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The Alamo Area Chapter Texas Master Naturalist NewsleterTRANSCRIPT
T E X A S Events
Volunteer Opportunities
Education & TrainingAlamo Area Chapter
Volume 14, No. 6 June, 2010
President Liz Robbins
Vice-President Linda Gindler
TreasurerPete Cowger
SecretaryJamie Daily
Members-at-LargeLonnie Shockley
[email protected] Wolcott
[email protected] Yarnold
Immediate Past PresidentAnton Hajek
Officers
Message froM the BoardBy the 2010 AAMN Board
Congratulations to the newly elected AAMN Vice President, Linda Gindler-Class 23. Linda was selected by the
board to serve for the remaining 2010 term as Vice President. She is already earning her “stripes” by helping to develop a simpler method for reporting volunteer service hours, one that will align with the TMN annual re-port. Thanks Linda, and welcome aboard!
Friday, May 14, turned out to be a fantas-tic evening at Eisenhower Park for AAMN members who were able to venture out despite the storms, low water crossings, and flooding. We cannot thank Wendy Thornton and Nan-cy Brown enough for their time and effort to make that evening a success.
Members who have worked for over 10 years at the San Antonio Riverwalk Demon-stration Garden were recognized with native Texas flower bouquets. Past board members were awarded plaques in appreciation for their service to the organization.
John Wolcott issued service pins to mem-bers present and Bill Woller-Class 1 was hon-ored for his tireless volunteer service to the education and training of children and other Master Naturalists.
The dinner plate of gorditas was scrump-tious and the cake, donated by Wendy Thorn-ton, was delicious. Everyone who attended had a great time and wants to make it an an-nual event.
The “Grand Opening of the Phil Hardberg-er Park” May 15 and 16, can also be consid-ered a success, despite torrential rains the day and the night before the event. It was estimat-ed that at least 2,000 people attended, although up to 5,000 had been expected. The AAMN booth was busy both days with hikers and visi-tors to the park. Many thanks go to all the AAMN volunteers who helped and assisted at this event.
Don’t forget the monthly meetings have been changed to Tuesdays. Because of a scheduling conflict, June’s meeting will be held at the SA Botanical Garden. The board meeting will begin at 5:15 PM and the gen-eral membership meeting and presentation will begin at 7:00 PM. All board meetings are opened to the membership.
Finally, please check all the 2010 newslet-ters on the website for current or ongoing ap-proved training and activities. If you want to know which events are scheduled for a partic-ular month, check the calendar. Frank Ballard is doing a great job helping to keep the calen-dar up to date. Remember at the beginning of each year, all activities and training sessions need approval so that: (1) a current contact is available for your questions and (2) TMN li-ability insurance requirements are met.
Thanks go out to the AAMN board mem-bers for helping edit this message.
Back to the Garden in June
Board MeetingJune 8
5:15 p.m.Program7:00 p.m.
Hill Country Geology and the Canyon Lake Gorge
Josie Gonzales (AAMN member, National Association for Interpretation Certified Interpretive Guide, and Gorge Preservation Society Education Chairman) will discuss the Canyon Lake Gorge as it relates to area geology and hydrogeology.
This program is approved for advanced training hours.
San Antonio
Botanical
Garden
UPDATE:
The Hummer House trip
has been cancelled due to
lack of participation.
June 8 Meeting Program
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Activities InformationPam Ball
CalendarFrank Ballard
Community OutreachPam Yarnold
Education OutreachCindy Sims
HistorianVacant
HospitalityNancy Brown
Hours SubmissionWilt Shaw
[email protected] Yin Liu
MembershipJohn Wolcott
Media & TechnologyJessica Manley210-454-8019
NewsletterEditor
Joann SmithDesigner
Jessica ManleyPhotos by
Lissa Martinez
Public RelationsGreg Harmon
TrainingPam Ball
WebSam Glass
Service to the organization is always approved
for volunteer service hours.
cOmmitteees
Visit our web site atwww.alamomasternaturalist.org
News from the Board Committees
Projects to be reviewed for approval as a Master Naturalist activity must be submitted on the Submission for Activity Approval form. Forms can be obtained by contacting Pamela Ball, [email protected], or from the AAMN website at www.alamomasternaturalist.org.
