn how to track an animal, and fish with a cane pole. The Buffalo Soldiers program is looking for volunteers of all skills and abilities, including:- Photographers and videographers- General program assistance- Outdoor skill facilitators- Costumed interpreters.If no shifts available, please contact Coy Poitier for more information about volunteering.For Volunteers 15 and under, parental or guardian supervision is required.
Program: Buffalo Soldiers Heritage & Outreach Program
Contact Person: Coy Poitier
Contact Phone: (512) 287-5137
"Sign Up" and record the hours you spend providing archery access, opportunities and education. This includes Explore Archery, Explore Bowhunting/Bowfishing, USA Archery classes and events (excluding NASP). Report ALL NASP archery activity at "NASP Archery Education Classes and Events.".Community Archery Instructors and Volunteers play a vital role in promoting TPWD''s Community Archery Program. The hours you contribute to a given activity and the number of people you reach are key ingredients to achieving our community archery objectives. Therefore, reporting your archery activity is imperative so that we can collect the data needed. Thank you for your continued effort in expanding the sport of archery.
Program: Community Archery Houston and Coastal
The State Park Police Career Opportunity Program (COP) volunteer program will provide an opportunity for approved individuals with a demonstrated or sincere interest in conservation law enforcement to gain career or operational knowledge of the State Park Police occupation.Minimum Requirements: COP volunteers must have a minimum of 60 completed semester credit hours from a college or university.Below are the rider rules for this program. By signing up for this opportunity, you signify that you have read the rules and agree to follow them during your time with this program.Dress Code for Texas Parks & Wildlife Department Observers1. TPWD observers are to dress neatly and conservatively. No Blue jeans of any kind.2. Cleanliness is required at all times.3. Hair and facial hair must be well groomed.4. Shorts and cut-offs are prohibited.5. Clothing bearing any sign or symbol that advertises any product, business or organization will not be permitted.6. Clothing with offensive designs, logos, letters or devices is prohibited.7. Conservative type shoes or boots may be worn; sandals and bare feet are prohibited.Prohibited Acts:1. Will not consume alcoholic beverages prior to and during tours of duty.2. Will not use profane or abusive language during the tour of duty.3. Will not engage in excessive conversation, which may distract the Officer or interfere with hearing the police radio.4. Will not make remarks or voice opinions to complainants, witnesses, victims, violators, or suspects in any manner, which would tend to provoke or degrade anyone or escalate tension.5. Will not be allowed into a private residence during the execution of a search or arrest warrant.6. Will not make known to any unauthorized person, information that may compromise a police operation, procedure or investigation that is either in progress or proposed.7. Will not make known to unauthorized persons the identity of persons arrested, persons being confined in jail, or suspects in a criminal act.8. Will not use information learned during a tour of duty for personal gain.9. Will not carry weapons of any type. Observers possessing a license to carry a weapon will NOT be allowed to carry a weapon during a tour of duty.10. Non-sworn observers do not have any powers of an Officer and have no authority except when acting at the direction of an Officer.Texas Parks & Wildlife Department Observers Will:1. At all times conduct themselves with proper decorum.2. Remain in the police unit during routine traffic stops unless otherwise instructed by the Officer.3. Remain in or near the TPWD patrol unit during disturbance calls and calls of a serious nature to summon assistance by radio if needed, unless otherwise instructed by an Officer.
Program: State Park Police
Contact Person: Lt. EJ Rivera
Contact Phone: (361) 405-9039
Thank you for your interest in being a Battleship Texas Curatorial Volunteer. Unfortunately we are not accepting any new applications at this time.
Program: Battleship TEXAS SHS
Contact Person: Amanda Carter
Contact Phone: (281) 479-2431
Goose Island is hosting an Explore Bowhunting Workshop. This event offers visitors the opportunity to learn what it takes to go on your first deer hunting trip.
Program: Goose Island State Park
Contact Person: Sara Rock
Contact Phone: (361) 729-2858
Assists TPWD - Coastal Fisheries Biologists with the collection of fisheries related data. Handling of fish, boating on skiffs and research vessels required.
Program: Lower Laguna Madre Ecosystem
Contact Person: Jason Ferguson
Contact Phone: (956) 350-4490
Program: Upper Laguna Madre Ecosystem
Contact Person: Ethan Getz
Contact Phone: (361) 431-6003 x825
Assists TPWD - Coastal Fisheries Biologists and Wildflife Technicians with the collecting, processing and reporting data from marine activities in the ecosystem. Specific methodology may include use of sampling gears (bag seines, gill nets, trawls and oyster dredges.) Interaction with the public- Outreach/educational youth events. Normal workweek is 8-5 Monday through Friday, with frequent hours to include early mornings, late evenings and weekends.
Program: Galveston Bay Ecosystem
Contact Person: Grant Maresh
Contact Phone: (281) 534-0106
Assist field technicians with sample collection, species identification, & gear maintenance.
Program: Sabine Lake Ecosystem
Contact Person: Joshua Leleux
Contact Phone: (409) 983-1104 x222
Black Rails are sparrow sized marsh birds that inhabit the east, west, and gulf coasts of North America. The diminutive size and preference for dense marsh grass habitat makes studying them difficult. In accordance with US Fish and Wildlife range-wide protocols, Galveston Island State Park is conducting callback surveys to determine how many Black Rails are in the park, what type of habitat they are occupying, and how that changes with the seasons or disturbance.More information on Black Rails: Cornell Lab of Ornithology: Black RailCallback surveys consist of playing an audio recording of Black Rail calls and song over a speaker and listening for a response and the direction and distance of that response is recorded. They are conducted every other week during the Survey Window from mid-February to mid-June during both the dawn (30 minutes before sunrise to 3 hours after) and dusk (3 hours before sunset to 30 minutes after) hours.Survey Protocols are attached to this announcement.Requirements:1. Volunteers must have normal hearing range (hearing aids are acceptable)2. Volunteers must attend ONE of two training sessions offered at Galveston Island State Park prior to the Survey Window in order to be able to conduct surveys.3. Volunteers must sign up for at least 2 surveys during the Survey Window.
Program: Galveston Island State Park
Contact Person: Brenna Ceron
Contact Phone: (409) 370-2261
This is the opportinuty for Camp WILD volunteers to submit their hours: Jr couselors, counselors, kitchen staff, etc.
Contact Person: Regina Lillibridge
Contact Phone: (409) 737-1222
Project Description:Install 250 feet of ¾ inch PVC pipe for 4 watering zones and associated sprinklers, valves, and wiring. This will likely involve trenching and leveling earth. Install a second timer for these zones. Build a 350 sq ft leveled, tarped, and bordered garden bed for staging plants to be planted in the prairie.Requirements:Must be able to withstand the elements of sun, rain, wind, and foot traffic.Must be able to reach every part of the garden beds. No dry spots.Benefits:To GISP: This project will improve the efficiency and consistency of the Native Plant Nursery irrigation system. Current system fails frequently resulting in the loss of inventory ("brown outs"). It will increase the propagation of native plants that are used for coastal prairie restoration projects (a critically endangered habitat type) and save on watering costs for the park. The staging area will provide more space for additional inventory but will predominantly be used to stage plants to be planted which will make plant selection, loading, and distribution easier and more efficient.To Scout: This project will provide them with an opportunity to utilize organization and leadership skills to successfully manage a project. The scout will have to research how to best design the irrigation system and expansion area. Skills in plumping, electric, carpentry, and manual labor will be developed.
Help us maintain and beautify our park by volunteering with our maintenance rangers!As a maintenance volunteer, you'll assist maintenance staff with daily activities such as:-building/maintaining trails-performing vehicle/facility maintenance-painting/installing park and trails signs-vegetation control-litter pickup and collection of trashFor more information, please contact park staff.
Contact Person: Mark Teague
Galveston Island State Park is seeking energetic, friendly Park Hosts to assist in all aspects of park operations. Previous Park Host experience preferred, but not required. Galveston Island State Park is open to the visiting public year round. Park Hosts should expect to work weekends and holidays. Hosts are a vital part of the park's operation. As Park Hosts, you will have the opportunity to meet new people and help visitors have a memorable experience. Park Hosts will assist park staff with the day-to-day operations of Galveston Island State Park.Open positions: August-November (2026)Minimum stay requirement: 3 monthsDuties include:- Campsite checks- General cleaning of facilities (restrooms, campsites and cabins)- Grounds maintenance, including but not limited to removing trash- Assisting park staff by providing quality customer service- Assisting Headquaters checking in guests in PBS system- Various small projects as needed in the park- Assist with park interpretive and outreach programs- Assisting campers after hoursTwo host sites are on the beachside in campgrounds and two sites are secluded on the bayside not in the campgrounds, all with full hookups. Laundry facilities available. Park prefers mail to be collected offsite. Previous Texas State Park Host experience and familiarity with Aspira/PBS preferred. Applicants must be a minimum of 18 years old. Criminal background checks are required for all persons living/staying in a Host site.
Contact Phone: (409) 737-1222 x226
Galveston Island State Park is seeking energetic, friendly, and outgoing Park Hosts to assist in all aspects of park operations. Previous Park Host experience preferred, but not required. Galveston Island State Park is open to the visiting public year round. Park Hosts should expect to work weekends and holidays.Openings: May-July(2025), August-November(2025), April-July (2026)Hosts are a vital part of the park's operation. As Park Hosts, you will have the opportunity to meet new people and help visitors have memorable experiences. Park Hosts will assist park staff with the day-to-day operations.Duties include:- Campsite checks- General cleaning of facilities (restrooms and campsites)- Grounds maintenance, including but not limited to, mowing, removing trash and painting- Assisting park staff by providing quality customer service- Various small projects as needed in the park.On site location. 2 sites are on the beachside in the campgrounds and 2 sites are secluded on the bayside not in the campground, all with full hookups. There is no WiFi, but there are laundry facilities in our maintenance area. Park prefers hosts collect mail offsite.Previous Park Host Experience prefferred. Applicants must be a minimum of 18 years old. Criminal background checks are required for all persons living/staying in a Host site. Please contact Regina Lillibridge (409)737-1222, if you would like to join our staff in preserving and conserving the natural and cultural resources of Galveston Island State Park in a beautiful, friendly, and serene park setting.Minimum age: 18
