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Volunteer
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LaBarque Creek Watershed, Lum Miller Hollow - Glade Restoration
Please click here for more information and directions to the work site. Contact Bob Coffing at robertcoffing@sbcglobal.net.
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02/09/12
8:00 am - 3:00 pm
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Bob Coffing
robertcoffing@sbcglobal.net
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Volunteer
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Workday at Hays-Matson Hill Park
Dress for the weather and bring work gloves, water and lunch. Contact Bob Coffing at robertcoffing@sbcglobal.net.
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02/11/12
9:00 am - 12:00 pm
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Bob Coffing
robertcoffing@sbcglobal.net
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Chapter
Meeting
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Confluence Chapter Meeting
Location: Busch Conservation Area.
Speaker: Ed Leutwiler, MDC Conservation Naturalist
Topic: Growing Native Plants at Home
Click here to view the meeting flyer.
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02/14/12
6:00 pm - 9:00 pm
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Volunteer
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LaBarque Creek Watershed, Lum Miller Hollow - Glade Restoration
Please click here for more information and directions to the work site. Contact Bob Coffing at robertcoffing@sbcglobal.net.
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02/16/12
8:00 am - 3:00 pm
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Bob Coffing
robertcoffing@sbcglobal.net
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Volunteer
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The Great Backyard Bird Count
More information on this national event will be forthcoming. For this event all that you need is a bird book, a cup of coffee, a pencil and paper and a window to look out of.
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02/17/12
TBA
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Volunteer
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Workday at Hays-Matson Hill Park
Dress for the weather and bring work gloves, water and lunch. Contact Bob Coffing at robertcoffing@sbcglobal.net.
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02/17/12
8:00 am - 12:00 pm
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Bob Coffing
robertcoffing@sbcglobal.net
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Volunteer
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The Great Backyard Bird Count
More information on this national event will be forthcoming. For this event all that you need is a bird book, a cup of coffee, a pencil and paper and a window to look out of.
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02/18/12
TBA
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Volunteer
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The Great Backyard Bird Count
More information on this national event will be forthcoming. For this event all that you need is a bird book, a cup of coffee, a pencil and paper and a window to look out of.
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02/19/12
TBA
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Volunteer
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The Great Backyard Bird Count
More information on this national event will be forthcoming. For this event all that you need is a bird book, a cup of coffee, a pencil and paper and a window to look out of.
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02/20/12
TBA
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Volunteer
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Workday at Hays-Matson Hill Park
Dress for the weather and bring work gloves, water and lunch. Contact Bob Coffing at robertcoffing@sbcglobal.net.
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02/21/12
8:00 am - 12:00 pm
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Bob Coffing
robertcoffing@sbcglobal.net
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Volunteer
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LaBarque Creek Watershed, Lum Miller Hollow - Glade Restoration
Please click here for more information and directions to the work site. Contact Bob Coffing at robertcoffing@sbcglobal.net.
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02/23/12
8:00 am - 3:00 pm
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Bob Coffing
robertcoffing@sbcglobal.net
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Volunteer
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Workday at Hays-Matson Hill Park
Dress for the weather and bring work gloves, water and lunch. Contact Bob Coffing at robertcoffing@sbcglobal.net.
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02/24/12
8:00 am - 12:00 pm
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Bob Coffing
robertcoffing@sbcglobal.net
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Volunteer
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Workday at Hays-Matson Hill Park
Dress for the weather and bring work gloves, water and lunch. Contact Bob Coffing at robertcoffing@sbcglobal.net.
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02/28/12
8:00 am - 12:00 pm
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Bob Coffing
robertcoffing@sbcglobal.net
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Volunteer
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Envirothon at Busch Wildlife
The Envirothon is a competition for High School students on MO forest, fish, wildlife and soil.
The volunteer positions are likely to fill up early, so please let Nancy Snider know that you would like to be involved in the event.
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03/01/12
7:30 am - 3:00 pm
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Nancy Snider
636-300-1953 ext. 245
Nancy.Snider@mdc.mo.gov
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Volunteer
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LaBarque Creek Watershed, Lum Miller Hollow - Glade Restoration
Please click here for more information and directions to the work site. Contact Bob Coffing at robertcoffing@sbcglobal.net.
