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Florida Master Naturalist Program
Uplands Module at Camp Bayou
Syllabus- February 2- March 1, 2008

Saturday February 2, 2008; 8:30 AM- 4:30 PM
Discussion: background, goals, requirements, final project
Video: Upland Habitats and Modern Society
Presentations: Ecology; Interpretation, Mammals
Special guest speaker: Fred Jacobsen: Florida native people
Activity: browse notebook for article of interest
Lunch (bring your own)
Speaking practice: note page of article & why it drew your attention
Orientation walk through Camp Bayou trails, introduction and
assignment of trail sections for practicum activity on March 1.
Suggested reading: Regional:13-16, Ecology: 150-152, Botany Primer: 405-432, 
Interp: 994-1005, 1031-1038,  Ethnobotany: 457-480, Mammals: 914-917, 
Ethics: 1093-1096, 1128-1130, Pines: 222-226, Frogs: 750-752

Saturday, February 9; 8:30 AM- 4:30 PM
Presentations: Pineland Communities; Herps, Environmental Ethics,
Video: Florida’s Pine Habitats
Special guest speaker: Diane Alvarez, PhD: Fl yards and neighborhoods
Lunch (bring your own)
Field trip: Pine ‘hay-ride’ with Richard Sullivan at Cockroach Bay
Interpretive practice/ activities: pick something that you encountered 
during this trip to speak about next week (<3 min.)
Suggested reading: Scrub: 347-352, Birds: 860-863
Remember: ‘Great Backyard Bird Count’ participation on 
February 15-18: http://www.birdsource.org/gbbc/

Saturday, February 16; 8:30 AM- 4:30 PM 
Video: Florida’s Scrub, Dry Prairie and Rangelands
Presentations: Scrub, Prairie, Range; Birds 1 & 2
Speaking practice- <3 min. on encounter from last week’s field trip.
Special guest speaker: Becki Stafford, Native vs Non-native plants
Lunch (bring your own)
Due: Final project ideas draft- discussion
Field trip: Scrub walk with Rob Heath
Interpretive practice/ activities- pick an issue/concern that you 
encountered during this trip and how it relates to your final project (<5 min.)
Suggested reading: Hardwood: 299-305, Inverts: 576-584, 618-635

Saturday, February 23; 8:30 AM- 4:30 PM
Field work: Give a Day for the Bay- gopher tortoise monitoring
Lunch (provided courtesy of the Tampa Bay Estuary Program)
Due: Written outline of Final Project 
Presentations: Upland Hardwood Forests; Inverts 1 & 2 
Video: Florida’s Hardwood Forests
Speaking practice: issue or concern from last week’s trip as it 
relates to final project (<5 min)
Work on interpretive tour practicum for your section of trail 
to be ready for next week.
Work on Final Projects

Saturday, March 1; 8:30 AM- 4:30 PM
Interpretive practicum: Be a tour guide for your assigned section 
of Camp Bayou trail
Lunch (bring your own)
Final projects presentations

Master Naturalist at UF

Students receive detailed course manuals and,
upon completion, University of Florida (UF)
certificates, patches, and pins denoting their
area of expertise (e.g., Wetlands Naturalist)
and are registered in the UF database of
Florida Master Naturalists.