North Central Arkansas Master Naturalists

2010 Naturalists in Training Curriculum *

North Central Arkansas Master Naturalists will be holding a training session for new members to the organization between January 23rd and April 17th of 2010. Graduation will be the following Saturday, April 24th. We will be offering 54 hours of training but only 40 hours will be required for membership. The training will be held at the James Gaston Visitor Center at the Bull Shoals-White River State Park in Bull Shoals, Arkansas. The training will be broken into morning and afternoon sessions with a break for lunch. Morning sessions will run from 9:00 AM until 11:30 AM and afternoon sessions will run from 12:30 PM until 3:00 PM. A variety of subjects in our natural world will be presented.  (Download an application )

Date	Subject	Speaker
Jan 23 AM	Introduction	Dwan Garrison, President NCAMN         Julie Lovett, Interpreter BSWRSP
Jan 23 PM	Entomology	Dr. Eddie Dry - Arkansas State University at Mountain Home
Jan 30th AM	Karst geology/biology	David Kampwerth  - U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Jan 30th PM	Meteorology	John Robinson -   NOAA
Feb 6th AM	Trees of the Ozarks	Stephen Short - Arkansas Forestry Commission
Feb 6th PM	Herpetology	Kelly Irwin  -  Arkansas Game and Fish Commission
Feb 20 AM	Geology	Erica Doerr -  Arkansas Geological Survey
Feb 20 PM	Buffalo River National Park	Caven Clark -  National Park Service
Feb 27th AM	Ornithology	Ellen Turner  - Northwest Arkansas Community College
Feb 27th PM	EcoRegions	Ellen Turner
March 6 AM	Botany	Sherri Townsend -  North Arkansas Community College at Harrison
March 6 PM	Mammals	Kirsten Bartlow -  Arkansas Game and Fish Commission
March 13 AM	Trails -  Classroom	Bert Turner/Bill Toland -   CAMN
March 13 PM	Trails - Application	Bert Turner/Bill Toland
March 27 AM	Interpretation	Kelly Farrell  -     Arkansas State Parks
March 27 PM	Archeology	Dr. Julie Morrow -    Arkansas State at Jonesboro
April 17 AM	Stream Team -  Classroom	Dave Evans -  Arkansas Game and Fish Commission
April 17 PM	Stream Team - Application	Dave Evans
April 24 AM	GRADUATION

Graduation will be April 24

* Schedule subject to change