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03/01/12
8:00 am - 3:00 pm
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Bob Coffing
robertcoffing@sbcglobal.net
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Volunteer
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Workday at Hays-Matson Hill Park
Dress for the weather and bring work gloves, water and lunch. Contact Bob Coffing at robertcoffing@sbcglobal.net.
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03/06/12
8:00 am - 12:00 pm
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Bob Coffing
robertcoffing@sbcglobal.net
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Volunteer
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Thank You Breakfast For Sugar Maple Volunteers
Location: Rockwoods Reservation
Contact Kevin McCarthy.
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03/08/12
9:00 am - 11:00 am
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Kevin McCarthy
Kevin.McCarthy@mdc.mo.gov
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Volunteer
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LaBarque Creek Watershed, Lum Miller Hollow - Glade Restoration
Please click here for more information and directions to the work site. Contact Bob Coffing at robertcoffing@sbcglobal.net.
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03/08/12
8:00 am - 3:00 pm
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Bob Coffing
robertcoffing@sbcglobal.net
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Volunteer
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Game On! At Powder Valley
Cooking and tasting wild game prepared on site. Contact Terri Eggers at Terri.Eggers@mdc.mo.gov for more information and to sign up.
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03/10/12
3:00 pm - 5:30 pm
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Terri Eggers
Terri.Eggers@mdc.mo.gov
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Volunteer
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Potting New Tree Seedlings at Forest ReLeaf
Last year Forest ReLeaf received 10,500 tree seedlings, of which we set a single day record by potting 2,100+ seedlings. This year Forest ReLeaf will receive 15,000 seedlings, many of which will be sent in the late summer and fall to Joplin, MO to replace the trees lost in the 2011 tornado that swept through Joplin. So, this year we want to help out both Forest ReLeaf and Joplin by planting 4,500 – 5,000 seedlings over two Saturday mornings! To accomplish this task, we will need at least 27 volunteers on both days, which is the number of volunteers that we had on the 2011 workday. As we did in 2011, we will invite the other two MMN Chapters and the St. Charles Master Gardener Chapter to join us. Dress for the weather and bring work gloves, as water and donuts will be provided. Contact Bob Lee.
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03/10/12
8:00 am - 1:00 pm
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Bob Lee
rlee010@earthlink.net
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Chapter
Meeting
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Confluence Chapter Meeting
Location: Busch Conservation Area.
Speaker: Gus Raeker (MDC)
Topic: FRAS - Forest Resource Assessment Strategy
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03/13/12
6:00 pm - 9:00 pm
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Volunteer
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LaBarque Creek Watershed, Lum Miller Hollow - Glade Restoration
Please click here for more information and directions to the work site. Contact Bob Coffing at robertcoffing@sbcglobal.net.
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03/15/12
8:00 am - 3:00 pm
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Bob Coffing
robertcoffing@sbcglobal.net
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Advanced
Training
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Forest ReLeaf Treekeepers Class
Want to plant trees but aren't sure where to start? TreeKeepers is the perfect class for you! Our introductory course provides practical, hands-on learning in five key areas: tree identification, tree growth, planting, pruning, and insects and diseases.
Class begins March 15 at the beautiful Powder Valley Nature Center. Class will be held from 1-3 pm on 3/15, 3/22, 3/29, 4/5, and 4/12. The final class will be held at CommuniTree Gardens in Maryland Heights on 4/26. Class is limited to the first 50 registrants. To enroll, please email your name, daytime phone number and mailing address to info@moreleaf.org or call 314.533.5323.
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03/15/12
1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
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314.533.5323
info@moreleaf.org
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Volunteer
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Workday at Hays-Matson Hill Park
Dress for the weather and bring work gloves, water and lunch. Contact Bob Coffing at robertcoffing@sbcglobal.net.
