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Title:Saturday Stream Snapshot (SSS) Citizen Monitoring Program Volunteer Training
Description: Volunteers needed collect samples, transport samples to the lab, analyze samples, and enter data into a database.Every Saturday at 9:30 a.m., we train new volunteers and give tours of the lab. As a 501(c) 3 organization, we can offer volunteers Community Service Hours. Come join the fun!
Date:Saturday November 8, 2008
Time:9:30 – 10:00 am Volunteer Orientation; 10:30 am – 2:30 pm Lab Analyst On-The-Job Training
Location: Greenacres River Lab, 211 Railroad Avenue, Loveland, OH 45140
Target Audience:Families; Students Grades 7-12
Cost:Free
Contact Person: Anne Lyon
Contact Phone: (513) 891-4227
Contact E-mail:alyon@green-acres.org
Website: www.green-acres.org

Title: Interested in Becoming a Beekeeper?
Description: This is Part 1 of a three part hands-on workshop presented by members of the Warren County Beekeepers Association on getting started in beekeeping. You'll learn what equipment is needed, cost involved, and the time committment necessary to be a successful beekeeper.
Date: Saturday, November 15
Time: 2:00-3:30 pm (NOTE:  Time change from 1:30 – 3:00 pm!)
Location: Greenacres Old Church, 8680 Spooky Hollow Road
Target Audience: all interested
Cost: $5 (cost of the membership to the Warren County Beekeepers Association)
Contact Person: Patty Harrington
Work Phone: (513) 891 4227 Ext. 228
Contact E-mail: naturalists@green-acres.org

Title: Project WILD and WILD Aquatic Workshop (CANCELLED)
Description: This workshop will feature water-related activities from the Project WILD Aquatic K-12 Curriculum and Activity Guide (developed through a cooperative agreement with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service) that emphasizes aquatic wildlife and aquatic ecosystems and the Project WILD K-12 Curriculum and Activity Guide that focuses on wildlife and habitat. Both guides are interdisciplinary, supplementary, environmental and conservation education programs for grades K-12. Teachers who attend will receive both supplementary curricula. For information about Project Wild/Wild Aquatic visit: www.projectwild.org. For information about WOW: The Wonders of Wetlands visit: http://www.projectwet.org/. Project WILD guides provided free of charge by the Ohio Division of WildlifeRegistration Deadline: October 31, 2008.
Date:Saturday November 14, 2008
Time:8:00 am – 3:30 am Volunteer Orientation; 10:30 am – 2:30 pm Lab Analyst On-The-Job Training
Location: Izaak Walton League Lodge on 544 Branch Hill Loveland Road, Loveland, Ohio 45140
Target Audience: Formal and non-formal educators grades 4 - 12
Cost: $25.00, (incl. resource materials, activities, snacks & door prizes).
Contact Person: Anne Lyon
Contact Phone: (513) 891-4227
Contact E-mail:alyon@green-acres.org
Website: www.green-acres.org

Program Title: Open House
Program Description: RE-introduction of the Art Center to the community; hands-on art and arts demonstrations; art sale; and wish tree.
Date: November 23, 2008
Time: Noon until 4:00 pm
Location: Greenacres Arts Center
Target Audience: Children and adults
Cost: FREE
Contact Person: Jackie Quay
Work Phone: (513) 793 2787 Ext. 1202
Contact E-mail: jquay@green-acres.org

Title: Friends of Boone County Arboretum Monthly Meeting
Description: Join us for a discussion on plants, trees and how to better support and maintain the arboretum through volunteers and events.
Date: Monday, November 24, 2008
Time: 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Location: 6028 Camp Ernst Road, Burlington, Kentucky 41005
Target Audience: General Public
Cost: Free
Contact Person: Laura Kline
Contact Phone: (859) 586 6101
Contact E-mail: laura.kline@uky.edu
Website:  www.bcarboretum.org