Hi CAMNers,
I don’t think the word got out yet. There is an nice article in the Democrat-Gazzette today on the Master Naturalists and how in tune we are with nature. Thanks to Cecila Storey, Jonelle and the curriculum committee and all those who helped get the article ready. The class schedule and application is on the web site so pass it on to people you think may be interested.
George Lauster
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October 10th – Robinson School group, 150 6th graders, Need CAMN help with the compass course, teaching about the ecology and health of the Little Maumelle, and teaching kids how to paddle a canoe.
Any takers?
Those of us who were free that day showed up. Bill Toland and Bert Turner taught the compass course and nobody got lost.
George Lauster and Martha Bowden helped them scoop up macroinvertebrates when a few kids decided they were going to swim like the fish.
An
ne Massey and Ann Owen taught paddling and canoe safety. Ann Owen was dumped into the water and had to rescue a canoe that got too far down stream. Too bad we didn’t get pictures of that. We had a few laughs about our day as we sat down for lunch.
Attendees at the Natural State Expo October 11, 2008 were coming out of the woodwork to sample the assortment of insects we provided for their dining pleasure! We had a great crew who enjoyed demonstrating their interpretive skills at this third annual Arkansas Sustainability Network event, which was held again at the Statehouse Convention Center. Many thanks to CAMN members Martha Bowden, Katherine Becker, Vera Bowie, Bill Toland, Brenda O’Reilly, George Lauster and Ann Owen for serving as our interpreters for the day. And a very special thank you to Kristina Root, interpreter from Pinnacle Mountain State Park who stayed for the entire event and engaged our visitors with interesting facts about insects and mammals.
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Master Naturalist Ann Owen wrote: Renowned paleoanthropologist and environmentalist Richard Leakey, who is credited with some of the most significant fossil discoveries in history, impressed Central Arkansas Master Naturalists during his lectures at UALR on October 8, 2008.
Speaking on The Origins of Man in the morning and Climate Change and the Future of Life on Earth in the afternoon, Leakey said that we are dangerously reducing biodiversity and damaging eco-systems through agriculture and human activity.
He believes that we are facing the need for wholesale lifestyle changes and tremendous humanitarian efforts because of the catastrophic impact that climate change will have on many areas of the world.
For those of you who didn’t have an opportunity to see the two lectures presented by Richard Leakey, you have another opportunity next week.
UALR University Television (Comcast Cable channel 62) will broadcast “Climate Change and the Future of Life on Earth” on Monday, October 20th at 7:30 p.m. The lecture Richard Leakey presented to students discussing the origins of man will air on Tuesday, October 21st at 8 p.m.
Because of copyright restrictions, University Television will broadcast these lectures only once.
AETN will host a talk show that was taped during his LR visit. It premieres on AETN on Friday, Dec 19th at 6:30 pm and will air again Thursday, Dec 25, at 6:30 pm.
