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 Classes are held on Wednesday’s. Optional Saturday field trips
will be scheduled for hands-on training. Trainees study the ecology
of forests and grasslands, streams and wetlands. They get hands-on
experience as they learn about plants and insects, frogs, toads and
snakes, birds and mammals. And they gain an appreciation of the
physical and human context of our environment through sessions on
anthropology and environmental ethics.
The Extension’s Logan-Menard-Sangamon Unit offers the program in
partnership with Lincoln Memorial Garden, Illinois Audubon Society
at Adams Wildlife Sanctuary, the Friends of the Sangamon Valley and
Logan County Park and Trails- Kickapoo Creek Park. Affiliates are
Star Hill Forest Arboretum and the Illinois Native Plant Society
Central Chapter.
The program is designed to train participants in natural resources
through a combination of science-based education and volunteer
service. With the help of local experts, the Extension provides
educational support, while the partners offer opportunities for
volunteer service.
Master Naturalists must contribute 60 hours of volunteer service
the first year and 30 volunteer hours each of the following years
the volunteer is in the program.
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A $200 fee covers classroom sessions and field training,
handouts, and the Master Naturalist manual. Applications are
due by July 29. For more information on the schedule, and
application, contact the Extension Office at 217-782-4617. If a
special accommodation is needed to attend, please note that when
registering.
[Text received; JENNIFER FISHBURN,
HORTICULTURE EDUCATOR, UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS EXTENSION]
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