 I'm a member of the San Antonio Chapter of the Texas Master Naturalist and we are involved in the conservation preservation and restoration of our natural areas. We work with the Phil Harberger Conservation Organization in providing educational programs to the citizens of San Antonio-Bear County about conservation, about historical information. For example, today there's an educational program on watershed. We've also had them on turkeys and bugs and just anything to do with the natural areas to educate the adults and the children about their environment and how to conserve our natural areas. To become a member, you become a master naturalist, you go through a 10-week course of 40 hours. We learn what it is to be a master naturalist. We have about 20 different topics that we cover about geology, geography, weather, plants, animals, etc. So it's a wide range of topics that we cover, not just plants, not just geography. I've really enjoyed becoming a master naturalist. I graduated last year and it's a good opportunity to get out and see different areas within San Antonio. I've been to places I never knew about. I never knew existed, so it's great for that for me and educational-wise. I've learned so much and I'm able to share about San Antonio, about our natural areas with other individuals. So that's the biggest plus of it is sharing that information with others. I first joined because when I looked into it, it was everything I had ever wanted when I went to college and didn't get. When you go to college, you do the textbook thing and memorize, and master naturalist is you go and you learn, but you have fun. It affects you on an individual basis. You know how you can help or what you can do to make a difference. It was just right up my alley. You could go to our website, www.TXMNTexasMasterNaturalist.org slash Alamo, and that gets you to the Alamo chapter and there's information about classes right there. We have fall and spring classes. Come join us. You meet great people and believe it or not, some of the work is hard but fun.