Winyah Master Naturalist Course Page

Date Topics Location Assignments/Reading/QUIZ
2/27

Introduction:

  • Orientation to the MN Program
  • Hobcaw History
  • Tools and techniques
  • Observation skills

Meet at Hobcaw Barony Discovery Center, travelling to NI-WB NERR

3/6

The Landscape, Part 1:

  • Geology & geomorphology
  • Soils
  • Climate change and Sea level rise
Meet at Kimbel Pond Shelter, travelling on Hobcaw  
3/13

The Landscape, Part 2:

  • Human impacts
  • Stormwater
  • Urban nature
  • Restoration
Meet at HBDC, travelling to Georgetown County Landfill
3/20

Modern Dinosaurs: Birds, Reptiles and Amphibians

  • A/P and evolution
  • Habitats and behavior
  • Bird song
  • Identification skills
  • Field notes and drawing
Meet at Kimbel Pond Shelter
3/27

Wade in to Estuaries:

  • The tides and currents
  • Plants & animals of the saltmarsh
  • Field study methods
  • Phytoplankton & microscopy
  • Benthic invertebrates
Meet at HBDC, travel to NI-WB NERR

 

4/03

Swamp walk, Coastal Forests:

  • Intro to botany
  • Tree ID
  • Wetland functions and ID
  • Phenology
Meet at HBDC, travelling around Hobcaw
4/10

BIOBLITZ

 Meet at HBDC, travelling to NERR
4/17

Nature at Night

  • Insects/Moths
  • Pond studies
  • Night sounds
  • Light pollution

Kimbel Pond

*4:00 PM to 10:00 PM

4/24

NO CLASS- Spring Break

 

 

 

5/01

In the Watershed, Rivers and Bays:

  • Carolina Bays
  • Conservation
  • Wildflowers
  • Water monitoring

Book Reports

Meet at HBDC, travelling to Lewis Ocean Bay and Cox Ferry Lake

 

5/08

A Day at the Beach:

  • Beach morphology
  • Life in the tidal zone
  • Shorebirds
  • Marine invertebrates
  • Marine mammals

Book reports

 

 

*Meet at Huntington Beach, north end parking area*
5/15

Practicing  Naturalisting:

  • Butterflies
  • Wildflowers
  • Interpretation skills
  • Exam review

Book Reports

Meet at HBDC, travelling to Francis Marion SF

 

5/22

FINAL EXAM

WMNA Gathering @ 12:00

 

 

Kimbel Lodge

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