PLEASE REPORT YOUR HOURS !!Reporting hours is easy with the new EXCEL spreadsheet that was developed for e-mail
submissions or for mailing in your hours. It is available online at www.alamomasternaturalist.org.
Where to report your hours:Last names A-M: Last names N-Z:Wilt Shaw Ling Yin Liu104 Dove Meadow 4946 Dare LaneBoerne, TX 78006-4222 San Antonio, TX 78217E-mail : [email protected] Phone: 210-207-0021 E-mail: [email protected]
John Wolcott [email protected] and Roy Yarnold [email protected] have not only volunteered to assist you with this effort but will also serve as the clearing-house for information regarding reported hours, hours that have vanished and those that have gone unreported.As most of you know, each year we award ‘one of a kind’ certification pins for those who
achieve 8 hours of advanced training and 40 hours of volunteer service. This year that pin is a wood duck.
Additionally, throughout the year, the milestone dragonfly pins are also awarded for 250 hours, 500 hours, and 1,000, 2,500 and 5,000 hours of volunteer service.
ACTIVATE YOUR 2010 GOOGLE DOCS ACCOUNT TODAY!
AAMN Documents Online at: AAMN DocumentsAccess important chapter documents including bylaws and minutes online
Tuesday, June 8 @ AgrilifeAgriLife Extension classroom 3355 Cherry Ridge, Ste. 208San Antonio, TX 78230
No meeting in July
Tuesday, August 10 @ Agrilife3355 Cherry Ridge, Ste. 208
Tuesday, September 14 @Helotes Creek Nature Center
14433 Old Bandera RoadHelotes, TX 78023-3705
Starting in October, all AAMN BOD and general membership meetings will be the the AgriLife Extension classroom at 3355 Cherry Ridge, Ste. 208, San Antonio, TX 78230
Vote for Texas Master Naturalists
A national dialogue about con-servation in America has been launched to learn
about some of the smart, creative ways communities are conserving natural areas and natural resources. The premise is that these ideas can be “voted” on or “promoted” and possibly selected as national models for the country to adopt through the recent “America’s Great Outdoors Initiative” and the national plan that will be developed.
The Master Naturalist program has been add-ed as one of the ideas to promote nationally us-ing stats and information from the Texas Master Naturalist Program in the categories of: Recon-nect with the Outdoors AND Public Lands Con-servation.
Visit the website to vote and promote the Master Naturalist Program Ideas as an idea or program that every state in the nation should have!
Its easy-- go to: http://ideas.usda.gov/ago/ideas.nsf/
Click “Register” in the upper right side, then search “Master Naturalist” and click “promote”
mOnthly meetings
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State of the State
Class 17Julie Fisher
Class 18Prem Nored
Class 19 Cal Eichler
210- 828-0833
Class 20 Suzanne Benavides
& Palani Whiting
Class 21Nancy Brown
[email protected]& Wendy Thornton
Class 22 Linda Painter Darst
[email protected]& Jamie Daily
Class 23 Steve Guerrant & Gary Trede
Class 24 John Wolcott
[email protected]& Susan Hunnicutt
Class 25 Ron Tullius
210-739-2566 [email protected]
Class 26Dwight Henderson
classrepresentatives
11th Texas Master NaturalistStatewide Annual Meeting & Advanced TrainingWhen: October 22-24, 2010Where: T bar M Ranch in New BraunfelsRoom Reservations: Required by September 27.
Make your room reservation on-line:www.tbarm.com
Group # txmasnat Password naturalist
If you have questions about reservations at T bar M., contact the reservationist at 800/292-5469 24 hours a day and reference reservation number 308734.
