2020 Class Information

Thursday Classes: January 16, 23, 30  February 6, 13, 20, 27  March 5, 12, 19, 26 April 2.
Saturday Field Trips: TBD

All Thursday classes held at The Hermit Haus, 411 W Main St., Cameron.

The deadline for applications for the new class has been extended to the first day of class, January 16, 2020. Bring application etc to 1st class if needed, just let Kathy Lester know.

Event:  Master Naturalist Class
Date:  Thursday, January 16, 5:30 pm to 9:30 pm
Where:   The Hermit Haus, 411 W Main St in Cameron
Details:  Program will be an Introduction, presented by MN Kathy Lester
VMS: AT: New Class Training Sessions: Training and Educating Others-Direct. VT Hospitality if appropriate.  ECRMN orientation class 2020 powerpoint file   ECRMN orientation class 2020 PDF file

Event:  Master Naturalist Class
Date:  Thursday, January 23, 5:30 pm to 9:30 pm
Where:   The Hermit Haus, 411 W Main St in Cameron
Details:  Program will be Grasslands and Range Management, presented by Tim Siegmund
VMS: AT: New Class Training Sessions: Training and Educating Others-Direct. VT Hospitality if appropriate.

Event:  Master Naturalist Class
Date:  Thursday, January 30, 5:30 pm to 9:30 pm
Where:   The Hermit Haus, 411 W Main St in Cameron
Details:  Program will be Mammals, presented by Chris Harper, and Pollen Trackers, presented by Daniel Katz with UT Medical School in Austin
VMS: AT: New Class Training Sessions: Training and Educating Others-Direct. VT Hospitality if appropriate.

Event:  Master Naturalist Class
Date: Thursday, February 6, 5:30 pm to 9:30 pm
Where:   The Hermit Haus, 411 W Main St in Cameron
Details:  Program will be Ornithology, presented by Marsha May
VMS: AT: New Class Training Sessions: Training and Educating Others-Direct. VT Hospitality if appropriate.

Event:  Master Naturalist Class
Date:  Thursday, February 20, 5:30 pm to 9:30 pm
Where:   The Hermit Haus, 411 W Main St in Cameron
Details:  Program will be Ecosystems, presented by Billie Lambert
VMS: AT: New Class Training Sessions: Training and Educating Others-Direct. VT Hospitality if appropriate.

Event:  Master Naturalist Class
Date:  Thursday, February 27, 5:30 pm to 9:30 pm
Where:   The Hermit Haus, 411 W Main St in Cameron
Details:  Program will be Plants and Grasses, presented by Dale Kruse
VMS: AT: New Class Training Sessions: Training and Educating Others-Direct. VT Hospitality if appropriate.

Event:  Master Naturalist Class
Date:  Thursday, March 5, 5:30 pm to 9:30 pm
Where:   The Hermit Haus, 411 W Main St in Cameron
Details:  Program will be Water Management, presented by Doug Box
VMS: AT: New Class Training Sessions: Training and Educating Others-Direct. VT Hospitality if appropriate.

Event:  Master Naturalist Class
Date:  Thursday, March 19, 5:30 pm to 9:30 pm
Where:   The Hermit Haus, 411 W Main St in Cameron
Details:  Program will be Soils, presented by Jake Mowrer
VMS: AT: New Class Training Sessions: Training and Educating Others-Direct. VT Hospitality if appropriate.

Event:  Master Naturalist Class
Date:  Thursday, March 26, 5:30 pm to 9:30 pm
Where:   The Hermit Haus, 411 W Main St in Cameron
Details:  Program will be Entomology, presented by Wizzie Brown
VMS: AT: New Class Training Sessions: Training and Educating Others-Direct. VT Hospitality if appropriate.

Event:  Master Naturalist Class
Date:  Thursday, April 2, 5:30 pm to 9:30 pm
Where:   The Hermit Haus, 411 W Main St in Cameron
Details:  Program will be Wildscapes, presented by MN Donna Lewis and MN Kathy Lester
VMS: AT: New Class Training Sessions: Training and Educating Others-Direct. VT Hospitality if appropriate.

2018 Graduation was held on Saturday April 7, 2019 at 5pm at Sissie’s Saddle Shop Cafe, Training Class Graduation Program brochure.  See all graduation photos on our shared Photo Album.

2020 Graduation date and details to be determined.

To submit membership request forms, please see our page How-to-Join.

You can view the prior class curriculums below to see the types of presentations that are given, here is 2020’s advertising flyer.

 

Past Class Flyers

Class flyer March 2010 class
Class flyer Feb 2012 class
Class flyer Jan 2018 class

2018 Class Curriculum

The 2018 class agenda in PDF form is here. 2018 Class Agenda

2016 Class Curriculum

The 2016 class agenda in PDF format is here. Class schedule

2013-14 Class Curriculum

The 2013-14 Class agenda is here. 2013-14 Training Class Agenda

2012 Class Curriculum

The 2012 Class agenda is here. 2012 Training class Agenda

2010 Class Curriculum
The 2010 Class agenda is here. 2010 Training Class Agenda.

2009 Class Curriculum
The 2009 class agenda is here – 2009 Training Class Agenda

2008 Class Curriculum
This was our first class of the El Camino Real Chapter – 2008 Training Class Agenda

Course Curriculum Goals
This is the state-advised overall curriculum goals.
CurriculumGoals CurriculumGoals PDF file

Course Lecture Materials
All presentations that were offered to us for posting are included under the “Natural Areas of Interest” section of the web site, under the topic area covered.