2020 ADVANCED TRAINING SCHEDULE |
Unless otherwise specified, all General Meetings will be conducted online. Details and invites will be provided before the meeting.
For information about other AT opportunities see the TMN-COT calendar or contact the Advanced Training Director Bob Whitmarsh. |
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DATE | PROGRAM | SPEAKER | NATURE NOTES | LOCATION | AT HOURS | VT HOURS | ||||||
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9:00 AM Wednesday January 8, 2020 |
Nash Prairie Preserve | Susan Conaty Member, Cradle of Texas Chapter |
Mickey Dufilho: "A Lethal Parasite of Monarch Butterflies" | Plus travel | ||||||||
8:00 AM Saturday January 25, 2020 NOTE TIME |
Bonus Advanced Training Day |
See Bonus AT Day schedule | 130 S Arcola St Angleton, TX 77515 (map) |
presentation 6.00 total |
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9:00 AM Wednesday February 12, 2020 |
Shorebird Nesting | Taylor Bennett Coastal Biologist | "A Case of Poisoning - a little knowledge is a dangerous thing." by Mickey Dufilho. | (map) |
Plus travel |
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9:00 AM Wednesday March 11, 2020 |
Gardening for Habitat | Barbara Burkhardt | "Invasion of Apple Snails" by Kristine Rivers | (map) |
Plus travel |
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Wednesday April 8, 2020 | Meeting Canceled Covid19 | |||||||||||
Wednesday May 13, 2020 | Meeting Canceled Covid19 | |||||||||||
9:00 AM Wednesday June 10, 2020 |
Columbia Bottomlands Acquisition | Mike Lange, Senior Project Manager for The Trust for Public Land. | "Murder Hornets" by Ed Barrios | be emailed to all members. |
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9:00 AM Wednesday July 8, 2020 |
Eastern Willet Migration and Nesting | Susan Heath, Director of Conservation Research, Gulf Coast Bird ObservatoryWhitetail Deer; by John Boettiger
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9:00 AM Wednesday August 12, 2020 |
History of Forts Velasco | Chris Kneupper |
Pollinator Citizen Science Project Results by Mickey Dufilho | |||||||||
9:00 AM Wednesday September 9, 2020 |
Brazoria County Parks update and "Vision for the future" | Bryan Frazier, Director, Brazoria County Parks Department. | Report on Ecofund for GCBO by Jackie Hicks, and Update on Winter Shrike Project by Susan Heath. | |||||||||
9:00 AM Wednesday October 14 - 17, 2020 |
Texas Master Naturalist Virtual Annual Meeting | |||||||||||
9:00 AM Wednesday November 11, 2020 |
TBA | TBA | TBA | Plus travel |
11:00 AM Wednesday December 9, 2020 NOTE TIME |
Election of officers and directors for 2021 Intern Graduation Intern Presentations |
 TBA |  TBA | Plus travel |