Mercer Arboretum and Botanic Gardens
Humble, TX 77338-1071
281-443-8731
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Another fun one-day event that offers opportunities to meet fellow TMNs from our region, share ideas and success stories, and acquire up to seven hours of Advanced Training.
The schedule for the day will be available soon, and includes informative and interesting presentations on "How Nature Really Works!" You will hear stories about the anomalies and weird things that happen in nature. Watch for the schedule by email in June.
The $15. Registration Fee covers breakfast snacks, plus a light catered lunch. Be sure to include your email address on the form below so we may contact you with a reminder and directions closer to the date!
The day will begin at 7:30am and continue until about 3:30pm. Sign up by July 12, please, so we may have a head count for lunch ordering and hand-out preparation purposes. After July 12 please call to advise us you will attend so we can try to order lunch for you.
Directions to the Nature Center will be sent by email to registrants during the week ahead of the meeting as acknowledgment of your registration. If you do not use email, please call for directions.
Questions? Please call or email Teri MacArthur texasnaturelover@earthlink.net
HOURS | ||||
| 7:45am | - | 8:00am | Welcome and Program Introduction | 0.25 |
| Teri MacArthur, Heartwood president/Nature Center Manager | ||||
| 8:00am | - | 9:15am | Nature's Interesting Interactions | 1.25 |
| Diana Foss, Urban Wildlife Biologist, Texas Parks & Wildlife Department | ||||
| Break | ||||
| 9:30am | - | 10:30am | Out of the Ordinary: Amazing Nature | 1.00 |
| Ken Kramm, Heartwood MN | ||||
| 10:30am | - | 11:15am | What's Up with Lichens? | 0.75 |
| Debbie Banfield, Heartwood MN/Nature Center Naturalist | ||||
| 11:15am | - | 12:00pm | Lunch (provided) | |
| 12:00pm | - | 1:00pm | Wildlife Monitoring through TPWD NatureTracker Programs | 1.00 |
| Mark Klym, Information Specialist/Wildlife Diversity, TPWD | ||||
| 1:00pm | - | 1:45pm | Insects and Their Secrets | 0.70 |
| Linda Currie and Mike Eckenfels, Heartwood MNs | ||||
| 1:45pm | - | 2:30pm | Conservation of Rare Native Plants in East Texas | 0.75 |
| Anita Tiller, Botanist, Mercer Arboretum and Botanic Gardens | ||||
| OPTIONAL: | Leave from Nature Center, travel 15 minutes to | 1.50 | ||
| Leave at 2:30 pm | Mercer Arboretum to visit/tour the newly refurbished Endangered Species | |||
| Garden/Pond with Anita Tiller (Travel on your own) | ||||
TMN-COT credit information:
— Training provided at this meeting is conditionally approved for up to 7.00 hours of Advanced Training. Contact Tom Morris for details.
— Participation in the planning and execution of this event is conditionally approved as Volunteer Time. Contact Pete Romfh for details.
Timesheet code: "COT"