"In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." John Muir
OKLAHOMA MASTER NATURALISTS
Who We Are
Keep in Touch with Nature
Mission Statement
To educate and develop a dedicated volunteer force that provides education, outreach, and service for the beneficial management of natural resources and natural areas in the state of Oklahoma.
Goals
To create a dependable state-wide Master Naturalist network which will:
Improve public understanding of natural resource and management conservation.
Enhance existing natural resource education and outreach activities.
Develop a strong citizen scientist network.
Certification
To earn Master Naturalist certification, you must:
Complete the five workshops
Thirty hours of volunteer service.
Sixteen hours of advanced training.
To maintain Certification each year:
Twenty volunteer service hours.
Sixteen hours advanced training.
“We abuse land because we regard it as a commodity belonging to us. When we see land as a community to which we belong, we may begin to use it with love and respect.”
Aldo Leopold
Introduction to Ecology Workshop
04 March 2023
Starts at 9am, Ends about 3pm.
Lake Arcadia Outdoor Training and Education Center
7522 East 33rd Street
Edmond, OK
Course Instructors are Deane and Rebecca Carlberg
Rebecca is a Plant Pathologist, Certified Master Naturalist and Certified Master Gardener
Members: Free
Non-Members: $10.00
Before Covid-19 pandemic, our lunch was potluck. If you want to bring things to share, that will be fine.
If you are more comfortable bringing your own lunch, that also will be fine.
OMN will supply drinks and packaged snacks.
Urban Ecology Workshop
8 April 2023
Starts at 9am, Ends about 3pm.
Oklahoma County Extension
72500 NE 63rd St.
Oklahoma City, OK
Course Instructors are Mark Howery and Mark Bays.
Mark Bays is the coordinator for Urban and Community Services.
Mark Howery is a State of Oklahoma Diversity Biologist
Members: Free
Non-Members: $20.00
Before Covid-19 pandemic, our lunch was potluck. If you want to bring things to share, that will be fine.
If you are more comfortable bringing your own lunch, that also will be fine.
OMN will supply drinks and packaged snacks.
Aquatics and Wetland Ecosystems Workshop
22 April 2023
Starts at 9am, Ends about 3pm.
Lake Arcadia Outdoor Training and Education Center
7522 East 33rd Street
Edmond, OK
Course Instructor is Dr. Marley Beem
Dr. Beem is an Extension Specialist on Ponds and Aquatic Ecology at the Department of Natural Resource Ecology and Management, Oklahoma State University
Members: Free
Non-Members: $20.00
Before Covid-19 pandemic, our lunch was potluck. If you want to bring things to share, that will be fine.
If you are more comfortable bringing your own lunch, that also will be fine.
OMN will supply drinks and packaged snacks
Prairie Ecology Workshop
13 May 2023
Starts at 9am, Ends about 3pm.
Starts at 9am, Ends about 3pm.
Room 014, Ag Hall South, 164 N. Monroe Street,
Oklahoma State University
Stillwater OK
Course Instructor is Alex Harmon
Members: Free
Non-Members: $20.00
Before Covid-19 pandemic, our lunch was potluck. If you want to bring things to share, that will be fine.
If you are more comfortable bringing your own lunch, that also will be fine.
OMN will supply drinks and packaged snacks
Forestry Ecology
06 May 2023
Starts at 9am, Ends about 3pm.
Room 019, Ag Hall South, 164 N. Monroe Street,
Oklahoma State University
Stillwater OK
Course Instructor is Dr. Craig McKinley
Dr. McKinley is an Emeritus Faculty/Extension Forester for the Department of Natural Resource Ecology and Management, Oklahoma State University
Members: Free
Non-Members: $20.00
Before Covid-19 pandemic, our lunch was potluck. If you want to bring things to share, that will be fine.
If you are more comfortable bringing your own lunch, that also will be fine.
OMN will supply drinks and packaged snacks
The Environmentor
https://www.okcu.edu/artsci/enrichment/environmentor/
This e-publication contains many good articles and events.
Look through it for possible advance training and volunteer opportunities.
Wildlife Department Offers Monarch Watch
The OK Wildlife Diversity Program hosts the annual Monarch Watch event at Hackberry Flat Wildlife Management Area and Center that starts Saturday, October 3rd and concludes on Saturday, October 10th. Management at Hackberry Flat Wildlife Management Area encourages the growth of the native annual sunflower that produces seeds enjoyed by migrating doves and, because the bloom period continues into the fall, is a primary nectar source for southbound Monarch butterflies. The Monarch Watch Event is a participant in the North American Monarch Watch Tagging Program, a large-scale citizen science project that was initiated to help understand the dynamics of the monarch's spectacular fall migration through mark and recapture. During past years, tags from Monarchs tagged at Hackberry Flat Wildlife Management Area have been recovered in two different overwintering areas in Mexico. This October, the general public will have 5 opportunities to help tag monarchs captured on the WMA during the mornings of October 4th, 5th, 6th, 9th and 10th starting promptly at 9 am at the Hackberry Flat Center and 4 opportunities to watch Monarchs glide in to their traditional roost sites by the hundreds on the evenings of October 3rd, 4th, 5th and 9th to start promptly at 6:30 pm. Please, no pets. There is no fee but reservations are required. An email confirmation will include more detailed information with directions to the Hackberry Flat Center. For more information or to make a reservation, please contact melynda.hickman@odwc.ok.gov."
Hackberry Flat Wildlife Management Area offers 7,120 acres of wildlife recreational opportunities. The Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation, along with many conservation-minded partners, restored this legendary wetland, creating a vast mosaic of wetland habitats for prairie waterfowl, shorebirds and other wetland-dependent birds. Upland areas of native sunflowers and cultivated fields interspersed with mesquite have become one of the state’s premier dove-hunting destinations.
Tour and Talk at the Joseph H. Williams Tallgrass Prairie Preserve
We have scheduled a tour and talk at the Joseph H. Williams Tallgrass Prairie Preserve located north of Pawhuska, OK.
It will be on 17 June 2023 from 10-2 at the Conference Center.
Nature Conservancy not only preserves the tallgrass prairie, but also maintains one of the purest bison herds in North America
This is also calving time and you may see "little" bison.
NOTE: Do not try to approach the bison, especially the calves as the mothers can be very protective. They are nor cute and cuddly
The Botanic Garden
2021 Autumn Schedule
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