BECOME A COMAL CONSERVATION VOLUNTEER
Comal Conservation is a volunteer-based nonprofit and welcomes your support!
Volunteers are the heart of our nonprofit and the ones who make things happen! Whether you are volunteering special skills, expertise or experience, or offering your time and energy “where ever needed”, there is a place for everyone in the work to preserve Comal’s rural character and precious natural areas. As a growing group of passionate believers in the need to balance growth with the protection of the natural resources needed to sustain our communities, we invite everyone to get involved.
To volunteer for a committee or to offer help in a specific skill area, please click the button below. Descriptions of our committees and their work are also shown below.
Thank you for choosing to join the effort to preserve the precious natural resources that make Comal County special.
Volunteers are the heart of our nonprofit and the ones who make things happen! Whether you are volunteering special skills, expertise or experience, or offering your time and energy “where ever needed”, there is a place for everyone in the work to preserve Comal’s rural character and precious natural areas. As a growing group of passionate believers in the need to balance growth with the protection of the natural resources needed to sustain our communities, we invite everyone to get involved.
To volunteer for a committee or to offer help in a specific skill area, please click the button below. Descriptions of our committees and their work are also shown below.
Thank you for choosing to join the effort to preserve the precious natural resources that make Comal County special.
Committees
COMMUNICATIONS COMMITTEE
PURPOSE: To provide effective communications between Comal Conservation and the community, the “Friends of Comal Conservation” group, partner organizations and others interested in learning more about the organization; to ensure all materials consistently adhere to Comal Conservation branding in order to create instant recognition of our identity; to create materials to effectively promote the mission; and to maintain an informative and appealing website and social media presence.
CURRENT FOCUS: Creating a monthly Conservation Insider email update on Comal Conservation news, creating educational and promotional materials to raise awareness of Comal Conservation and its mission; updating and maintaining the website; maintaining our social media presence; and promoting our programs, field trips, and other events, such as the Big Give and our annual Celebration for Conservation.
COMMITTEE WORK INCLUDES: Creating publicity materials, publicizing events, managing Comal Conservation's online presence including website and social media, developing promotional items and print materials, contacting media outlets, getting price quotes, and supporting other committee efforts.
PURPOSE: To provide effective communications between Comal Conservation and the community, the “Friends of Comal Conservation” group, partner organizations and others interested in learning more about the organization; to ensure all materials consistently adhere to Comal Conservation branding in order to create instant recognition of our identity; to create materials to effectively promote the mission; and to maintain an informative and appealing website and social media presence.
CURRENT FOCUS: Creating a monthly Conservation Insider email update on Comal Conservation news, creating educational and promotional materials to raise awareness of Comal Conservation and its mission; updating and maintaining the website; maintaining our social media presence; and promoting our programs, field trips, and other events, such as the Big Give and our annual Celebration for Conservation.
COMMITTEE WORK INCLUDES: Creating publicity materials, publicizing events, managing Comal Conservation's online presence including website and social media, developing promotional items and print materials, contacting media outlets, getting price quotes, and supporting other committee efforts.
GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS COMMITTEE
PURPOSE: To stay informed of city and county projects, initiatives and challenges involving conservation of natural resources; to educate and advise officials about the importance of land conservation and providing parks, preserves and open spaces for the citizens of Comal County; to assist in identifying funding opportunities for protecting significant natural areas and habitats as well as aquifer and surface water systems.
CURRENT FOCUS: We are currently focused on educating elected officials and other decision makers about public funding options for land conservation in Comal County. We are assisting Comal County Commissioners Court to identify options for the county to conserve land now, before the opportunity to do so is lost.
COMMITTEE WORK INCLUDES: Researching various funding options (private land donation, conservation easement donation, grants, loans, bonds) and developing information packets and talking points to explain how conserving land is critical to the county's water resources, tourism industry, and economic future.
PURPOSE: To stay informed of city and county projects, initiatives and challenges involving conservation of natural resources; to educate and advise officials about the importance of land conservation and providing parks, preserves and open spaces for the citizens of Comal County; to assist in identifying funding opportunities for protecting significant natural areas and habitats as well as aquifer and surface water systems.
