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2009 Training Schedule

This was the schedule for the 2009 training program. The program will be offered again in the Spring of 2010.

All classes met on Thursdays from 1:00 to 5:00 pm, except for the geology and bird watching classes which started earlier.


Date Topic Presenter Location
3/05

Welcome
Introductions, Class Schedule, & Procedures
Communications and Maps/Directions

What it Means to be a Master Naturalist
Wade Hibler
Betsy Bouchard & Ray Buchanan
Al Williams


Marvin Bloomquist
Burnet County Extension Office
3/12 Water and Water Management: The Deciding Factor in Nature
Watershed Stewardship
Water Laws and Regulations


Jennifer Peterson
James Kowis
LCRA Facility at Buchanan Dam
3/19 Rainwater Harvesting: Off the Roof and In the Soil Bryan Davis Cedar Stump Ranch
3/26 The Geological Forces of Nature:
Maintaining the Land in Trust
Forming the Land

Elin Elisofon
Bill Lindemann
Gillespie County Extension Office, Fredericksburg
Lady Bird Park, Cross Mountain, Enchanted Rock
4/02 The Sun, Soil, Chemicals, Plants, and Human Life: Botany and Ethnobotany Flo Oxley Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, Austin
4/09 Nature's World of Insects: Identification and Conservation of Their Habitat Elizabeth Brown Trails of Horseshoe Bay Clubhouse
4/16 Nature's World of Birds & Their Habitat Sue Kersey Johnson City
Pedernales Falls State Park
Johnson City VFD
Nature's World of Reptiles & Their Habitat Tim Cole
4/23 Managing for Wildlife: Ranchland and Urban Wildscapes Jim Cathey
Trey Carpenter
Chris Harte Ranch, Spicewood
4/30 Rangeland Ecology and Management: Then and Now Barron Rector Indian Springs Ranch, Oatmeal
5/07 Knowing and Conserving Nature's Gifts:
"Green" Architecture Conserves Nature
Identifying by Keys Provides Real Knowledge



John Ahrns

Bill Carr

Westcave Preserve
5/14 Nature's Aquatic Ecology and Riparian Systems

Gordon Linam
Minnette Marr

Inks Dam Nat. Fish Hatchery
5/21 Flower ID Walk & Evaluation Wrap-Up Marvin Bloomquist Bloomquist Ranch

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