Michelle M. HaggertyTexas Parks & Wildlife Department
Master Naturalist Program Coordinator830-896-2504
Thea Platz (2004)Alamo Area Chapter
Edward Campbell (2005) Capital Area Chapter
Dick Benoit (2005) Galveston Bay Area Chapter
Trudy Belz (2005) Galveston Bay Area Chapter
Molly Hollar (2006)Cross Timbers Chapter
Kip Kiphart (2007)Hill Country Chapter
Sara Beckelman (2008)North Texas Chapter
Steve Houser (2008)North Texas Chapter
Phil Huxford (2008)Cradle of Texas Chapter
Margarett Pickell (2008)Galveston Bay Area Chapter
Tom Collins (2008)Hill Country Chapter
Tracie Teague (2008)Mid-Coast Chapter
Jim Varnum (2008)North Texas Chapter
Jim Renfro (2009) Cradle of Texas Chapter
Mary Jean Hayden (2009) Galveston Bay Area Chapter
Angelo Falzarano (2009) Hill Country Chapter
Priscilla Stanley (2009) Hill Country Chapter
Congratulations to you all!
Congratulations on 5,000 Hours
Please join us in congratulating Texas Mas-ter Naturalist Member, Diane Humes of the Galveston Bay Area Chapter as the most
recent 5,000 hour Service Milestone Awardee! Diane joins 17 other Texas Master Naturalist
Volunteers who have received this honor for their documented and reported service to the program to date. Those individuals are:
Hours Reporting
Due to a new funding source, the Texas Master Natural-
ist Program is requiring all volunteer service hours to be reported quarterly.
Please update your hours on a monthly basis.
Lonestar Land Steward Award
We are pleased to share that one of our own, Char-
lotte von Rosenberg, will be honored with a Texas Parks & Wildlife Depart-ment Lonestar Land Stew-ard Award later this month.
Charlotte is a member of the Gideon Lincecum Chapter of the Texas Master Naturalist Program and will receive honors for the Blackland Prairie Region LSLS Award for her conservation and restoration efforts of her family’s Quebe Farm in Brenham, Texas (Washington County).
Other LSLS Award winners for additional ecoregions throughout the state can be found in the recent TPWD news release at:
http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/newsmedia/releases/
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City of San Antonio Parks and Recreation Department Natural Areas
June 2010 Stewardship Activities
I had the opportunity to walk with one of our greatest native plant experts in the area, Lottie Millsaps. When she came to a little plant full of
purple blooms, she stopped and marveled. The plant was Prairie Brazoria (Brazoria scutellarioides). The leaves of this plant are laid out perfectly at right angles (decussate); one layer of leaves runs north-south, while the other layer below runs east-west. This is much like the North American tallgrass prairie compass plant (Silphium laciniatum) in that it places its leaves north-south to avoid the noon sun’s heat and thus minimize water loss (NCRS: www.plant-materials.nrcs.usda.gov). This was thought to be a guide for the ear-ly pioneers navigating across the prairie. I have randomly checked a few plants here and there in the field with my com-pass and to my amazement, the leaves run north-south and east-west. Prairie Brazoria will be blooming until June so now is a great time to familiarize yourself with this wildflower and many others we have been blessed with this spring. You never know when you may need to rely on this clue in nature.
June Work Project: Thursdays June 3, 10, 17, 24 7:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. Vegetation Surveys at Scenic CanyonPark at Grey Moss Inn, 19011 Scenic Canyon Rd.
Scenic Canyon is not open to the public and does not have any restrooms or water.
June's work project will be will be vegetation identification and percent cover surveys. We will be teaching survey methods but it will help if you can identify Texas flora. Bring plenty of water, wear long pants, long-sleeved shirts, hat, sunscreen, insect repellent, and bring a compass (if you have one). Brush/snake leggings will be available.
Please do not plan to apply sulphur to the brush/snake leggings we loan to you. Our surveys include off-trail strenuous hiking in sometimes very dense vegetation.
