Cradle of Texas Chapter
General Meeting and Advanced Training
Wednesday, June 9, 2010
Texas Agrilife Extension Office, Angleton
TIME EVENT 8:30-am Social-and-snacks 9:00-am General Meeting 9:30-am Advanced Training presented by Phil Huxford, TMN COT
Topics:
------• Partnerships: The Master Naturalist Program and Friends Groups
------• Copperhead Snake Study
Phil Huxford is a self-taught naturalist based in Brazoria County. He was a founding member of the Cradle of Texas Chapter, and a member of the class of 2001, the Chapter's first intern training class. He qualified for certification and has recertified every year since. He has served as Chapter Vice President and as a member of the Executive Board.
Phil is an active participant in the Chapter's environmental educational activities. In this capacity, he has served as team instructor for the Discovery Environmental Education Program (DEEP), the INEOS Environmental Education Program, and the Linnville Environmental Education Program (LEEP).
Phil is also an active member of Friends of Brazoria Wildlife Refuges, a Friends Group dedicated to supporting the Texas Mid-Coast National Wildlife Refuge Complex. The Complex, a unit of the U. S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS), is responsible for the Brazoria, San Bernard and Big Boggy National Wildlife Refuges. Friends of Brazoria Wildlife Refuges raises funding through donations, grants, and gifts to help fund wildlife refuge projects, educational programs, and other activities. Phil has served on the Friends Board of Directors since it was founded.
Phil is a persistent advocate of cooperative arrangements among the Master Naturalist Program, USFWS, and Friends groups. At the local level, he has supported numerous cooperative projects such as the construction of the Discovery Center at Brazoria NWR, the DEEP Program, and Migration Celebration, an annual three-day nature festival.
Phil will discuss the importance of such cooperative arrangements at the local, state, and national levels.