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Upcoming Events
   
Butterfly Counts
Wildlife-related Organizations Meeting Schedule
Geology
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AREA BUTTERFLY COUNTS
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Regal Fritillaries on Butterfly
Milkweed
Photo by Pete Janzen |
Most of these events are part of the
North American Butterfly Association (NABA) Butterfly Count program.
Do not hesitate
to participate because you cannot identify all butterflies. There will
be a leader in your group who can identify butterflies and this will be
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For the NABA
counts, please note this policy: “All observers, regardless of their age,
who contribute to the count, must be listed as observers and pay the count fee.
Children who are accompanied by an adult and who do not significantly contribute
as observers should not be listed.”
NABA
publishes a report with lists from all of the counts. The report can be ordered
at the time of the count if you would like to receive a copy. The price is $7
for NABA members and $11 for nonmembers.
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Saturday,
June 25, 2011 - 8:30 am - 4:30pm
Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve • Strong City
3rd Annual NABA Flint Hills Butterfly Count
No prior experience in identifying butterflies is necessary. Please bring
binoculars, water, sunscreen and bug spray. A digital camera will also come in
handy. Suggested attire includes hiking boots, hat, and long pants.
Be sure to RSVP 620-273-6034 and bring your own sack lunch. Water will be
provided. Group counts will run from approximately 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 (noon) and
again from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. There will be a small lunch break between
sessions to compare notes, share adventures, and switch groups and locations.
Transportation to counting locations will be by car-pooling in private vehicles,
which will be no further than 7 miles one way.
Contact: Paula Matile 620-273-8556
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Saturday,
June 25, 2011 - 8:30 am - 4:30pm
The twelfth annual Harvey County Butterfly Count is scheduled for Saturday, June
25, 2011. Meet at Kauffman Museum (27th and Main in North Newton) at 8:30 am. If
you can participate all day, bring a sack lunch for noon. We must charge a fee
of $3 per participant for the count which is sent to the North American
Butterfly Association (NABA) in order to participate in the national count
program. The fee can be paid on the day of the count. NABA’s policy is that all
observers, regardless of their age, who contribute to the count, must be listed
as observers and pay the count fee. However children who are accompanied by an
adult and who do not significantly contribute as observers will not be listed as
observers and do not pay.
Please reply to Dwight Platt, 702 NE 24th Street, Newton, KS 67114 or (316)
283-6708 or platword@southwind.net.
Indicate whether you can participate all day or half day and whether you would
be able to be the leader of a group. We need group leaders.
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Wednesday,
July 13, 2011 - 9:00 am-2:30 pm
Manhattan area Butterfly Count
US Plant Materials Center
• 3800 South 20th Street • Manhattan
Please register by Monday, July 11, or for more information, please call
785-539-8761. Dress appropriately and bring a sack lunch and binoculars and
camera (if you have them). Volunteers around North America select a count area
15 miles in diameter and conduct a one-day census of all butterflies observed
within that circle. The count program is intended to promote interest in
butterflies and provide results useful for scientific monitoring of this
beautiful and fascinating group of insects. While knowledge of butterflies is a
plus, it is not necessary.
Contact: Rich Wynia 785-539-8761
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Visit the website of
NABA for more info on the count
program.
2011 Calendar
of wildlife-related
organization meetings
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20-21 January - Kansas Natural
Resources Conference combined meeting, Airport Hilton, Wichita KS.
Including the following organizations:
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22-26
February -
Kansas Wildlife Federation
annual meeting, Clarion Hotel, Manhattan KS
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1 March Kansas Nongame Wildlife
Advisory Committee, Topeka, KS
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4-5 March
Environmental Education Workshop, Hays KS
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21-25 March Spring Break for KS Regents Schools
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1 April
Kansas Assn. for Conservation & Environmental Education
Excellence in Conservation and Environmental Education Awards Celebration,
Topeka KS
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8,9 April Kansas
Academy of Science annual meeting, Baker University, Baldwin City, KS
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8-10 April
Kansas Herpetological Society spring
field trip, Montgomery State Fishing Lake near
Independence, KS
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15-16 April
Environmental Education Workshop, Parsons KS
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15-17 April Kansas
Assn. of Teachers of Science [KATS] Kamp, Rock Springs KS
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1-24 April
Southwestern
Association of Naturalists annual meeting, Tyler, TX
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23 April
Kansas
Entomological Society, University of
Kansas, Lawrence, KS
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29-30 April
Environmental Education Workshop, DeSoto KS
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29 April -1 May Wings N Wetlands
Weekend, Great Bend, KS
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6, 7 May Kansas Ornithological Society
spring meeting, Elkhart, KS
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1-2 June
Environmental Education Workshop, Paola KS
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2-3 June
Environmental Education Workshop, Lawrence KS
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7-8 June
Environmental Education Workshop, Salina KS
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11 June
Symphony in the Flint Hills,
Wabaunsee County, KS
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13-14 June,
Environmental Education Workshop, Wichita KS
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14-15 June
Environmental Education Workshop, Washington KS
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9-11 September
Kansas Herpetological Society fall field trip, Jewell County KS
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12-14 September
"Grasslands in a Global
Context" Symposium at Konza Prairie, Manhattan KS
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16-18 Sept. Kansas
Native Plant
Society annual meeting [AWW], Douglas County KS
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30 Sep. - Oct. 2 Kansas Ornithological Society
annual meeting, Great Bend KS
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7-8 Oct.
Central Plains Society of
Mammalogists annual meeting, Doane College, Crete NE
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4-6 November
Kansas Herpetological Society annual meeting,
Great Plains Nature Center, Wichita
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And check out these websites for more local
and regional natural history opportunities:
KANSAS
GEOLOGY FIELD TRIPS
The Kansas Geological Survey formerly led
interesting non-technical field trips to explore Kansas. Although they
have discontinued this service, you can download their trip guidebooks at the GeoKansas web site
and recreate these journeys of discovery on your own! This page also has
links to highlights from some of the past field trips.
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