INDIAN RIVER COUNTY — The Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory (FMEL) will offer its fifteenth volunteer stewardship training class. This free 6-week class would be a great way for Master Gardeners to learn more about Florida’s diverse native flora and fauna. Space is limited. We ask that class participants share what they learn in a venue of their choice, i.e., as Master Gardeners.
Classes are conducted on Saturday afternoons from 1:30 to 4:30 pm. Each class begins in the Boathouse of the Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory, University of Florida, 200 – 9th Street SE (Oslo Road), Vero Beach.
To register or for more information, email Janice Broda at jcbroda@comcast.net or call 772-538-5223.
Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory (FMEL) 2011 Volunteer Stewardship Core Class
January 29 – Welcome, History of ORCA & IRC Conservation Lands, and Hammock Loop Stroll. Instructors: Dr. Walter Tabachnick, Director, FMEL, Dr. Richard Baker, President, Pelican Island Audubon Society (PIAS) and Janice Broda, Class Coordinator, FMEL
February 5 – Magical Mangroves: Awesome Adaptation, and Dike Hike to ORCA Observation Tower. Instructors: Janice Broda, Class Coordinator, FMEL and Doug Carlson, Director, Indian River Mosquito Control District.
February 12 – Life in the Pits & Treetops with Dr. George O’Meara, Professor Emeritus, FMEL
February 19 – What’s Biting Me? Insects of Interest, and Perils of Poisonous Plants. Instructors: Dr. Roxanne Rutledge, Extension Entomologist, FMEL and Janice Broda, Class Coordinator, FMEL.
February 26 – Ospreys & their “Friends” Woodpecker, Eagle & Owl, and Hike on South
ORCA Scrub. Instructors: Bob Montanaro. Office Manager, PIAS and Dr. Richard Baker, President, Pelican Island Audubon Society
March 5 – Landscaping Lessons from Nature…Review of Plant Communities, with Janice Broda, Class Coordinator FMEL
É Contact Janice Broda, Class Coordinator, with any questions: jcbroda@comcast.net, 772-778-7200 x173
