Welcome to Central Arkansas Master Naturalists (CAMN)!
Central Arkansas is where it all began! In 2006, at Pinnacle Mountain State Park, a need met a solution. The need: trained volunteers who could help supplement the work of the Park Interpreters. The solution: a recently relocated Texas Master Naturalist, Tom Neale. Together the park personnel and Tom created a training program, recruited the first class, and launched the program that has grown to encompass much of the state of Arkansas and has provided thousands of hours of volunteer support to state parks as well as dozens of other agencies and entities.
For 16 years, CAMN members have been stewards of the natural areas in Central Arkansas. We have educated the public and introduced kids to the wonders of nature and the responsibility we all share in caring for it. We've built trails, provided housing for birds, monitored the quality of rivers and lakes, picked up litter, removed invasive species, grown and planted native plants, and provided educated citizen scientists. We've worked hard and we've had fun. And the Natural State has benefitted from it all. Come see what we do!
CAMN is accepting applications for the 2025 training year from October 1 through December 27 or until the roster fills. Apply early!
A little about participating in the training program:
As a CAMN Naturalists-in-Training, you may attend a minimum of 40 hours of training to graduate from the program and become Arkansas Master Naturalists. In-person courses (classroom and field work) are typically scheduled on Saturdays scattered throughout January to September. Those Saturday sessions are usually scheduled for a "full day" (9:00-3:30), however there may be two topics covered on a single Saturday and you may choose to attend the morning session, the afternoon session, or both. Some of the trainings will be available online, but the bulk will take place in-person. There will be more than 100 hours available for you to choose from in order to reach your minimum of 40 hours, however we encourage our Naturalists-in-Training to attend as many of the courses as they wish!
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