For those continuing with the Master Naturalist classes this year, the TENTATIVE list of dates for 2011 is as follows. You can use this to determine when the classes you need to complete the course will be offered.
Core classes are required for you to graduate. Elective hours can be substituted hour for hour with any approved elective, but it is easier for you to plan on the ones offered.
March 19-20 Cacapon Orientation, General Ecology, Names/Classification/Identification and Soils (elective), Nature Interpretation/Teaching and Geology (elective)
April 30 Shepherd University Birds and Wildflowers/Weeds
May 21 NCTC Terrestrial Habitats and Recording/Sharing and Preserving What You Know
June 11 Cool Spring Farm Reptiles/Amphibians, Beavers (elective), Mammals
July 16 Cacapon Aquatic Habitats
August 6 NCTC Slime Molds (elective), Insects/Spiders & Such
Sept 10 Cool Spring Farm Wetland Habitats and Habitat Improvement
Oct 1 Yankauer Trees/Shrubs/Woody Wines, Service Project and Elective (elective)
Nov 5 Cacapon Service Project, Auction, and Casual Picnic
Nov 19 NCTC Annual Meeting and Presentation of Certification
Core classes are required for you to graduate. Elective hours can be substituted hour for hour with any approved elective, but it is easier for you to plan on the ones offered.
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2011 Class dates
Monday, January 24, 2011
- By Stephanie
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2011 Schedule
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Cacapon
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Cool Spring Farm
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Core Classes
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Electives
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NCTC
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Yankauer Preserve
More Habitat Improvement Class sources
Tuesday, August 10, 2010
- By Stephanie
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Core Classes
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Resources
How exciting that Eldon Winston will be helping out Virginia for Saturday's class on Habitat Improvement! He's the "go to" guy for pollinators and you'll leave ready to establish pollinator habitats! Below is a list of resources that he has provided..
POLLINATOR WEB SITES and Other things.
An interesting web site that can give you some information on planting guides for pollinators for the Central Appalachian region is: www.Pollinator.org
Another link with significant information is: www.fws.gov/pollinators
For access to more information on bee blocks and some versions of them try the Idaho site which offers both blocks for sale as well as some downloadable flyers on pollinators. www.Pollinatorparadise.com
For a bee block with holes for both Orchard Mason bees and leafcutter bees in the same block try Pine Tree Seeds at www.supergardenseeds.com or www.fedcoseeds.com I had the page numbers from 2009 but haven’t looked up the page numbers for 2010.
While I will include links to other sites here I don’t know if they have plans for a bumblebee nest box. If you would like the plans I can forward the email to you which I received from Alex Surcica and you can take another step in enhancing pollinators. Bumblebees don’t make honey either. Sorry.. email eldon@winstongardens.com
Websites:
While the web is wonderful if you like to read a real book try The Forgotten Pollinators by Stephen L Buchmann and Gary Paul Nabhan. This book spells out some very strange relationships between plants and pollinators and implicitly shows us that we have already lit the fuse on the dynamite of ecological collapse. I enjoyed it.
Finally, for a look at what has happened in the past though not referred to the pollinator level why not try the book Collapse by Jared Diamond. Makes me glad to be as old as I am.
POLLINATOR WEB SITES and Other things.
For a bee block with holes for both Orchard Mason bees and leafcutter bees in the same block try Pine Tree Seeds at www.supergardenseeds.com or www.fedcoseeds.com I had the page numbers from 2009 but haven’t looked up the page numbers for 2010.
While I will include links to other sites here I don’t know if they have plans for a bumblebee nest box. If you would like the plans I can forward the email to you which I received from Alex Surcica and you can take another step in enhancing pollinators. Bumblebees don’t make honey either. Sorry.. email eldon@winstongardens.com
- http://attra.ncat.org/attra-pub/nativebee.html#raising
- http://beeandgarden.com/?p=22
- www.xerces.org/.../nests_for_native_bees_fact_sheet_xerces_society.pdf
- http://www.ext.colostate.edu/pubs/insect/05576.html
- http://www.ent.uga.edu/bees/pollination/other_pollinating_bees.htm
- http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/ent/notes/Other/note109/note109.html
- http://www.nrdc.org/wildlife/animals/beegardens.asp
Habitat Improvement Class sources
Monday, August 9, 2010
- By Stephanie
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Core Classes
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Resources
The afternoon class this coming Saturday deals with Habitat Improvements and there are several websites or publications that you may want to take note of, before or after the class. (The first one listed is from Maryland’s DNR, but what the heck—the info is great! It’s just too large a file to send as an attachment.) Also, some attachments that are in pdf format.
