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Basic & Advanced Training Opportunities

Basic Master Naturalist Training Course

Become a Master Natualist. The next Lost Pines Chapter introductory class is planned for early in 2009.

Advanced Training Events

Members: The events listed below are pre-approved. Please make sure to have any other Advanced Training approved in advance in order to ensure proper credit.

Lost Pines Chapter, Native Plant Society of Texas
Meetings usually held 7 PM first Tuesday of each month, at the First National Bank Community Room, 312 Main St, Smithville.
May 6, 2008

Author Scott Fleenor ("Insects of the Lost Pines") will speak on the little known plants of the Lost Pines: The Mosses, Liverworts, Hornworts, and Lichens.
Lost Pines Chapter, Texas Master Naturalist Program
Meetings usually held 6:30 PM 3rd Tuesday of each month. Meeting sites alternate
May 19, Red Rock Community Center

Dan Hardy, vice-president of the Austin Butterfly Forum, will be presenting a program on "Common Central Texas Butterflies". He will discuss identification of the butterflies and their caterpillars, as well as the specific relationships that each butterfly has with its host plants.
Texas Nature Tracker Training Workshops
McKinney Roughs Nature Park
June 13 & 14, 2008

Year of the FrogAdvanced Training: Amphibian Watch and Mussel Watch, June 13-14. Learn how to identify amphibians and freshwater mussel species, and how to contribute to citizen science monitoring programs! The Lost Pines Chapter and LCRA-McKinney Roughs will host two workshops presented by the TPWD Texas Nature Tracker program at McKinney Roughs Nature Park (1884 State Hwy 71 West, Cedar Creek; between Austin and Bastrop) . On Friday, June 13, an Amphibian watch workshop will be held (4 PM to 10 PM). This will include both a class room session and night time field trip. Pizza and refreshments will be included. On Saturday, June 14, we will have a Mussel Watch workshop at 10 AM, also at McKinnney Roughs. This will include classroom training until 2:45 (sandwichs and refreshments included), followed by field work until about 5 PM (plan to wade). Pre-registration is required, enrollment is limited. Registration for either workshop is $18; if you register for both, the total fee is $35. Texas Master Naturalist Approved Advanced Training. SBEC and TEEAC credit available for educators. . Fee includes materials, refreshments and pizza on Friday/sandwich w/chips on Saturday. To register and for more information please contact Mark McClelland at (512) 281-5516 (evenings or weekends) or Mark McClelland. Click here to download a detailed PDF flyer. (696 kB)

Reporting Forms

Download a copy (Word file) of the Lost Pines chapter activity reporting form (to report your monthly volunteer and training hours). (Also available as a PDF form, here.)

Download a list of "generally approved" advanced training activities and sponsors.

Click here to download a Lost Pines Chapter Advanced Training Approval form (to request approval for events not announced in the Chapter newsletter, and which do not fit any of the "generally approved training" categories).
   
   
 

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