6th Annual Texas Master Naturalist Meeting

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6th Annual Texas Master Naturalist Meeting
Advanced Training
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Chapters Attending in 2005

• Alamo Area Elm Fork
• Big Country Galveston Bay Area
• NEW Brazos Valley Gideon Lincecum
• Capital Area Gulf Coast
• Coastal Prairie Hays County
• Cradle of Texas Heart of Texas
• Cross Timbers NEW Heartwood
• East Texas Highland Lakes

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Chapters Attending in 2005

• Hill Country Rio Grande Valley
• Lindheimer Rolling Plains
• Lost Pines NEW South Plains
• Mid Coast South Texas
• North Texas NEW Tierra Grande
• Panhandle Western Edwards Plateau
• NEW Rio Brazos

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6th Annual Texas Master Naturalist Meeting
Advanced Training

• Texas Master Naturalist
• Awards Recognition
• Ceremony

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Popular Vote Contests

• Chapter Scrapbook Award

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Popular Vote Contests

• Chapter Display Award

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Popular Vote Contests Photo Art

• Wildlife 3rd Place

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Popular Vote Contests Photo Art

• Wildlife 2nd Place

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Popular Vote Contests Photo Art

• Wildlife 1st Place

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Popular Vote Contests Photo Art

• Plants 3rd Place

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Popular Vote Contests Photo Art

• Plants 2nd Place

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Popular Vote Contests Photo Art

• Plants 1st Place

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Popular Vote Contests Photo Art

• Scenery 3rd Place

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Popular Vote Contests Photo Art

• Scenery 2nd Place

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Popular Vote Contests Photo Art

• Scenery 1st Place

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Popular Vote Contests Photo Art

• Master Naturalist(s) at work or Play 3rd Place

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Popular Vote Contests Photo Art

• Master Naturalist(s) at Work or Play 2nd Place

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Popular Vote Contests Photo Art

• Master Naturalist(s) at Work or Play 1st Place

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Popular Vote Contests Photo Art

• Chapter Project 1st Place

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Popular Vote Contests Photo Art

• Art 3rd Place

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Popular Vote Contests Photo Art

• Art 2nd Place

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Popular Vote Contests Photo Art

• Art 1st Place

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Popular Vote Contests Photo Art

• Best of Show

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Project Fair

• Texas Master Naturalist Exemplary Project Awards
  Sponsored by

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Project Fair Exemplary Project Award
Third Place 100 Project Grant
Hill Country Chapter Land Management Assistance
Program
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Project Fair Exemplary Project Award
Second Place 150 Project Grant
Cradle of Texas Kids in the Environment
Curriculum Enrichment Project
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Project Fair Exemplary Project Award
First Place 250 Project Grant
East Texas Chapter Tyler Nature Center Herbarium
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Take Pride in America Award Ceremony September
30, 2005, Washington, D.C.
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Congratulations!
Attendees Receiving their First Certification in
2005
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Milestone Awards
5,000
2,500
1,000
500
250
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250 Hours
Ed Barrios, Cradle of Texas Marvin Bloomquist,
Highland Lakes Ellis Burkhardt, Cradle of
Texas Barb Coutant, Capital Area Carl Dodson,
Cradle of Texas Sue Fischer, Lost Pines Shirley
Foster, Galveston Bay Area Nina Francis, Cross
Timbers LaRay Geist, Gulf Coast
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250 Hours
Gail McAdoo, Galveston Bay Area Roger Myers,
Capital Area Bobbie Nehman, North Texas Sarah
Patterson, Galveston Bay Area Jeri Porter,
Capital Area Janet Reynolds, North Texas Nick
Rognlie, East Texas Joe Rubio, Rio Grande
Valley Wilt Shaw, Alamo Area Donna Wolfe, Elm Fork
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500 Hours
Barbara Burkhardt, Cradle of Texas Donna Cole,
North Texas Marty Cornell, Cradle of Texas Ed
Ellerbe, North Texas John Gross, Big Country Ron
Hood, Hill Country Mel Measeles, Galveston Bay
Area Sandy Pena, Hill Country
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500 Hours
J. W. Pieper, Alamo Area Gloria Rognlie, East
Texas Dave Rowley, Elm Fork Joanna Sharp,
Galveston Bay Area Natha Taylor, North
Texas Susan Thompson, Panhandle Tom Watson, Hays
County
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1,000 Hours
Mel Anderson, Alamo Area Marie Asscherick,
Galveston Bay Area Angelo Falzarano, Hill
Country Frances Fehribach, Cross Timbers Molly
Hollar, Cross Timbers Diane Humes, Galveston Bay
Area Carolyn May-Moine, Cradle of Texas Joe
Piazza, Hays County Fran Ryan, Galveston Bay
Area Elsie Smith, Galveston Bay Area Nathan
Veatch, Galveston Bay Area
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2,500 Hours
Mary Jean Hayden Galveston Bay Area
Chapter Doris Heard Galveston Bay Area Chapter
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5,000 Hours
Thea Platz, Alamo Area Chapter
Dick Benoit, Galveston Bay Area Chapter
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The Power of the Program
Individually, each of us can do only a little.
Together, we can save the world --Denis Hayes,
Founder of Earth Day--
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The Power of the Program
Never doubt that a small group of citizens can
change the world indeed, its the only thing
that ever has. --Margaret Mead--
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Texas Master Naturalist Program 2004
Accomplishments

• Through December of 2004, 27 Chapters trained 531
  new naturalists and more than 2,751 to date.
• Dedicated over 104,543 hours of service and
  356,127 hours to date.
• Obtained 19,851 Advanced Training hours
• Reached over 333,387 youth adults and private
  landowners

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Texas Master Naturalist Program 2004
Accomplishments

• Impacted over 20,697 acres
• Partnered with some 260 organizations
• Developed or maintained 545 miles of trails
• Earned more than 19 local state, national and
  international awards

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THANK YOU!!!

• Brazos Valley Chapter
• North Texas Chapter
• Galveston Bay Area Chapter
• Annual Meeting Volunteers!!!!