Registration is now open for the Spring 2024 Kentucky Master Naturalist Program (KYMN) training cohort. The initiative, a part of the Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and Environment, is dedicated to developing informed volunteers committed to conservation and natural resource management across the Commonwealth of Kentucky.
KYMN offers a dynamic and flexible training schedule, comprising 16 Zoom classes over the spring semester. These two-hour sessions, held on Friday mornings from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. ET, are accessible live and through recorded sessions. Each class concludes with a quiz, ensuring participants fully engage with the material.
In addition to virtual learning, the program includes a mandatory eight-hour field training, providing hands-on experience in natural environments. Participants can choose from one of three available days in the spring.
Completing the 16 Zoom classes, field training and contributing 40 hours of volunteer work will yield participants a Certified KY Master Naturalist title. Those wishing to maintain their status must contribute 40 hours of volunteer work, eight hours of continuing education and 40 hours of volunteer service annually.
The program fee is $150, however, scholarships are available. Interested applicants must submit their applications by Dec. 11, 2023.
Source: uky.edu
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