South Carolina Master Naturalist Chapters

Joining a Chapter or Association

After your training is finished, you’ll need to complete 30 hours per year of volunteer service (including 8 per year of Advanced training) to become fully certified as a Master Naturalist. The easiest way to find volunteer opportunities is to become involved in your local chapter or to help start one if one doesn’t exist in your area. See the map below for listings of local chapters. If your area doesn’t have a chapter, you must contact the State Office for help. Here are some of the benefits of local chapters:

Regional Associations

Upcountry
Piedmont
Sandhill
Coastal Plain

 
  • The ability to share experiences and skills with like-minded individuals in the community, helping to create a winning team that can accomplish many things for nature-based projects and natural resource conservation.
  • Providing continuing education and appreciation for the diversity of native ecosystems including the factors that impact their health.
  • Demonstrating knowledge and skills that can help to provide motivation and inspiration for others to follow.
  • Developing and accomplishing community projects that promote good will and appreciation of the local environment.
  • Providing an action and goal-oriented platform of participation in the environmental welfare of the community.
  • Promoting environmental awareness and appreciation to new generations of young people through outreach initiatives.

Please either click on the pinpoints in the map or choose a region from the right-hand corner of the page for information about Master Naturalist Chapters forming across the state!

map of SC


Interested in starting a chapter in your area? Contact us for more information including sample forms, ideas and encouragement needed to start a chapter!