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03/17/12
9:00 am - 12:00 pm
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Bob Coffing
robertcoffing@sbcglobal.net
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Volunteer
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Workday at Hays-Matson Hill Park
Dress for the weather and bring work gloves, water and lunch. Contact Bob Coffing at robertcoffing@sbcglobal.net.
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03/20/12
8:00 am - 12:00 pm
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Bob Coffing
robertcoffing@sbcglobal.net
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Volunteer
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LaBarque Creek Watershed, Lum Miller Hollow - Glade Restoration
Please click here for more information and directions to the work site. Contact Bob Coffing at robertcoffing@sbcglobal.net.
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03/22/12
8:00 am - 3:00 pm
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Bob Coffing
robertcoffing@sbcglobal.net
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Volunteer
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Potting New Tree Seedlings at Forest ReLeaf
Last year Forest ReLeaf received 10,500 tree seedlings, of which we set a single day record by potting 2,100+ seedlings. This year Forest ReLeaf will receive 15,000 seedlings, many of which will be sent in the late summer and fall to Joplin, MO to replace the trees lost in the 2011 tornado that swept through Joplin. So, this year we want to help out both Forest ReLeaf and Joplin by planting 4,500 – 5,000 seedlings over two Saturday mornings! To accomplish this task, we will need at least 27 volunteers on both days, which is the number of volunteers that we had on the 2011 workday. As we did in 2011, we will invite the other two MMN Chapters and the St. Charles Master Gardener Chapter to join us. Dress for the weather and bring work gloves, as water and donuts will be provided. Contact Bob Lee.
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03/24/12
8:00 am - 1:00 pm
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Bob Lee
rlee010@earthlink.net
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Volunteer
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Workday at Hays-Matson Hill Park
Dress for the weather and bring work gloves, water and lunch. Contact Bob Coffing at robertcoffing@sbcglobal.net.
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03/27/12
9:00 am - 12:00 pm
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Bob Coffing
robertcoffing@sbcglobal.net
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Volunteer
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LaBarque Creek Watershed, Lum Miller Hollow - Glade Restoration
Please click here for more information and directions to the work site. Contact Bob Coffing at robertcoffing@sbcglobal.net.
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03/29/12
8:00 am - 3:00 pm
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Bob Coffing
robertcoffing@sbcglobal.net
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Chapter
Meeting
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Confluence Chapter Meeting
Location: Busch Conservation Area.
Speaker: Mark Fuchs, hydrologist with the National Weather Service
Topic: Rivers and River Forecasting.
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04/10/12
6:00 pm - 9:00 pm
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Volunteer
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Water Quality Monitoring by the Confluence Stream Team on the Femme Osage stream
Contact Cliff Parmer for more information.
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04/21/12
TBA
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Cliff Parmer
clfhanc@aol.com
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Chapter
Meeting
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Confluence Chapter Meeting
Location: Busch Conservation Area.
Speaker: Karen Walker, American Indian Ethnobotany Program Manager with the Missouri Botanical Garden
Topic: Early Native Americans in Missouri and Their Use of Native Plants
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05/08/12
6:00 pm - 9:00 pm
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Shaw Nature Reserve Spring Wildflower Sale
Sneak preview for Missouri Botanical Garden members
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05/11/12
4:00 pm - 7:30 pm
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Shaw Nature Reserve Spring Wildflower Sale
Open to the public
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05/12/12
9:00 am - 4:00 pm
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Volunteer
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Water Quality Monitoring by the Confluence Stream Team on the Femme Osage stream
Contact Cliff Parmer for more information.
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06/23/12
TBA
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Cliff Parmer
clfhanc@aol.com
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Volunteer
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Water Quality Monitoring by the Confluence Stream Team on the Femme Osage stream
Contact Cliff Parmer for more information.
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08/25/12
TBA
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Cliff Parmer
clfhanc@aol.com
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Volunteer
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Water Quality Monitoring by the Confluence Stream Team on the Femme Osage stream
Contact Cliff Parmer for more information.
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10/27/12
TBA
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Cliff Parmer
clfhanc@aol.com
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Advanced
Training
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Mead's Milkweed Survey on MPF Prairies
MPF board member Mike Skinner is organizing a group to survey for this federally listed plant on MPF prairies, sometime in the second half of May or the first half of June.
