Meetings and Advanced Training
2008 Advanced Training Opportunities
FEBRUARY 9 - Bottomland Ecology and Wetland Conservation at Bayou Meto. CANCELLED.MARCH 8 - Stream Team at PMSP Little Maumelle River with AGFC's Steve Filipek. If you're interested in joining our Stream Team, come out and learn from the best. We will be sampling the water and checking for nitrates, phosphates, and oxygen levels. We will also dig around in the debris to see what kind of critters we can find. By cataloging the critters and water samples we play an important role in keeping up with the health of the river and learning how humans impact it. Come prepared to get your feet wet. Bring waders if you have them. We will meet in the parking lot of the Kingfisher Trailhead. Time TBA. Email the Stream Team Coordinator for more info.
MARCH 29 - Official Grand Opening of PMSP's new base trail. Time and meeting place TBA. CAMN volunteers have contributed many hours to completing this trail, so come out and see what a wonderful job they have done.
MAY 31 - Mushrooms and Fungi let by our fungus expert and current Naturalist in Training Jay Justice. Woolly Hollow State Park from 9am-2:00pm. Jay will deliver a lecture on the importance of mushrooms/fungi to the environment, lead us on an interpretive walk to view and ID local specimens. After lunch, we will continue our discussion and identification of any fungi we discovered along the trail. We have use of a pavilion so plan to come rain or shine. Bring water, lunch and gloves. Carpooling is encouraged.
JULY 5 - Wilderness Survival Skills, Part 1 of 2. Meet at PMSP Visitor's Center 2-5pm. Part 1 is on shelter and water led by PMSP's Sarah Jones. Bring water and work gloves.
JULY 12 - Wilderness Survival Skills, Part 2 of 2. Meet at PMSP Pavillion #2 (boat launch down the hill from PMSP Visitor's Center) 9am-12pm. Part 2 is on the dynamics of fire led by PMSP's Sarah Jones. We will learn differences between softwood and hardwood, and will learn which woods burn and why. Bring tree identification books.
SEPTEMBER 20 - Tree ID, Part 2. Meet at PMSP Kingfisher Trail 9am-12pm. Eric Sundell will lead a hike where you will study leaves, bark, branches, fruit and anything else on the tree, while learning how to use your Tree ID book to figure out which trees are which. It will probably still be summer in September, so bring water and bug spray.
New Feature!
Several members have requested that minutes from the board meetings be included on the website. From now on, you can find them here on the Meetings/Training page. They will be in .pdf format and you can find a link to Adobe Reader here.Stay informed!
September 2007 CAMN Board Meeting Minutes
October 2007 CAMN Board Meeting Minutes
December 2007 Minutes from Board of Directors for Arkansas Master Naturalists, Inc.
December 2007 Minutes from Incorporaters of Arkansas Master Naturalists, Inc.
January 2008 CAMN Board Meeting Minutes
Questions and comments should be directed to the webmaster, who will be sure the proper officers receive the information.
*Updated 2.12.2008