The Palm Beach County Cooperative Extension is sponsoring the Florida Master Naturalist Training program on Florida’s ecosystems. The Freshwater Wetlands course is being offered in West Palm Beach, on Saturdays, Jan. 10 to Feb. 21, 2009 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. The goal of the training is to promote increased awareness and appreciation of Florida’s environmental resources. The training will include classroom instruction, field trips and practical interpretive experience related to the general ecology, habitats, vegetation types, wildlife and conservation issues of wetland habitats in Florida.
This 40-hour course is for adults interested in learning more about Florida’s environment, those in an eco-tourism business, volunteers or staff of environmental facilities, and teachers. Enthusiasm and registration are the only requirements to participate.
Registration for this course closes Jan. 1. The course outline and registration are online at www.masternaturalist.ifas.ufl.edu.
The cost for the course is $225 which includes more than 40 contact hours of instruction, a two-volume comprehensive student reference workbook, registration in the University of Florida’s Florida Master Naturalist Program (FMNP) database as a Freshwater Wetlands Naturalist, a certificate of achievement, an embroidered FMNP patch and an FMNP Uplands lapel pin.
For more information, contact Melissa Allman at (561) 233-1792 at the Palm Beach County Extension Service, 559 N. Military Trail, West Palm Beach, FL 33415 or at MAllman@pbcgov.org.
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