Class meet at the Texas AgriLife Extension Office

10056 Marsh Lane, Suite 101-B

Dallas, Texas 75229

• January 15:
  Open House
  
  
• January 25:
  Application Deadline
  
  
• February 1:
  Notification of acceptance into the program
  

Class Day & Time: Tuesdays, 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Sat. Field Trips start and end times vary

• February 12: (First Class)
  Introduction to MN Program - Jim Varnum, TMN 
  Ecosystem Concepts - Brett Johnson, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
  
  
• February 19:
  Ecological Regions of Texas - Dan Northcut, TMN 
  
  
• February 26
  Effects of Weather and Climate on Ecoregions - Dan Northcut
• Geology - Dan Northcut
  
  
• March 5
  Mammalogy & Ecosystem Management - Brett Johnson, TPWD
  
  
• March 12
  Herpetology - Roger Sanderson, Texas Discovery Gardens
  
  
• March 19
  Forest Ecology & Management - Steve Houser, TMN
  
  
• March 23
  Forest Field Trip to Great Trinity Forest - Jim Folger, TMN & Jim Flood, TMN
  
  
• March 26
  Ornithology - Dr. Marcy Brown
  
  
• April 2
• Prairie Ecology and Management - Jim Eidson, The Nature Conservancy
  
  
  
• April 9
  Botany - Tiana Rehman, Botanical Research Institute of Texas
  
  
• April 16
  Urban Systems - Brett Johnson, TPWD
  
  
• April 20
• Prairie Field Trip to LLELA - Richard Freiheit, University of North Texas
  
  
• April 23
  Aquatic Systems - Rob Denkhaus, Fort Worth Nature Center and Refuge
  
  
• April 27
• Wetlands Field Trip to Trinity River Audubon Center - Ben Jones, Audubon Texas

• April 30
  Entomology - Dr Mike Merchant
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  End of Class Celebrations