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May Chapter Meeting – Advanced Training
May 19, 2018 @ 9:00 am - 1:00 pm
Volunteer Opportunity: VMS Category: Administrative Work: Chapter Meeting
Advanced Training Opportunity: VMS Category: AT – Chapter Training
The May chapter meeting will be held on May 19, 2018 at New Ulm Lion’s Club Center, 1722 FM 109, New Ulm,TX beginning at 9:00 a.m. All chapter members are encouraged to attend the chapter meetings to keep abreast of all the activities going on in our 5-county area.
Following the business meeting, starting at 11:00 am, there will be advanced training sessions on the following topics:
- Donna Mueller, TMN-GLC Youth Education Director, will present her ‘Bite me or leave me Bee’ program. This is an educational awareness program designed to familiarize you with potential hazards in nature. It will teach you what you can do to help deter the spread of potential lethal viruses, protozoan infections and to recognize venomous fauna. Awareness topics include: Rabies, Venomous snakes & spiders, Chagas disease and the Zika virus.
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- Kathryn Hokamp, Butterfly Entomologist, Cockrell
Butterfly Center, Houston Museum of Natural Science, will present information on a new Texas Butterfly Monitoring program. The Texas Butterfly Monitoring Network is a long-term citizen science project formed in cooperation with the North American Butterfly Monitoring Network. Kathryn will explain how you can become a part of this interesting citizen science program that records and assesses the movement of butterflies throughout Texas.
As always, the meeting and program are open to the public so feel free to bring guests. Please note the new venue for the chapter meeting!
