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Workshops for 2001:
We had a very successful training
season this year. We trained 103 individuals. The list of
trained NatureMappers continues to grow, and includes individuals
from very diverse backgrounds. Please keep checking back to
this page for additions to next year's list of training workshops
and sign up for one that fits your schedule.
(Care to host a workshop? Contact
Jason O'Brien at jpobrien@iastate.edu
or call 515/294-6440)
All workshops are from 9:00am - 4:00pm unless stated otherwise.
A MINIMUM of 15 participants is required for workshops to
take place.
Upcoming
Level I NatureMapping Workshops for 2002: (click
on "Register Now" to register for that particular
workshop or contact the host for registration information.)
Already Trained
as a Level I NatureMapper? Click here to check out Level II
training workshops!
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Date
|
Host
|
Location
(driving directions)
|
Local
Contact
|
Cost
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| February
16th (Register
Now) |
Buchanan
County Conservation Board (CCB) |
Fontana
Nature Center |
Sondra
Cabell, 319/636-2617 |
$10.00
+ Optional Lunch $5.00
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| March
2nd (Register
Now) |
Marshall
CCB |
Iowa
Valley Continuing Education Building (Rm.608), Marshalltown
Community College |
Diane
Pixler, 641/754-6303 |
$10.00
+ Optional Lunch $5.00
|
March
16th
(Register Now)
|
Cass
CCB & Montgomery CCB |
Anderson
Conservation Area (Montgomery Co.) |
Andria
Cossolotto, 712/243-3542 |
$10.00
+ Optional Lunch $5.00
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Carroll
CCB
|
|
Aaron
Hershberger, 712/792-4614
|
$10.00
+ Optional Lunch $5.00
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| May
4th (Register
Now) |
Story
CCB |
McFarland
Park Conservation Center |
Jerry
Keys, 515/232-2516 |
$10.00
+ Optional Lunch $5.00
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| June
29th (Register
Now) |
Lucas
CCB |
Pin
Oak Marsh Lodge Education Center |
Skylar
Hobbs, 641/774-2438 |
$10.00
+ Optional Lunch $5.00
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| July
27th (Register
Now) |
Winnebago
CCB |
Thorpe
Park |
Lisa
Ralls, 641/565-3390 |
$10.00
+ Optional Lunch $5.00
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| September
21st (Register
Now) |
O'Brien
CCB |
Mill
Creek State Park, Lodge |
Charlene
Elyea, 712/448-2254 |
$10.00
+ Optional Lunch $5.00
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| October
12th (Register
Now) |
Butler
CCB |
Heery
Woods Lodge, Heery Woods State Park |
Steve
Martin, 319/278-1130 |
$10.00
+ Optional Lunch $5.00
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| November
2nd (Register
Now) |
Polk
CCB |
Jester
Park Lodge |
Joe
Boyles, 515/323-5362 |
$10.00
+ Optional Lunch $5.00
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What
will you need to bring with you that day?
- Appropriate
Dress for being outdoors
- Notepaper
and pencil/pen
- Binoculars
(if you have them)
- USGS
7.5 minute quadrangle map*
*Between
now and the workshop please borrow or purchase a 7.5' quad
(seven and a half minute quadrangle map) of an area familiar
to you and bring it to the workshop. We will be learning off
of these maps. You can get these maps at the Iowa Department
of Natural Resources, Energy and Geological Resources Division,
Geological Survey Bureau by calling 319/335-1575 or writing
to:
Iowa
Department of Natural Resources
Energy and Geological Resources Division
Geological Survey Bureau
109 Trowbridge Hall
Iowa City, IA 52242-1319
Home Page.
They
are around $5.00 each.
For
a registration form, please click on the "Host"
information in the list above for the workshop you want to
attend. Fill out the form electronically, indicating which
workshop you will be attending. Click the "Submit"
button to send it in. If you cannot submit it electronically,
please print out the completed form and mail it to address
indicated on the form. If you need directions to a workshop,
click on the workshop "Location" in the list above.
For
further information about NatureMapping, please contact Jason
O'Brien, NatureMapping Coordinator, at 515/294-6440 or jpobrien@iastate.edu
Mailing address:
Iowa NatureMapping
Department of Animal Ecology
124 Science II
Iowa State University
Ames, IA 50011
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