Registration for this highly anticipated event is NOW available through the Annual Meeting page on the Texas Master Naturalist state website at http://txmn.org/2017-annual-meeting/. Additional information about the annual gathering weekend, annual awards and contests, the advanced training sessions agenda, and registration details can be found on the website as well. The deadline for registration is Friday, September 29th, 2017.
This year’s event will mark the Texas Master Naturalist Program’s 18th Annual Meeting and will be the 19th year of the program. This year’s meeting will be held at the Omni Corpus Christi from October 20th-22nd, 2017 overlooking the western shores of the Gulf of Mexico, where the breakwaters meet the sand dunes, neotropical birds fly overhead on their migration routes and endangered sea turtles return annually to their nesting habitats. With 367 miles of coastline in Texas, Corpus Christi is situated along the southern reaches of this coastline at the mouth of the Nueces River as it flows from the hill country, through the south Texas Plains and out into the Gulf. The Annual Meeting provides an opportunity for the Texas Master Naturalist volunteers from around the state to gather, participate in hands-on educational seminars, and receive all of their Advanced Training requirements for the year within one weekend. It’s also an opportunity for program participants and supporters to network, share new ideas/projects, and to learn from different chapters from different regions of the state