Want to know more about the wild things of the Texas Panhandle?
THEN WE HAVE A PROGRAM FOR YOU!
Our 2025 training class has begun. If you missed your chance to sign up this year, we will be having another training session next year. Hope to see you there!
2025 Training Schedule. Training sessions will be held on various Saturdays from February to October. Some days will be broken up into a morning session, break for lunch, then afternoon session. Days with field study will be full days with a break for lunch. Most classes will start 8-9 AM & finish 3-5 PM. Dates, times, locations and instructors may change due to circumstances beyond our control. Participants will be contacted by email/text as far in advance as possible if changes occur.
| Date | Session | Location | Topic | Instructor | Class Hrs. |
| Feb. 15 | Full Day 9:30 – 3:00 | Potter County Agri-Life | Orientation; VMS; Citizen Science; Butterflies; Texas insects, Arachnids, and Myriapods | Bernice Blasingame; Bernice & Misty; Bernice & Susan Kathleen Guerrero | 6 |
| March 22 | 9:00 – 2:00 | WTAMU | Mammalogy Herpetology | Dr. Ray Matlack; Dr. Dylan Maag | 2.5; 2.5 |
| Apr. 12 | 9:00 – 2:00 | WTAMU | Ornithology | Dr. Ray Matlack | 5 |
| May 10 | 9:00 – 1:00 | Palo Duro Canyon State Park | Geology | Dr. Rick Hobbs | 4 |
| June 14 | 9:00 – 2:00 | TBA | Native Plants | Joanne Toler | 5 |
| July 12 | Full Day 9:00 – 3:00 | SW Library | Weather; Water Resources; Ecological Regions | Joanne Culin; Joanne Toler | 6 |
| Aug. 16 | 9:00 – 2:00 | Palo Duro Canyon State Park | Rangeland/Wildlife Management | Matthew Poole; Haley Richardson | 5 |
| Sept. 13 | 9:00 – 3:00 | Charles and Mary Ann Goodnight Ranch State Historic Site | Goodnight Historical House & Playa | Tammy Scarborough | 6 |
| Oct. 18 | 9:00 – 3:00 | Alibates Flint Quarries | Archeology | Dr. Paul Katz | 6 |
| Total hours | 48 |