Contact: Jayne Neal—[email protected] or Wendy Leonard—[email protected] 210-372-9124.
www.sanatualareas.orgMeDiNA RiVeR NATuRAL AReA
Summer Nature CampJune 14 - 188:00 a.m. - Noon2nd-5th graders, Assist Education Coordinator with
conducting nature outdoor activities with campers.Snakes Alive! June 12South Texas Herpetology Association. View up close
native non-venomous and venomous snakes. Kid friendly mobile activity included. Medina River Natural Area, 15890 Highway 16 South. 9 - 11 a.m. Donations suggested $2 per person, $4 per family. 624-2575.
u Rock, Get Outdoors CampJune 21 - 258:00 a.m. - Noon4th -7th graders, Assist Education Coordinator with
outdoor camp activities with pre-teens.Approved for volunteer service hours if assisting
FRieDRiCH PARKWild! Weeks 2010 "Get to the Bottom of Things" June 14 - 18, June 21 - 25, June 29 - July 19 a.m. – 12 noon Ages 7 – 12 years Friedrich Wilderness Park, 21395 Milsa
Want to get to the bottom of things about nature? Come help us explore animal feet, roots, bed-rock and underground water. Make a rock col-
lection. Compare mammal, bird, insect and snail feet and hunt for some insects. Confuse some termites. Paint rock art. Learn about the Edwards aquifer. Examine hearts. Make a plaster cast of an animal track. Investigate plant roots and sprout some seeds. Go on a virtual safari in the park. Take a photo hike and lots more! Cost: $75 per ses-sion. Call 564-6400 to register. www.sanaturalareas.org. Approved for volunteer service hours if assisting
CROWN RiDGe CANyON NATuRAL AReA Canyon Plants June 12, 2010 - 10 a.m. to noon7222 Luskey Blvd.Walk through Crown Ridge Canyon Natural Area with
native plant expert, Janis Merritt to experience the bounty of plantlife in this Natural Area.
Call (210) 564-6400 for reservations and information. Walk-ins will be accepted on a limited basis. Suggested donation: $3 per individual/ $5 per family. Approved for volunteer service hours if assisting
NPSOT
Meetings of the San Antonio chapter of NPSOT are held on the 4th Tuesday of each month and are free and open to the public.
6:30 p.m. – Native plant and seed exchange7:00 p.m. – Meeting and programApproved for 1 hour advanced trainingLions Field Adult Center2809 Broadway (at Mulberry & Broadway by Brackenridge Park)
Map at www.tinyurl.com/LionsField-SA
By Jayne Neal
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Become a Class of 2010 Flying Wild Teacher
Flying WILD makes it easy for teachers to educate their students about birds and their conservation. Hundreds of teachers in the San Antonio region will be trained in the Flying WILD curriculum that engages children in bird conservation and gets kids outdoors!
Are you a classroom teacher or environmental educator? Do you work or volunteer for a locally based organization or group? Do you facilitate other Environment Education training programs?
Become a Flying WILD Teacher
Help reconnect city kids with nature and build science and literacy skills
through a focus on birds. Date: June 9 and 10, 2010
Time: 9am – 12pm Location: Eisenhower Park Pavilion
OR Date: July 7 and 8, 2010
Time: 9am – 12pm Location: Cibolo Nature Center Pavilion To Register for either Workshop - Contact: Mary Kennedy
Email: [email protected]
Formal and informal educators will be trained in bird education with the Flying WILD program.
Flying WILD will provide interdisciplinary activities and environmental education for educators to help middle school students excel academically with a program that engages students in real inquiry, and meets national science standards.