CURRENT FOCUS: We are currently focused on educating elected officials and other decision makers about public funding options for land conservation in Comal County. We are assisting Comal County Commissioners Court to identify options for the county to conserve land now, before the opportunity to do so is lost.
COMMITTEE WORK INCLUDES: Researching various funding options (private land donation, conservation easement donation, grants, loans, bonds) and developing information packets and talking points to explain how conserving land is critical to the county's water resources, tourism industry, and economic future.
OUTREACH COMMITTEE
PURPOSE: To raise awareness of Comal Conservation and its mission to preserve the natural resources in Comal County; to educate the community about the importance of open space in our county and the need to preserve it; and to provide information about conservation strategies and opportunities for assistance.
CURRENT FOCUS: Providing demonstrations and sharing information to our fellow citizens at community events is the major focus of the Outreach Committee. As community events start being held again, our participation will focus on the interactions between land and water in Comal County, complete with demonstrations of how karst rock channels and holds water in our aquifers and how surface water runoff impacts the quality of the water we drink. We are also designing a traveling interactive exhibition featuring the amazing natural features that make Comal County unique and highlighting the benefits of protecting them during this time of rapid growth.
COMMITTEE WORK INCLUDES: Participating in community events around Comal County to increase awareness and understanding of natural resource issues facing our area as well as possible solutions; providing information on the importance of natural areas to the health and well-being of our residents and our economy; developing and sharing slide presentations on conservation and resource protection for community groups throughout the county, including HOAs, civic groups, church groups, and businesses; developing partnerships with community groups with shared objectives; working with the business community to develop support for land conservation and increased green space; and identifying critical aquifer recharge habitats and sensitive ecological areas at risk in our county.
PURPOSE: To raise awareness of Comal Conservation and its mission to preserve the natural resources in Comal County; to educate the community about the importance of open space in our county and the need to preserve it; and to provide information about conservation strategies and opportunities for assistance.
CURRENT FOCUS: Providing demonstrations and sharing information to our fellow citizens at community events is the major focus of the Outreach Committee. As community events start being held again, our participation will focus on the interactions between land and water in Comal County, complete with demonstrations of how karst rock channels and holds water in our aquifers and how surface water runoff impacts the quality of the water we drink. We are also designing a traveling interactive exhibition featuring the amazing natural features that make Comal County unique and highlighting the benefits of protecting them during this time of rapid growth.
COMMITTEE WORK INCLUDES: Participating in community events around Comal County to increase awareness and understanding of natural resource issues facing our area as well as possible solutions; providing information on the importance of natural areas to the health and well-being of our residents and our economy; developing and sharing slide presentations on conservation and resource protection for community groups throughout the county, including HOAs, civic groups, church groups, and businesses; developing partnerships with community groups with shared objectives; working with the business community to develop support for land conservation and increased green space; and identifying critical aquifer recharge habitats and sensitive ecological areas at risk in our county.
RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE
PURPOSE: To support the mission of Comal Conservation by raising funds through grant requests, the Big Give, and our annual social and fundraisers like the Celebration for Conservation.
COMMITTEE WORK INCLUDES: Turning a laborious task into a labor of love! Fundraising is hard business, but it is also rewarding if you have a passion for the mission of saving the earth — land, water, and wildlife! The Committee is working to identify grant opportunities and researching additional ways to identify potential conservation-minded donors — both public and private. The committee is working to grow Conservation Champions who pledge to make a monthly donation of at least $25.
PURPOSE: To support the mission of Comal Conservation by raising funds through grant requests, the Big Give, and our annual social and fundraisers like the Celebration for Conservation.
COMMITTEE WORK INCLUDES: Turning a laborious task into a labor of love! Fundraising is hard business, but it is also rewarding if you have a passion for the mission of saving the earth — land, water, and wildlife! The Committee is working to identify grant opportunities and researching additional ways to identify potential conservation-minded donors — both public and private. The committee is working to grow Conservation Champions who pledge to make a monthly donation of at least $25.