Only one week remains to register for the Master Naturalist Program.
This program will provide training by local and regional natural resource instructors. You will learn about the natural communities found in Northern Illinois. Participants will be trained on Tuesdays from 2:00 to 6:00 p.m., from October 6, to December 15, 2015.
Locations will vary depending on the topic and presenter, but three of these meetings are to be held at the Andresen Nature Center, 409 N. 4th Streeet, Fulton, IL.
Coordinated by the University of Illinois Carroll-Lee-Whiteside Extension Office, the curriculum will cover topics ranging from natural history, understanding the natural world, communicating with nature, and environmental ethics and philosophy. The course will teach about natural communities–ranging from prairies to wetlands. Also covered will be ecosystems management, geology, and volunteer service projects opportunities.
Registration deadline is Friday, September 25. Contact Mary Nelson at the Whiteside Extension Office at 815-632-3611 for details and costs.