Flying WILD materials provides interactive, interdisciplinary, standards-based activities to help students understand the importance of migratory birds and their conservation. ***Activities are grouped as teacher-led, student-led, or volunteer-led. Teacher workshops: Teachers learn how to conduct WILD lessons, participate in hands-on activities from the activity guide which teaches basic biology, identification and ecology, and bird conservation service learning activities. ***Participants receive great ideas as well as the curriculum guide to take back to their school or organization. Flying WILD is a program of the Council for Environmental Education. www.flyingwild.org
Wow, 43 of our team have certified so far this year; ten from class 26 have earned their initial dragon fly and 33 from earlier classes now have earned this year’s
wood duck. Below are the new awardees from this month:Person Class AwardsIleen Sloan 26 Dragon FlyBob Cobb 16 Wood DuckJamie Daily 22 Wood DuckAnn Gulley 20 Wood DuckPatsy Inglet 8 Wood DuckTom Inglet 8 Wood DuckNancy Klepper 23 Wood DuckArles Lenz 21 Wood DuckRoy Leslie 24 Wood DuckNalga Mebane 21 Wood DuckNancy Philips 20 Wood DuckJohn Prentice 23 Wood Duck
AWARDS SuMMARyBy John H. Wolcott
The following AAMN members earned longevity awards:
Ling Liu 20 250 hoursLissa Martinez 25 250 hoursChris Menzel 23 250 hoursJohn Prentice 23 250 hoursAnn Gulley 20 500 hoursPaul Mebane 21 500 hoursJudith Rodriguez 17 500 hours
John [email protected] or (210) 497-4365. If I missed someone, please holler.
Flying Wild Facilitator Training is for…
Audubon Centers, Nature Centers, Zoos, Museums, Natural History Centers, Aquariums, Parks, Refuges, Community Gardens, Learning Centers, Forest Institutes, Natural Science Centers, Conservancies, School Districts, Conservation Districts, Outdoor Schools, Ecology Centers, Wildlife Foundations, Natural Resource Divisions, Environmental Education Training Centers, Cooperative Extension, Scouting, 4 –H, Youth organizations, Home school groups, Teachers, and more…
Are you a classroom teacher or environmental educator? Do you work for or volunteer with a locally based organization or group? Do you facilitate other Environmental Education training programs? Do you enjoy training educators?
Become a Flying WILD Facilitator Help educators reconnect city kids with nature
and build science and literacy skills through a focus on birds.
May 25, 2010 (9a – 4p) Required Basic Training for All May 26, 2010 (9a – 12p) Supplemental Training for New WILD Facilitators
Location: Cibolo Nature Center Pavilion Boerne, TX
Cost: $15 (pending grant) To register for Workshop - Contact: Cindy at 830-249-4616
Email: [email protected]
Train formal and informal educators in bird education with the Flying WILD program.
Provide interdisciplinary activities and environmental education for educators to help middle school students excel academically with a program that engages students in real inquiry and meets national science standards.
Flying WILD materials provide interactive, interdisciplinary, standards-based activities to help students understand the importance of migratory birds and their conservation. ***Activities are grouped as teacher-led, student-led, or volunteer-led. Facilitator workshops: Facilitators learn how to conduct educator workshops, participate in hands-on activities from the activity guide which teaches basic biology, identification and ecology, and bird conservation/service learning activities. ***Participants receive great ideas as well as the curriculum guide to take back to their school or organization.
Flying WILD is a program of the Council for Environmental Education. www.flyingwild.org
Volunteers Needed
The Alamo Area Chapter of the Texas Master Naturalists is
seeking volunteers in the following areas:
• Community Outreach
• Web design • Public relations
If you can help for even one day, please contact:Pam YarnoldAAMN Community [email protected]
Service to the organization is always approved
for volunteer service hours.
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By Anton Hajek
hOt tub naturalistJune, 2010
In the early evening the moon is a crescent catching the planet above it. A scene most of us naturalists would en-joy. Reminds me of sitting at the Rock Art Rendezvous
with my fellow master naturalists watching the sky for hours. I intend to reprise my steak night treat to all MN comers. Mark your calendar for October 15-17, 2010. And RSVP. The space shuttle Atlantis is on it's last trip. (http://www.skyandtele-scope.com/community/skyblog/newsblog/93797484.html)
I've been fascinated by the space program since Able & Baker were chimps in space. It is infuriating to me that the United States would be without a shuttle replacement, or to abandon the Hubble space telescope as it takes a lickin’ and keep on tickin’ having been designed to receive updates and replacement hardware. The Martian rovers are a great source of pride. Sent on a 90-day mission, they are both on year six of service.
