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Families in Nature (FiN) is a federally tax exempt 501c3 non-profit organization founded in 2008 as an environmental and outdoor education program.

We strive to create confident, capable, independent, curious, engaged, interested and connected children and families.

All activities are aimed at teaching children and their parents about ecology and conservation through hands-on experiences in nature, while they spend quality family time together. Activities include nature walks, field science experiences, service projects, campouts, lessons in outdoor skills, S.T.E.A.M. aligned lessons and more.

Each activity has time for learning and time for playing outside. It is amazing what a group of kids (and parents) will come up with when they have unstructured time outside together.

We teach field science using hands-on learning, and our families experience hands-on field science with local biologists and ecologists throughout the year. For example, families have had the chance to volunteer with Texas Parks and Wildlife to band wild birds at Guadalupe River State Park. We also study water quality and aquatic insects with the City of Austin. We go birding and learn marine biology on the Texas Coast, and we have many other educational adventures.

Our goal is to educate children and their families about the world around them and create environmentally literate students.