MD “Bay Smart” Backyard Makeover Guide
http://dnr.maryland.gov/criticalarea/pdfs/backyardmakeover.pdf
WV Wildyards Program
http://wvdnr.gov/wildlife/landscape.shtm
West Virginia Native Plant Society
http://dir.gardenweb.com/directory/wvnps/
The National Wildlife Federation
www.nwf.org/wildlife
USFWS Native Plants for Wildlife Habitat and Conservation Landscaping: Chesapeake Bay Watershed
http://www.nps.gov/plants/pubs/chesapeake/
3 attachments have also been emailed to you:
Build your own rain garden..pdf
Native Planting Guide.pdf
Rain Garden Brochure.pdf
MD “Bay Smart” Backyard Makeover Guide
http://dnr.maryland.gov/criticalarea/pdfs/backyardmakeover.pdf
WV Wildyards Program
http://wvdnr.gov/wildlife/landscape.shtm
West Virginia Native Plant Society
http://dir.gardenweb.com/directory/wvnps/
The National Wildlife Federation
www.nwf.org/wildlife
USFWS Native Plants for Wildlife Habitat and Conservation Landscaping: Chesapeake Bay Watershed
http://www.nps.gov/plants/pubs/chesapeake/
3 attachments have also been emailed to you:
Build your own rain garden..pdf
Native Planting Guide.pdf
Rain Garden Brochure.pdf
Wheeling Master Naturalist Schedule
Thursday, March 25, 2010
- By Stephanie
Labels:
Core Classes
Good Morning-
What a weekend! I hope you are recovering from that 4 hour romp through a 400 million years of geology!
If any of you know already that you will need to miss a core class on our MN schedule and are intent on finishing this year, you can find classes at the Wheeling MN group. (Elective hours can be made up with any other elective that you have not already taken.) Oglebay’s schedule is:
Reptiles, April 18 (1-5 p.m.) [our class is the day before]
Wildflowers and Weeds (May 15, 9-12 noon) [ours is May 1]
Terrestrial Habitats (May 15, 1-5 p.m.) (called Backyard Habitats on their site) [ours is Oct 2]
Trees and Woody Plants (May 16, 1-5 p.m.) [ours is September 18]
Aquatic Habitats (May 22, 1-4 p.m.) [ours is July 10]
Wetland Habitats (August 15, 1-5 p.m.) [ours is August 14]
Insects (September 18, 9-12 noon) [ours is June 12]
Classes are taught at the Oglebay Resort Good Zoo and each has a separate price, generally $18-$24, depending on the number of hours. To register, go to www.oglebay-resort.com/goodzoo and click on the WVNaturalist link. Registration forms can be downloaded.
DO NOT FEEL LIKE you have to finish in one year. We have had less than ½ of all the previous classes finish in one year. Many folks prefer to take 2 years because it allows them to “have a life” while in the program. As you saw over the weekend, folks from the 2009 class were with you.
Ellen
What a weekend! I hope you are recovering from that 4 hour romp through a 400 million years of geology!
If any of you know already that you will need to miss a core class on our MN schedule and are intent on finishing this year, you can find classes at the Wheeling MN group. (Elective hours can be made up with any other elective that you have not already taken.) Oglebay’s schedule is:
Reptiles, April 18 (1-5 p.m.) [our class is the day before]
Wildflowers and Weeds (May 15, 9-12 noon) [ours is May 1]
Terrestrial Habitats (May 15, 1-5 p.m.) (called Backyard Habitats on their site) [ours is Oct 2]
Trees and Woody Plants (May 16, 1-5 p.m.) [ours is September 18]
Aquatic Habitats (May 22, 1-4 p.m.) [ours is July 10]
Wetland Habitats (August 15, 1-5 p.m.) [ours is August 14]
Insects (September 18, 9-12 noon) [ours is June 12]
Classes are taught at the Oglebay Resort Good Zoo and each has a separate price, generally $18-$24, depending on the number of hours. To register, go to www.oglebay-resort.com/goodzoo and click on the WVNaturalist link. Registration forms can be downloaded.
DO NOT FEEL LIKE you have to finish in one year. We have had less than ½ of all the previous classes finish in one year. Many folks prefer to take 2 years because it allows them to “have a life” while in the program. As you saw over the weekend, folks from the 2009 class were with you.
Ellen
PVMN 2010 Schedule
Friday, January 22, 2010
- By Stephanie
3/20-21 Cacapon Nature Interpretation, Recording and Preserving, Geology (elective), General Ecology
4/17 Cool Spring Farm Birds, Reptiles and Amphibians +Potluck and Nature Sounds with Wil Hershberger
5/1 Yankauer Mushrooms (elective), Wildflowers
6/12 NCTC Insects, Mammals
7/17 Cacapon Aquatic Habitats, Aquatic Habitats (elective)
8/14 Cool Spring Farm Wetland Habitats, Habitat Improvement
9/18 Cacapon Woody Plants, Classification, Dichotomous Keys++ (elective)
10/2 NCTC Forest Succession (elective), Terrestrial Habitats
10/3 Yankauer Annual Meeting Picnic and Service Project (1-5 p.m.)
Times are 8:00 am to 5:00 pm on the Saturday listed except for the first session which is a weekend. Both of those days are also 8:00 am to 5:00 pm. Changes in class offerings sometimes occur, but the dates are set.
4/17 Cool Spring Farm Birds, Reptiles and Amphibians +Potluck and Nature Sounds with Wil Hershberger
5/1 Yankauer Mushrooms (elective), Wildflowers
6/12 NCTC Insects, Mammals
7/17 Cacapon Aquatic Habitats, Aquatic Habitats (elective)
8/14 Cool Spring Farm Wetland Habitats, Habitat Improvement
9/18 Cacapon Woody Plants, Classification, Dichotomous Keys++ (elective)
10/2 NCTC Forest Succession (elective), Terrestrial Habitats
10/3 Yankauer Annual Meeting Picnic and Service Project (1-5 p.m.)
Times are 8:00 am to 5:00 pm on the Saturday listed except for the first session which is a weekend. Both of those days are also 8:00 am to 5:00 pm. Changes in class offerings sometimes occur, but the dates are set.
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