TEXAS WATERS SPECIALIST: Become a certified Texas Waters 
Specialist [02 “…precious resource.”] …we tell you how…on 
Passport to Texas

This is Passport to Texas

Water is a precious resource, and a new TPW program 
helps citizens to become certified Texas Waters 
Specialists. 

07— It comes down to appreciation for the natural world – to 
realize that everything’s connected. From humans to wildlife; we 
all need water to survive.

Colin Findley, an AmeriCorps Vista Volunteer, oversees 
the program, which covers ecosystems to water law.  

10— There’s a curriculum, and also there’s webinars. It’s really 
just a matter of going to the Texas Parks [and Wildlife] website: 
tpwd.texas.gov. Search for Texas Water Specialist, and it will take 
you to that page.

Anyone may register for the course.

21— There are specific requirements for Texas Master Naturalist, 
so if you are a Master Naturalist, you go through the 
representative for Texas Waters for your program to log those 
hours. But if you’re from the general public, it’s completely free. 
It takes eight hours of different program requirements to get your 
certification. To renew it – it’s all about community service. You 
have to do ten hours of water related community service each 
year.

Many volunteer opportunities exist for certified waters 
specialists.

13—Texas Stream Team. Texas Parks and Wildlife has different 
volunteer opportunities in terms of water quality, habitat 
conservation, restoration and management, freshwater inflows. 
And then, you know, there’s a lot of different coastal restoration 
projects as well.

Find information on the TPW website.  The Sport Fish 
Restoration program supports our series.  For Texas 
Parks and Wildlife, I’m Cecilia Nasti.

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