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TMN Basic Training – Chapter Program; VMS

First session of Rio Brazos Chapter 2024 new member training course. Introduction to and history of the Rio Brazos Chapter Program — Kristina del Pino Borgstrom, Chapter President, and Amy Knoll, Training Class Director. VMS and Time Reporting — Gary Hinds, Membership Director Hours reporting VMS category (dropdown list): Initial Training. Identify class in the training description box.

TMN Basic Training – Texas Master Naturalist Program; Taxonomy.

9:00 am: Introduction to and history of the Texas Master NaturalistTM Program — Sam Kieschnick. 12:30 pm: Taxonomy -- Gary Hinds. Hours reporting VMS category (dropdown list): Initial Training. Identify class in the training description box.

TMN Basic Training — Ecology and field trip

9:00 am: Ecological Concepts - Billy Teels 10:00 am: Ecoregions of Texas - Billy Teels 11:00 am: Field trip, Acton Nature Center Hours reporting VMS category (dropdown list): Initial Training. Identify class in the training description box.

TMN Basic Training — Mammals and Urban Ecology

9:00 am: Mammals and Urban Ecology -- Kristina del Pino Borgstrom Hours reporting VMS category (dropdown list): Initial Training. Identify class in the training description box.

TMN Basic Training – Entomology, Astronomy, Citizen Science, Solar System

Booker T. Washington Recreation Center 100 Mansfield Rd., Cleburne, TX

9:00 am: Entomolgy - Valerie Taber 10:30 am: Astronomy - Robert Slaughter 11:30 am: Citizen Science Field Trip - Valerie Taber 12:30 am: Solar System Walk - Robert Slaughter Hours reporting VMS category (dropdown list): Initial Training. Identify class in the training description box.

TMN Basic Training – Ornithology, Bird Walk, Trunks

9:00 am: Ornithology - Dave Moore 10:30 am: Bird Walk - Dave and Wendy Moore (at ANC) 12:30 pm: Educational Trunks - Wendy Moore Hours reporting VMS category (dropdown list): Initial Training. Identify class in the training description box.

TMN Basic Training – Geology

9:00 am: Geology (classroom) - Melody Holm 12:00 pm: Geology in the Field - Melody Holm (at ANC) Hours reporting VMS category (dropdown list): Initial Training. Identify class in the training description box.

TMN Basic Training – Soils

9:00 am: Soils - Melody Holm (classroom) 11:30 am: Soils in the Field - John Sackett, NRCS (tentative) (at ANC)

TMN Basic Training – Herpetology

Virtual - Zoom

NOTE: This class is an evening class, Zoom only. 6:00 pm - Herpetology: Gaston del Pino Hours reporting VMS category (dropdown list): Initial Training. Identify class in the training description box.

TMN Basic Training – Grasses

9:00 am: Grasses - Henry Bogusch Hours reporting VMS category (dropdown list): Initial Training. Identify class in the training description box.