The Ostego Bay Foundation, Inc. Marine Science Center together with the University of Florida/Institute of Florida and the Agriculture Sciences is offering a Florida Master Naturalist Training Program on Jan. 11-15, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

The program is a 40-hour education extension program on Florida's ecosystems. This module, Coast Systems of Florida, includes classroom instruction, field trips and practical interpretive experience related to the general ecology, habitats, vegetation types, wildlife and conservation issues. In addition, the program enhances naturalist interpretation skills and addresses environmental ethics.

This program is ideal for those in an eco-tourism business, teachers seeking environmental education contact hours, volunteers and staff members of environmental education facilities or any interested adults. Appropriate for both novices and highly skilled environmental professionals.

Register online at www.MasterNaturalist.org. Click on 'registration.' Forms are also available at the Marine Science Center at 718 Fishermans Wharf. For more information, call Instructor Joanne Semmer at 470-4993 or email jj37a@yahoo.com

The cost for the program is $225 and includes 40 contact hours of instruction, a comprehensive student reference workbook, registration in the UF FMNP database as a Coastal Naturalist, a certificate of achievement, an embroidered FMNP patch and an FMNP Coastal lapel pin.

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