If you would like to participate, contact Mike.
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Call
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Mike
417-268-5704
mike.skinner6680@gmail.com
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Volunteer
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2009/2010 Capstone Project at Towne Park: Nature Explore Classroom
The Capstone Project is picking up steam, so watch for, and please respond to, related work project emails from Joe Walker. Contact Joe for more information.
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Joe Walker
atsi-walker@att.net
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Volunteer
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Cavity Nester Habitat Restoration Program
The Cavity Nester Habitat Restoration Program is a new project for the Confluence Chapter. Urban environments tend to eliminate many cavity nester sites that keep birds such as Blue Birds and Purple Martins in the urban areas. Moreover, the loss of such habitats can lead to declining numbers of such birds. The Program will install additional Blue Bird houses at the Spring Bend BB Trail and add a new trail at Quail Ridge Park. In addition, a Purple Martin House will be installed in a new location at Quail Ridge Park. The ultimate goal of the Program is to install cavity nester sites at other St. Charles County Parks, as well, and to train Chapter members to monitor and maintain such sites.
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Mindy Batsch
msbatsch@hotmail.com
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Volunteer
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Confluence Chapter Fun Committee
Chairperson needed
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Volunteer
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Confluence Chapter Communications Committee
Chairperson needed
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Advanced
Training
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St. Louis Community College Master Naturalist Certification
In cooperation with the St. Louis Audubon Society, the Missouri Native Plant Society, the North American Butterfly Association, the Webster Groves Nature Society, the St. Louis Astronomical Society, The Green Center, the St. Louis Herpetological Society, the St. Louis Community College at Meramec Biology Department and the STLCC Office of Continuing Education offer students the opportunity to earn a Master Naturalist Certificate. The course study includes credit and non-credit classes. A non-credit Master Naturalist Certificate will be awarded to all students completing all components of the program.
For more information click here
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On-going
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Christy Jaeger
314-984-7353
cjaeger@stlcc.edu
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Advanced
Training
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MDC Conservation Connections
"Conservation Connections" is the Missouri Department of Conservation St. Louis Regional Newsletter.
This publication provides many opportunities for advanced training.
Click here for more information.
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On-going
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Advanced
Training
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Litzsinger Road Ecology Center Educational Opportunities
The Litzsinger Road Ecology Center, under the management of the Missouri Botanical Garden, offers a variety of educational and volunteer opportunities throughout the year.
Click here for more information.
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On-going
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Advanced
Training
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Missouri Botanical Garden Adult Educaton Classes
The Missouri Botanical Garden offers a wide variety of educational opportunities throughout the year.
For more information click here
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On-going
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Advanced
Training
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St. Louis Zoo Education Opportunities
The St. Louis Zoo offers a wide variety of educational opportunities throughout the year.
For more information click here
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On-going
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Advanced
Training
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St. Louis Audubon Society Field Trips
The Saint Louis Audubon society hosts a number of field trips throughout the year. Although most of the trips occur in the St. Louis area, they also include day trips a few miles away, and week-end trips to the best birding areas in Missouri and Illinois.
Please visit the St. Louis Audubon Society website for more information.
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On-going
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Volunteer
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World Bird Sanctuary
Volunteers needed for several departments.
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On-going
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Terry
636-225-4390
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Volunteer
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St. Charles County Parks
St. Charles County Parks and Recreation
Towne Park—Both for the NEC and throughout the Park, areas will need to be mulched. It is anticipated that this task will be scheduled early in March, 2012 to prepare for the opening of the NEC in early April, 2012.
Rain Gardens—routine maintenance. Workdays will be scheduled.
Tree Nursery at Quail Ridge Park—100 tree seedlings must be transplanted from 3-gallon to 15-gallon containers.
Prescribed Burns at Hays-Matson Hill and other Parks—This task is very weather sensitive and not much advanced notice can be given.
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On-going
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Ben Grossman
bgrossman@sccmo.org
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