Texas Master Naturalists

Texas Master Naturalist Chapters are often helpful for acquainting youngsters with the flora and fauna of Texas.  Their mission is self-described "The Mission: To develop a corps of well-informed volunteers to provide education, outreach, and service dedicated to the beneficial management of natural resources and natural areas within their communities. Many communities and organizations rely on such citizen volunteers for implementing youth education programs; for operating parks, nature centers, and natural areas; and for providing leadership in local natural resource conservation efforts. In fact, a short supply of dedicated and well-informed volunteers is often cited as a limiting factor for community-based conservation efforts."   Some of the chapters are   Alamo Area-San Antonio Big Country-Abilene Blackland Prairie-Plano Brazos Valley-College Station Capital Area-Austin Cinco Tierra-Navasota Coastal Prairie-Rosenburg Cradle of Texas-Angleton Cross Timbers-Fort Worth Cypress Basin-Jefferson East Texas-Tyler El Camino Real-Cameron Elm Fork-Denton Galveston Bay-Galveston Gideon Lincecum-Brenham Gulf Coast-Houston Hays County-San Marcos Heart of Texas-Waco Heartwood-Conroe Highland Lakes-Burnet Hill Country Llano Estacado-Big Spring Lindheimer-New Braunfels Lost Pines-Bastrop Mid-Coast-Bay City North Texas-Dallas Panhandle-Amarillo Red River-Clarksville Rio Brazos-Cleburne Rio Grande Valley-San Benito Rolling Plains-Wichita Falls Tierra Grande-Alpine Trans_Pecos-El Paso   Read more at http://masternaturalist.tamu.edu/ Members may be aware of books applicable to your locale.