December 12 at KVLS fair building next to Extension Services

My Cell phone number is 407-908-4379.  Feel free to call me at night or weekends if you have questions.

Location: KVLS livestock building adjacent to the Extension Services Building.   

Osceola Heritage Park
1911 Kissimmee Valley Lane
Kissimmee, FL 34744

Our carpets are being cleaned so we will be next door. Park in grass lot next to building, or in paved lot in the front.

Class begins at 8:30 am with a review activity.   

Bring:

·         Completed post test from manual number 1.

·         Completed notes on the blue fill in the blank upland hardwood forest study sheet.

·         lunch, water, snacks

·         Remember your reusable water bottle and/ or coffee mug,

·         Wear a jacket for the classroom since we will likely be inside

 Tentative Agenda

Presentations:             Mammals                                                                            Kelly Wagner

            Hardwood Forests and Urban Green Spaces                       Eleanor Foerste

             

Interpretive Speaking Mini-Talks (about 5-8 minutes)

Final Group Projects (about 15 to 20 minutes plus discussion)

The day will be like speed dating!  Kelly will keep time to move the presentations along.  What a great day to learn from each other and see a variety of presentation styles.

Go to http://osceolauplands.blogspot.com/ if you have not got your group project posted yet!! I need abstract/summary (a brief paragraph) of your presentation).   It is ok to email it to me if you cannot get on the blogspot website. Remember we discussed the presentation should address a statement, not just a topic or theme. Do something:

                Creative, fun, interesting, attention getting, a key message, action oriented, thought provoking….

See you soon!

December 5 Class location and agenda

My Cell phone number is 407-908-4379.  Feel free to call me at night or weekends if you have questions.

Class begins at 8:30 am.   

Bring: lunch, water, snacks, binoculars if you have them, insect repellant (with DEET) to repel ticks and chiggers, camera

·         Remember your reusable water bottle and/ or coffee mug,

For the morning nature craft activity- bring a canvas tote bag, shirt, T-shirt, handkerchief, blank bandana, or we will use paper to do leaf prints.

Wear: closed toed shoes, long pants, dress appropriate for weather, sun screen, sunglasses, hat, jacket for the classroom

We will be out in the field for part of the day and in the classroom part of the day.

Class will be held at the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission’s (FWC)  Three Lakes Wildlife Management Area (WMA) at the Prairie Lakes Unit office. 

http://myfwc.com/media/305186/HuntMap_ThreeLakes_PrairieLakes.pdf

The entrance is on Canoe Creek Road South of St. Cloud and North of HWY 60.  FWC has 3 entrances.  Use the Prairie Lakes Unit entrance.  Three Lakes WMA camping area is the first entrance to the north, (see campers and tents) continue to next entrance where the educational kiosk pay station is a short way down the road.  The next entrance south is Sunset Ranch, a nice 2 mile loop hike to the lake.

STOP at the Prairie Lakes entry kiosk and pick up a pay envelope from the honor box for your windshield.  Bring it in when you get to the office and I will pay by check for all vehicles.  Take a right when you leave the entry kiosk pay station and continue until you see the first service road to the left (FMNP  sign) that goes to the office complex.  We will meet in the FWC office classroom.

I prefer for folks to carpool since they don’t have a huge parking lot.  Please coordinate with each other to save fuel.  If you prefer to meet in St. Cloud, we have met in the St. Cloud Tractor Supply Parking area near 13^th street and gone from there.   Let me know if you want me to ride with me. 

Email me by Sunday night if you want to meet me:

Extension Services Office at 7:15 am. Google says it is a 1 hour drive from here.

Tractor Supply Parking at 7:30 am.

Tentative Agenda:

Morning

Presentations:                  Birds I and II                                        Emily Rushton, FWC

                Field Trip:                             Prairie Lakes Unit

Interpretive Speaking Practical Experience

Afternoon:

Presentations:             Mammals                                            Kelly Wagner

            Hardwood Forests and Urban Green Spaces       Eleanor

Field Trip-                            Double C Bar Ranch, Mr. Jimmy Chapman, Owner

               

Interpretive Speaking / Final Project Work Session

Go to http://osceolauplands.blogspot.com/ if you have not got your group project posted yet.

See you soon!