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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2020 Advanced Training Schedule
General Meeting and Advanced Training
General Meeting and Advanced Training.   Joint meeting with intern class.
Bonus Advanced Training
DATE PROGRAM SPEAKER NATURE NOTES LOCATION AT HOURS VT HOURS
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"
TBA
2.00
1.25
Plus travel
8:00 AM
Saturday
January 25, 2020 NOTE TIME
Bonus Advanced Training Day
See Bonus AT Day schedule
First Presbyterian Church
130 S Arcola St
Angleton, TX 77515

(map)
1.00 per
presentation
6.00 total
0.00
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.
Texas AgriLife Extension Building
(map)
1.00
1.00
Plus travel
9:00 AM
Wednesday
March 11, 2020
Gardening for Habitat Barbara Burkhardt "Invasion of Apple Snails" by Kristine Rivers
Texas AgriLife Extension Building
(map)
1.25
1.00
Plus travel
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
ONLINE
Details will
be emailed to
all members.
0.75
0.5
9:00 AM
Wednesday
July 8, 2020
Eastern Willet Migration and Nesting Susan Heath, Director of Conservation Research, Gulf Coast Bird Observatory
Whitetail Deer; by John Boettiger
ONLINE
1.5
1.00
9:00 AM
Wednesday
August 12, 2020
History of Forts Velasco Chris Kneupper

Pollinator Citizen Science Project Results by Mickey Dufilho
Online
1.5
1.00
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.
TBA
TBA
1.00
9:00 AM
Wednesday
October 14 - 17, 2020
Texas Master Naturalist Virtual Annual Meeting
9:00 AM
Wednesday
November 11, 2020
TBA TBA TBA
TBA
TBA
1.00
Plus travel
11:00 AM
Wednesday
December 9, 2020
NOTE TIME
 • Election of officers and directors for 2021
 • Intern Graduation
 • Intern Presentations
 TBA  TBA
TBA
TBA
1.00
Plus travel