Idaho Master Naturalists - Sagebrush Steppe Chapter - 2017 Syllabus

Updated/Revised Date: 1-2-2017

Green = Monday Evening Programs Blue – Saturday ProgramsOrange= tentative/not confirmed Black = confirmed

Day / Month, Day / Time / Location / Topic(s) / Speaker/MN Partner / Readings to do before class / Hours
Monday / October 10 / 6:30-8:00 PM / OPEN TO ALL MN
Monday / November 14 / 6:30-8:00 PM / MK Nature Ctr. / Wilderness Stewardship in Idaho / Sally Ferguson / OPEN TO ALL MN
Monday / December 12 / 6:30-8:00 PM / MK Nature Ctr. / Mining On Idaho Public Lands / John Robinson / OPEN TO ALL MN
Monday / January 9 / 6:30-8:00 PM / MK Nature Ctr. / Cancelled weatherGIS / Pam Bond, IDFG / OPEN TO ALL MN
Tuesday / January 10 / 9AM – NOON / MK Nature Ctr. / Cancelled weatherFIRST MEETING 2017 CLASSBirding 101 & walk around / Kathy McCoy
Tuesday / January 17 / 9AM – NOON / Zoo Boise / Conservation / Rena Ashton & Zoo Staff
Tuesday / January 24 / 8:50 AM – 3:15 PM / Bogus Basin / Snow School / Edna Vizgirdas/ SF / Fieldtrip bring lunch, etc. Snowshoes provided.
Tuesday / January 31 / 9AM-NOON / FLC / Nature Journaling or birding
Intro to program / SF
Tuesday / February 7 / 9AM – NOON / BUGS / Grocery Store Botany/Composting & Worms / Dave Hopkins ED/KL
Monday / February 13 / 6:30-8:00 PM / TBD / MN Awards Dinner / OPEN TO ALL MN
Tuesday / February 14 / 9AM – NOON / MK Nature Ctr. / Wolves / Jennifer Struthers/SF
Tuesday / February 21 / 9AM – NOON / MK Nature Ctr. / Mammalogy / Eric Yensen/SF / Tentative confirmed
Tuesday / February 28 / 9AM – NOON / Boise Depot / Student Talks / Master Naturalist Class/ SF,ED, KL,SB,JP&AH
Saturday / March 4 / 9AM – NOON / 2112 Cleveland Blvd. Caldwell / Orma J. Smith Museum of Natural History, College of Idaho / Museum Staff/ED
Tuesday / March 7 / 9AM - NOON / MK Nature Ctr. / Macro-Anadromous Fish / Dave Cannamela/ SF
Monday / March 13 / 6:30-8:00 PM / MK Nature Ctr. / Beaver Biology, History and Current Status / Dirk Anderson, M.S. Natural Resources, UofI / OPEN TO ALL MN
Tuesday / March 14 / 9AM – NOON / FLC / Herpetology / Chuck Peterson, ISU/SB
Tuesday / March 14 / 7PM / MK Nature Ctr. / Skills Workshop (iNaturalist) / OPEN TO ALL MN
Saturday / March 18 / TBD
Tuesday / March 21 / 9AM – NOON / Boise Depot / Trees / Matt Perkins/JP
Tuesday / March 28 / 9AM – NOON / NO CLASS / SPRING BREAK!!!
Tuesday / April 4 / 9AM – NOON / IBG / Insects / Paul Castrovillo/ ED
Monday / April 10 / 6:30-8:00 PM / MK Nature Ctr. / John Beechum / Bears/SF / OPEN TO ALL MN
Tuesday / April 11 / 9AM – NOON / Hyatt Hidden Lakes Reserves / Birding / TBD/SF
Tuesday / April 18 / 9AM – NOON / FLC / Fire Ecology / Martha Brabec
Tuesday / April 25 / 9AM – NOON / IBG / Plant Communities / Ann DeBolt/ED
Tuesday / May 2 / 9AM – NOON / BUGS / Soils/Organic Gardening / Jen Pierce/KL
Monday / May 8 / 6:30-8:00 PM / FLC / BEES / Matt Schmasow/KL / OPEN TO ALL MN
Tuesday / May 9 / 9AM – NOON / IBG / Lichen/Fungus / Roger Rosentreter/ED / Tentative confirmed
Tuesday / May 23 / 9AM – NOON / Depot / Monarchs / Holly Levitt/ JP
Saturday / June 3 / TBD / BOGUS BASIN / Wildflowers / Michael Steffanic/SF

Locations & Phone Numbers:

Bogus Basin Snow School, Bogus Basin Road - 332-5100Hyatt Hidden Lakes Reserve, 5301 N Maple Grove Road

Boise Depot, 2603 W Eastover Terrace – 608-3478IdahoBotanical Gardens, 2355 Old Penitentiary Road - 343-8649

Boise Urban Garden School, 2995 N. Five Mile Rd – 376-3006Jim Hall Foothills Learning Center, 3188 Sunset Peak Road - 493-2530

Boise WaterShed, 11818 W. Joplin Road - 608-7300MK Nature Center, 600 S Walnut Street, Boise - 334-2225