Fw: [Pollinator] Butterfly course

[Anne Kilmer]

Pardon tyhe cross-posting.
This sounds like a wonderful course; anybody interested?

I'll be heading for Ireland then, so I'll miss it. Y'all might be luckier.
Cheers
Anne Kilmer
South Florida

Peter Kevan wrote:

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>> THE BUTTERFLY COURSE IS NOW ENDANGERED!
>>
>> Current numbers for the Techniques for Butterfly Conservation & 
>> Management
>> course do not meet the AZA Board of Regents' minimum requirements.  
>> If we
>> don't
>> meet our registration targets by January 15th, we'll have to cancel the
>> course.
>> We'd hate to have to do that, so please consider signing up today.
>>
>> The course is scheduled for 24-26 April 2006 at the McGuire Center for
>> Lepidoptera & Biodiversity in Gainesville, FL.  Course topics will 
>> include
>> natural history and identification, captive propagation, host plant 
>> care &
>> needs, field/lab research techniques, permitting/recovery planning 
>> basics,
>> population monitoring, habitat restoration, butterfly exhibitry, 
>> education
>> and
>> outreach, partnership building and more.
>>
>> Course participants will include federal and state wildlife biologists,
>> university researchers, zoo/aquarium/nature center staff and volunteers,
>> and
>> other individuals interested in butterfly recovery and conservation.
>>
>> Instructors include Dr. Tom Emmel (UFL), Dr. Jaret Daniels (UFL), Mark
>> Deering
>> (Butterfly House), Mitch Magdich (Toledo Zoo), Erin Sullivan (Woodland
>> Park
>> Zoo), Dr. Peter Tolson (Toledo Zoo), and Ruth Allard (AZA).
>>
>> For more details (including costs and travel info) and/or to register 
>> for
>> this
>> course, please visit www.aza.org/prodev/ButterflyCon/ or contact AZA
>> Training
>> Administrator Geri Noland at azatraining at aza.org or 301-562-0777 x238.
>>
>>
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