Taking the Next Step

Thursday, August 23, 2012

Yesterday evening I received official notification from the Alamo Area Chapter of the Texas Master Naturalist that I have been accepted for the 2012 Fall Training Program for Master Naturalists. Classes begin Thursday, September 6.

One of my primary goals for quite sometime has been to complete this training to become a Certified Master Naturalist*. The course is an intense ten weeks, but I am looking forward to the challenge. As a matter of fact, to say I am ecstatic is an understatement of the highest order.

To celebrate the beginning of this new endeavor, here is another series of photos from my walk along the San Antonio River this past Friday, August 17:

* "The [Texas Master Naturalist] Mission: To develop a corps of well-informed volunteers to provide education, outreach, and service dedicated to the beneficial management of natural resources and natural areas within their communities. Many communities and organizations rely on such citizen volunteers for implementing youth education programs; for operating parks, nature centers, and natural areas; and for providing leadership in local natural resource conservation efforts. In fact, a short supply of dedicated and well-informed volunteers is often cited as a limiting factor for community-based conservation efforts."   -   http://txmn.org/

The San Antonio River, Mission Reach, An Early Autumn Afternoon Along the River, Part 2

Here is another somewhat random set of photos from my walk this past Friday, September 30 along the completed southern end of the San Antonio River, Mission Reach. I have so many photos from this walk, there will be at least two, and probably more, upcoming posts of them. I am trying to organize the photos I have yet to publish into various categories that will make a bit more sense of the visual experience.

For now, though, the photos here range from more plants and flowers, to dragon and damselflies, turtles and birds. If there is any organization to them, it is that they are posted in the order they were taken, thus following the experience of the walk: