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Texas Wildlife Association's Adult Learn to Hunt Program focuses on introducing novice hunters interested in forging a connectin 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

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This is on going survey of butterflys found at ABK.


Program: Albert and Bessie Kronkosky State Natural Area

Contact Person: Howell Pugh

Contact Phone: (830) 328-2528

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NOTE: ABKSNA does not have Park Host opportunities at this time.

Position: Volunteer Site Assistants

Responsibilities: Various plant and animal surveys, fence repair, brush clearing, site cleanup, program development, outreach events, grounds maintenance, preparations for future public opening of site.

Requirements: Attend required orientation training and safety training, and pass criminal background check.

Desired Qualifications: Commitment to conserving and managing natural/cultural resources, use of various tools and equipment, comfortable speaking with public, natural/ cultural history knowledge, support for TPWD's mission.

Time Required: Open


Program: Albert and Bessie Kronkosky State Natural Area

Contact Person: Howell Pugh

Contact Phone: (830) 328-2528

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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

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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

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Volunteers are need to help teach basic angler to a group of 4th-5th graders. Skills that will be taught include knot tying, casting, fish ID and fish habitat with an emphasis on water bugs.

Activity time frame: 9am-12pm
Volunteer time frame: 8:30am-12:30pm
Location: 10417 Crumley Ranch Rd. Dripping Springs, TX 78620


Program: Angler Education

Contact Person: Natalia Gonzalez, TPWD Aquatic Ed Training Specialist

Contact Phone: (512) 201-5790

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2025 - Openings for months of May through December. (minimum 3, maximum 6 month stay).


Come join our team and experience life beneath the pines at Bastrop State Park! Spend a season in the scenic Lost Pines of Bastrop and help contribute to your Texas State Parks.

Willing and eager with a can-do attitude? Then we want you! Bastrop State Park is looking for motivated couples or individuals to come enjoy the wonderful smell of loblolly pines while helping our superior park staff with daily park needs.

Park Hosts assist in many aspects of park operations from maintenance, cleaning, visitor assistance, and interpretive programming.

Ideal team members will have a positive and friendly attitude, a willingness to interact with visitors, good communication skills, and be capable of being flexible.

The host position is for 3 to 6 months and requires at least 25 hours of volunteer work per week. In exchange for those hours we will provide you with a full hookup site (50 amp) at no charge! We also provide access to a washer and dryer facility. Also enjoy wonderful shopping and dining experiences in historic downtown Bastrop, which is only a five minute drive away from the park. Nearby cities of Austin, Houston and San Antonio provide additional day off opportunities!

Duties of the Park Host

Required:


- Clean and maintain bathrooms
- Oversee and maintain assigned campground loop, including but not limited to, trash pick-up of entire loop, clean out fire rings, mow/weed-eat entire camping loop, remove weeds from tent pads
- Assist with historic CCC cabin cleaning
- Assist visitors

Other duties include but are not limited to:

- Assist with park grounds maintenance
- Assist with Interpretive tours/hikes and programs
- Assist with miscellaneous tasks, projects and programs.

Minimum 25 hours a week with days off mainly on days other than weekends as assigned by park management needs. Must be willing and capable of cleaning bathrooms and occasionally helping with cabins. Applicants need to be available at least 3 consecutive months and will have the option to stay up to 6 months.

Must be at least 18 years old and must pass a criminal background check


Program: Bastrop State Park

Contact Person: Madalyn Miller

Contact Phone: (512) 718-0211

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Would you enjoy being more involved in your local Blanco State Park? We have opportunities for weekday and weekend volunteers. This is NOT a Park Host position. Responsiblities will vary depending on your interest and skill set. Example of potential duties include assisting with fishing and kayaking programs, trail clean up and maintence, and assisting with special events.


Program: Blanco State Park

Contact Person: Kathryn Tiedemann

Contact Phone: (830) 392-6492

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Blanco State Park is looking for friendly, motivated, and energetic volunteers to serve as maintenance park hosts. Your time, energy, and skills will support the park team in managing and conserving the park's natural and cultural resources and keep the park clean, safe, and usable for visitors.

Duties: Maintenance park hosts play a critical role in keeping Blanco State Park beautiful and inviting for park visitors. Park hosts assist park staff with day-to-day operations of the park. Duties include restroom cleaning and maintenance, trash collection, and light repairs.

Benefits: In exchange for a minimum of 25 volunteer hours per week, volunteers are provided a campsite with a 50 amp full hook-up.

Park Hosts play a critical role in the conservation and stewardship of the natural and cultural resources of Texas.


Program: Blanco State Park

Contact Person: Kathryn Tiedemann

Contact Phone: (830) 392-6492

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Looking for a way to get more involved in your State Park? Join our Friends group to help make a positive difference at Bastrop and Buescher State Parks!

Friends of the Lost Pines State Parks is a 501(c)(3) non-profit volunteer group that helps support the park in multiple ways.

The purpose of Friends is to assist park staff in the management and conservation of the natural and cultural resources of Bastrop and Buescher State Parks, for the use and enjoyment of present and future generations.

Friends' support the parks by providing information about the Parks and their resources to the public; assisting and educating visitors to the Parks; fund-raising to support special projects or general operations for the Parks; and, other activities which contribute to the care and conservation of the Parks.

All the money that is raised by the Friends' goes directly back into supporting the parks.
Friends' fundraise money through firewood sales in both parks, canoe rentals at Buescher, Friends' membership dues and through donations.

Volunteer opportunities:

*Become a Board Member to help support the parks and organize volunteer events.
*Take pictures of the parks and help with Friends' social media posts.
*Help or conduct educational programs to the public
*Canoe/paddle/life vest cleaning and upkeep.
* Table at outreach events in the community
*Help with special events in the park
*Take free trainings offered by TPWD like Angler Education or Canoe/Kayaking certification to help with educational programs like Fishing or Canoeing 101.
*Help with natural resource work like trail maintenance
*Become a docent of the new nature center at Bastrop SP when it opens
*Help with fundraising opportunities like firewood sales and canoe rentals
*Attend meetings
*Help plan and organize membership events like Picnic In the Park at Buescher in October, Souper Supper at Bastrop in February, and Summer Splash Party in July or August at Bastrop Pool.

2025 Meeting Schedule:
February 20- Souper Supper Potluck
April 17- Board Elections & General Meeting
May 15- General meeting
June 19 - Board Meeting
August TBD- Summer Splash Party for Members at Bastrop SP Pool
Sept. 18 - Plan the Picnic event
Oct. 16-Picnic In the Park Membership Drive Event at Buescher
Nov. 20 - General meeting
Jan 15, 2026 - Plan the Souper Supper Event

Become a member:
1)Sign up on this site and make a volunteer profile.
2) A Friends Board Member will email you more information with in a week of your sign up.

Annual Membership Dues:
Student/Senior-$10 Individual-$15
Family-$25 Business-$50

Thank you for being our Friend! We''re excited to have your support!


Program: Buescher State Park

Contact Person: Madalyn Miller

Contact Phone: (512) 718-0211

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2025 - 1 opening available in months February through December.

Join our team and experience life beneath the beautiful Spanish moss at Buescher State Park! Spend your seasons tucked away in this little hidden jewel of Central Texas and help contribute to your Texas State Parks.

Willing and eager with a can-do attitude? Then we want you! Buescher State Park is looking for motivated couples or individuals to come enjoy this very unique, beautiful, and peaceful area while helping our superior park staff with daily park needs.

Park Hosts assist in many aspects of park operations including maintenance, cleaning, visitor assistance, and interpretive programming.

Ideal team members will have a positive and friendly attitude, a willingness to interact with visitors, good communication skills, and be capable of being flexible.

Park Hosts have a schedule of working 5 days on two days off, then 4 days on and three days off. This repeats every two weeks. Your days on/off is determined by park management needs.

The host position is for 3 to 6 months and requires at least 25 hours of volunteer work per week. In exchange for those hours we will provide you with a full hookup site (30 amp, no 50 amp sites) at no charge! We also provide access to a washer and dryer facility. Enjoy wonderful shopping and dining experiences in historic downtown Smithville, which is only a six minute drive away from the park. Historic Downtown Bastrop is only a 15 minute drive away, and nearby city of Austin provides other opportunities to enjoy on days off.

Duties of the Park Host

*Clean and maintain bathrooms
*Oversee and maintain assigned campground loop, including but not limited to:
- Trash pick up of entire loop
- Clean out fire rings
- Mow/weed-eat entire camping loop
- Remove weeds from tent pads
* Assist with Historic CCC Cabin cleaning
* Assist visitors


Other Duties Include but are not Limited To:

- Assist with park grounds maintenance
- Assist front office staff
- Assist with Interpretive tours/hikes and programs
- Assist with miscellaneous tasks, projects and programs

*Minimum 25 hours a week, with days off mainly on days other than weekends
*Must be willing and capable of cleaning bathrooms and cabins
*Must be at least 18 years old
*Must pass a criminal background check


Program: Buescher State Park

Contact Person: Madalyn Miller

Contact Phone: (512) 718-0211

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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

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Assist park staff with various park projects duties may include:

-Assisting in park store or fee booth

-Cleaning and/or maintaining park facilities

-Managing water stations during the summer

-Assisting in programs
- Trail maintenance and projects
- Deer spotlight surveys
- Bat counts
- Weed management


Program: Colorado Bend State Park

Contact Person: Frank Barrientez

Contact Phone: (512) 734-0329

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A great opportunity to live and work in a hidden jewel of the park system! Colorado Bend is situated in the Hill Country along the Colorado River and is home to the 70-foot tall Gorman Falls.

Fishing, hiking, biking, kayaking and other great opportunities abound. Park Hosts will have the opportunity to contribute towards the TPWD mission of providing visitor opportunities and conserving resources.

The ideal candidate is friendly, flexible, and able to bring a positive attitude. All hosts interact with the public. If you love the outdoors and hitting a trail, you will be a good match at our remote, rugged, and primitive park.

Duties may include, but are not limited to:

- Greeting customers
- Planning and delivering interpretive activities and events such as hikes, birding, children's programs, and whatever else interests you
- Cleaning campsites, restrooms and headquarters
- Trail and facility projects
- Assisting in office and working front desk
- Maintenance and infrastructure projects

Criminal background check required.

Hosts will be provided with a full hook-up (water/sewer/electric) site in exchange for a minimum 24 hrs/wk (32 hrs/week - double occupancy).

These positions are typically 3-month commitments. Please contact the park to see if Colorado Bend is your next adventure!


Program: Colorado Bend State Park

Contact Person: Frank Barrientez

Contact Phone: (512) 734-0329

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Program: Community Archery

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"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 Central and South Texas

Contact Person: Travis Glick

Contact Phone: (214) 532-1613

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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 Observers
1. 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

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Responsibilities: Assist in organizing and implementing interpretive programs, events, and projects. Contribute to the development of interpretive materials and displays. Conduct outreach activities to promote awareness and participation. Provide information and resources to encourage visitation.

Requirements: Attend required orientation, safety training, and pass criminal background check.

Desired Qualifications: Commitment to conserving and managing natural/cultural resources, use of various tools and equipment, comfortable speaking with public, natural/ cultural history knowledge, support for TPWD's mission.

Time Required: Open


Program: Devil's Sinkhole State Natural Area

Contact Person: Paris Gill

Contact Phone: (432) 207-2855

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Responsibilities: Assist in maintaining grounds, facilities, and trails. Tasks will consist of mowing/trimming grass, clearing brush, keeping facilities clean and organized, checking on bird blinds, minor equipment repair/maintenance, minor construction/carpentry. Assist with special and outreach events.

Requirements: Attend required orientation, safety training, and pass criminal background check.

Desired Qualifications: Commitment to conserving and managing natural/cultural resources, use of various tools and equipment, comfortable speaking with public, natural/ cultural history knowledge, support for TPWD's mission.

Time Required: Open


Program: Devil's Sinkhole State Natural Area

Contact Person: Paris Gill

Contact Phone: (432) 207-2855

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Do you enjoy the outdoors and observing birds?
As a birding guide, you'll be taking out visitors of various birding experience on assigned tours throughout the park and surrounding areas of the community.

You may be asked to:
-utilized interpretive methods durning your tour
-assist in visual and auditory indentificaiton of birds
-teach vistor's how to use and adjust binoculars
-share knowldge of bird of the area
-entering bird list on E-birds for the park


Program: Devils River State Natural Area-Del Norte Unit

Contact Person: Kevin Stafford

Contact Phone: (737) 289-3250

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