I know NASA is moving towards unmanned flight, but we should walk on Mars and establish a colony on the moon. What a hoot! Remember the challenge from JFK (to beat the Russians to the moon) and that "one small step for man." speech? Good old-fashioned heroic inspirational stuff. Of course, we could always spend the same money eradicating invasives and on water catchment. Not quite as trendy but still really good! Maybe we could also solve global warming and achieve world peace!
Naa, lets just go to Mars in my lifetime. Then Saturn. Imagine a space station in the rings of Saturn. Who says I am not a romantic?
Thank god the Sun is rock steady. Jeff Kuhn (University of Hawaii) and three colleagues find that the Sun's mean diameter hasn't changed more than one part in a million since 1998." I was concerned. See http://www.skyandtelescope.com/community/skyblog/newsblog/93745989.html
Kudos to those who put on the member mixer May 14th. What a lovely time to hang out with old friends. Good food, good snacks, good decorations, and a good time. Thanks to all who had a hand in making this event happen! How about next time with a bat emergence? Beer and bats - no place but Texas!
June, 2010
Cibolo Nature Center June 5, 2010
Brandon's Revue5:30 pm - 11:30 pm Kendall Co. Fairgrounds
Benefit concert in memory of Brandon Gallagher Manning (1979-2001).
Approved for volunteer service hours if assisting.June 12, 2010
Rainwater Harvest Workshop9:00 am - 12:00 pm
CNC auditorium and visit to Kight installation With John Kight, learn about design and materials from someone who has done it himself!
Approved for advanced trainingJune 12, 2010Kid's Club: Creek Critters!10:00 am - 11:30 am CNC Backporch
Our theme this month is creek critters! Donations gladly accepted.
Approved for volunteer service hours if assisting.June 15, 2010
Mother Nature's Storytime10:00 am - 11:00 am CNC Visitor Center
Our theme this month is Hooked on Fish!Approved for volunteer service hours if assisting.June 26, 2010
SONGS & STORieS Concert7:30 pm - 10:00 pm CNC Stage
Bring a chair or blanket and picnic! Enjoy live music under the CNC oak trees. Featuring: Lost Mule BandCNC member $7.50, non-member $10, seniors (65+) $5, kids 12 and under free.
River Walk Garden WorkdaySecond Friday of every month9 a.m. - 1 p.m.San Antonio Riverwalk Garden
Volunteers are needed to cut, trim, and plant at the San Antonio Riverwalk Garden. Bring cutting tools such as shears, rakes, and clip-
pers and also gloves and water for this workday.This is our own Master Naturalist project at the corner
of Aubrey and Old Guilbeau (north of Durango, the west side of the San Antonio river) on the Riverwalk.
Contact Lan Eng 830-980-2300 or [email protected] visit www.alamomasternaturalist.orgApproved for volunteer service hours
www.cibolo.org
Hip Tip!easy Tick Removal
Apply a glob of liquid soap to a cotton ball. Cover the tick with the soap-soaked cotton
ball and swab it for 15-20 seconds. The tick will come out on its own and be stuck to the cotton ball when you lift it away.
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Master Naturalists and members of the Balcones In-vaders Satellite invite you to join us in our continuing efforts to eradicate invasive plants at Rancho Diana
in northwest San Antonio. We are continuing our eradication of Chinaberry, Chinese Photinia, Chinese Pistachio, Ligus-trum, Pyracantha, Japanese Honeysuckle and Nandina on the property. To date, we have eradicated over 6,500 specimens.
Tuesdays, June 1, June 8, June 15, June 22, June 29
Wednesdays, June 2, June 9, June 16, June 23, June 30 Volunteers meet outside the gate at Rancho Diana at 7:30 A.M. and conclude at 9:30 or 10:00 A.M.
If you are interested in joining us, contact Cheryl Hamilton at [email protected] or 210-342-9721. It is important to eemail or call by no later than 9:00 P.M. the night before if you will be joining us, as we enter Rancho Diana as a group.
