Advanced Training Opportunities

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Licking OCVN program - 2008

The Ohio State University Extension of Licking County is sponsoring its second training class for the Licking County Area Chapter of OCVN. The Extension Office is accepting applications for the class. The 40+ hours of training classes will be held from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. on Mondays September 8, 15, 22, 29; October 6, 13, 20, 27; November 3, 10; and from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. on Saturdays September 20, and October 4, and 18, 2008. Classes will be held at various sites in Licking County. Applications are available on the web site, licking.osu.edu (click on Ohio Certified Volunteer Naturalist Program under County Topics) or at the Extension Office, 771 E. Main Street, Newark, Ohio. Applications are due at the Licking County Extension Office by August 1, 2008. Interviews for applicants will be August 19 - 21 and August 25 - 27 from 1 to 6 PM at the Extension Office.

The cost is $150.00 and includes class outlines, notebooks, handouts, published materials and some snacks and meals. A background check will also be required at volunteer’s expense.

The training includes classroom and field based instruction in ecological concepts, best education practices, nature interpretations, geology and soils, stewardship, aquatic life and watersheds, plants, trees and forests, insects, reptiles and amphibians, birds, and mammals. Instructors are OSU faculty, ODNR professionals, Extension specialists, Extension Associates, experienced Volunteer Naturalists, and other experts.

If you have questions, you may contact Howard Siegrist at 740-670-5315 or J.P.Lieser at 740-258-7738.

Tuscarawas OCVN program - 2008

Program dates are the following:
3/28
4/4
4/11
4/18
4/25
5/2

Interested persons can contact Chris Zoller by email (zoller.1@osu.edu) or phone (330-339-2337).

Hocking OCVN program - 2008

To conduct and instructors, agency people to meet monthly during 2008 in order to plan, conduct, select and interview participants for nine four hour classes in following locations in the Hocking Hills Region, times during June 2008 and topics to 20 volunteers, selected from 30 nominees made by cooperating and teaching agencies:

6/3, Geology, 5:30-9:30 PM, Paul Knoope and Matt Miller Instructors, car pool from Paul's house near Adelpi through Hocking Hills Region
6/5, Plants, 5:30-9:30 PM, Heather Stehle and Jeff Johnson, Craine Hollow Nature Preserve
6/7, Birds, 7-11 AM, Hieke Perko and Paul Knoop, Waterloo Education Center
6/10, Mammals, 5:30-9:30 PM, Rebecca Miller and Hieke Perko, Bishop Education Center
6/12, Entomology, 5:30-9:30 PM, Pat Quackenbush and Gary Bergstrand, Hocking Hills State Parks
6/14, Aquatic Biology, 9-1 PM, Mac Albin and Marcey K. Shafer, Clearcreek Metro Parks
6/17, Reptiles and Amphibians (herpetology), 5:30-9 PM, Marcy Shafer and Jamie Kidwell, Lake Hope State Park
6/19, Forest Field Biology, 5:30-9 PM, Pat Quackenbush and Carlen Emanuel, Vargo Trust Property 5 mi. N. or Logan
6/21, Archeology, 9-1 PM, Jennifer ?, Archeologist, Hopewell Culture Center, Chillicothe
6/28, Nature of Interpretation and more advanced interpretation techniques alone with volunteer possibilities, potluch and graduation, 9-1:30 PM, Susie Vance, Crane Hollow Nature Preserve

Speakers and planning shared by a multitude of agencies including: OSUE, ODNR, Hocking College, Nature Conservatory, Hopewell Cultural Center, Crane Hollow Nature Preserve, Waterloo Education Center, Hocking Hills State Parks, SWCD Hocking County, Monday Creek Watershed, Ohio Division of Wildlife, Ohio Outback, Retired Aullwood Audubon, Columbus Metro Parks, Ohio Division of Parks and Recreation, Lake Hope State Park and Wayne National Forest

Interested persons can contact Jim Skeeles by email (skeeles.1@cfaes.osu.edu).