Master Naturalist Training at Camp Bayou
January- March 2004

Saturday January 31, 2003; 9 AM- 3 PM
Discussion: background, goals, requirements, final project
Video- Society and Wetlands
Lunch (bring your own)
Final project discussioin
Orientation walk/interpretive activities
Video- Rivers, Lakes and Springs
For next week:
Review Regional Profiles- pgs 42-50; Habitats- pgs 170-191
Browse: Listed Species- pgs 370-375; Interp- pgs 428-440; Inverts- pg 272-294

Saturday, February 7; 9 AM- 3 PM
Presentations: Ecology, Interpretation	
Speaking practice       
Presentations: Fish, Invertebrates 	
Lunch (bring your own)
Field trip- Canoeing on the Little Manatee River
Interpretive practice/ activities
For next week:
Browse: Bird Watching Basics- pgs 353-369; also- pgs 316-323; Planning- pgs 447-462

Saturday, February 14; ** 8 AM- 2 PM 
** note earlier time for class
Bird banding demo at Crowley- 8AM
Lunch (bring your own)
Due: Final project ideas draft- discussion
Mixed Hardwood Swamp- Crowley 
Speaking practice
For next week: check out this website: http://www.plantatlas.usf.edu/
Browse: Plants – pgs 152-163, pgs 194-206, pgs 212-235

Saturday, February 21; 9 AM- 3 PM
Presentations: Plants1/ Birds1
Video- Marshes	
Lunch (bring your own)
Walk around Bayou Pond to future observation deck
Presentations: Plants2/ Birds2
Video- Swamps
For next week:
Browse: Culture pg 400-426; Ethics- pg 441-446; Mammals- pgs 324-333; Reptiles- pgs 295-303, 334-344

Saturday, February 28; 9 AM- 3 PM
Presentations: Mammals, Ethics
Speaking practice- Ethics discussion
Lunch (bring your own)
Presentation: Reptile, Amphibian
Due: Written outline of Final Project 
For next week: Handout- Summary Cockroach Bay Storm water Wetland Restoration
Browse: Wetlands pgs 104-119; Trails pgs 463-515 

Saturday, March 6; 9 AM- 3 PM
Field trip: Cockroach Bay Wetland Restoration
Lunch (bring your own)
Field Trip or work on Final Project 
Interpretive practice, activities 

Saturday, March 13; 9 AM- 1 PM
Final Projects- Group Presentations
Comments, Evaluations, Award Certificates