Approved for advanced training/volunteer hours.
iNVASiVe PLANT eRADiCATiON AT RANCHO DiANA
June @ the Garden
San Antonio Botanical Garden
A very busy spring for all of us is almost at an end. I want to send out a big thanks to all Master Natu-ralists for your support of our educational pro-
grams, research and plant care in the Botanical Garden! The Garden has camps coming up this summer and a
big event opening of Playhouse & Forts in June. So, once you are rested up, consider spending some time with us in the Garden this summer.
Playhouses and Forts Exhibit Opening – Saturday, June 26 and Sunday, June 27 (10 am to 2 pm)Two 3 hour shifts are needed: 9 – 12 & 11:30 – 2:30 4 - 6 people per shiftMaster Naturalist volunteers will man discovery sta-
tions on the forest, butterflies and other naturalist topics. Discovery stations are easily learned in just a few minutes and are fun and educational for both children & adults.
Camps:*June 14 – 18 (M – F) Junior Naturalist Camp(6 – 8 year olds) June 21 – 25 (M - F) Junior Gardener Camp*July 12 – 16 (M – F) Junior Naturalist Camp (9 – 12 year olds) July 19 – 23 (M – F) Junior Gardener Camp
The Junior Naturalist Camp will be of particular interest to Master Naturalists but the Junior Gardener Camp covers many of the same activities. Volunteers are needed to assist the teachers and help with naturalist, hiking and gardening activities with the kids in the garden. Camps are from 9 – 4:30. Morning and afternoon shifts are available, 8:30 – 12:30 & 12:30 – 4:30. You may work all week or just a day or two.
Contact: Cindy Sims—[email protected] or 207-3261. Approved for volunteer service hours
Class 26Graduates
Cynthia BarsunBob Cage
Eileen CampbellBruce A. Fried
Sandra HendersonVincent HendersonJustin HernandezBrenda Holland
Sasha Kodet
Lucas LaneCatherine Lopez
Bruce MartinKaren McMurry
Myfe MooreRobert PikeDarby Riley
Ileen C. SloanSteve Webb
Kermit J. WegnerKathleen Whitten
Graduates w/ CertificationDwight HendersonHoward S. Homan
Mary HomanBillie Murrell
Cherry PedrickJames Pedrick
Margaret L. York
Class 26 Training CoordinatorsLeft to right: Ann Gulley, Bryan Davis, Liz Robbins, Ron
Tullius, Nancy Brown, Pam Ball and Lonnie Shockley
trainingcOmmittee
Master Naturalists arevolunteers dedicated to the
conservation,preservation and restoration
of our natural resources,promoting
ecological educationfor all ages.
The Alamo Area Chapter of the Texas Master Naturalists gratefully acknowledges the support
of our sponsoring organizations:
WWW.ALAMOMASTERNATURALIST.ORGAlamo AreaP.O. Box 690356San Antonio, Texas 78269RETURN SERVICE REQUESTED
AAMN Social a Success
Friday evening, May 14th, 2010 was our Alamo Area Master Naturalists social gathering at Eisenhower Park. We had a great turnout with almost all the
classes--#1 to the newest, #26, for dinner and recognition. Special Recogntition went to: • Lottie Millsaps, Mary Frances Anderson, Helga Ander-
son, Gail Cooper, Tom Cooper, Sir Oliver Smith (Smit-ty), Les Yarbrough, Jim and Lan Eng for Demonstration Garden at the San Antonio Riverwalk
• Diana Carkhuff & Kathy Gaudet for other long term projects
• COSA & SA Natural Areas - Eric Lautzenheiser & Staff for providing the park
• Cindy Sims for her tireless role as an advocate for Mas-ter Naturalists at the SABOT
• Outgoing officers: Anton Hajek-Pres, Holly Camero-VP, Prem Nored-Treasurer, JW Pieper-Past President, Thea Platz-Outings.
• Bill Woller for his tireless volunteer service
• Nancy & Wendy for all the hard work putting this event together!
This event was co-sponsored with the San Antonio Parks and Recreation.
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