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Florida Master Naturalist Program

Florida Master Naturalist Program

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Participating Organizations: Central Region

Please contact your local Lead FMNP Instructors listed below for more information on their future class plans or to inquire about waiting lists. To email, just click on Instructor's name.

Highlands County

Team #CT01

  • Lead:   Loisa Kerwin
    Florida Atlantic University Center for Environmental Studies - Riverwoods Field Lab
    Lorida, FL
    (863) 462-0025
  • Associate:   Taylor Davis
    UF Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
    Sebring, FL
    (863) 402-6540
  • Courses Offered:
    Upland Systems

Lake County

Team #CT02

  • Assistant:   Sandra Selman
    Trout Lake Nature Center
    Eustis, FL
    (352) 630-2584
  • Courses Offered:
    Freshwater Systems, Upland Systems, Conservation Science, Environmental Interpretation

Marion County

Team #CT03

  • Lead:   James Buckner
    Marion County Parks and Recreation
    Ocala, FL
  • Courses Offered:
    Freshwater Systems

Orange and Seminole Counties

Team #CT04

  • Lead:   Jacqueline Rolly
    Florida Native Plant Society
    Oviedo, FL
    (407) 620-6963
  • Associate:   Todd Angel
    Oakland Nature Preserve
    Minneola, FL
    (352) 874-3115
  • Assistant:   Rachel Cravens
    Oakland Nature Preserve
    Winter Garden, FL
    (407) 791-5228
  • Courses Offered:
    Freshwater Systems, Upland Systems, Conservation Science, Habitat Evaluation

Osceola County

Team #CT05

  • Lead:   Kimberly Titterington
    Swamp Girl Adventures
    Kissimmee, FL
    (321) 624-2502
  • Courses Offered:
    Conservation Science

Osceola County

Team #CT06

  • Lead:   Krista Stump
    UF/IFAS Extension Osceola County
    Kissimmee, FL
    (321) 697-3000
  • Associate:   Eleanor Foerste
    UF/IFAS Extension Osceola County
    Kissimmee, FL
    (407) 908-4379
  • Courses Offered:
    Conservation Science

Polk County

Team #CT07

  • Lead:   Tabitha Biehl
    Polk County Parks and Natural Resources
    Lakeland, FL
    (863) 668-4673
  • Associate:   Shannon Carnevale
    UF/IFAS Extension Polk County
    Bartow, FL
    (863) 519-1051
  • Associate:   Candice Knothe
    Polk County Parks and Natural Resources
    Lakeland, FL
    863-668-4673 ext. 203
  • Associate:   Pamela McDonald
    Circle B Bar Reserve
    Lakeland, FL
    (813) 951-2622
  • Associate:   Jackson Mosley
    Polk County Parks and Natural Resources
    Bartow, FL
  • Associate:   Art Wade
    Polk County Parks and Natural Resources
    Bartow, FL
    (863) 534-7377
  • Courses Offered:
    Freshwater Systems, Upland Systems, Conservation Science, Environmental Interpretation, Wildlife Monitoring, Habitat Evaluation

Sumter County

Team #CT08

  • Lead:   Jim Davis
    UF/IFAS Extension Sumter County
    Bushnell, FL
    (352) 569-6867
  • Assistant:   Nancy Kolkebeck
    UF/IFAS Extension Sumter County
    Bushnell, FL
    (267) 205-5762
  • Courses Offered:
    Freshwater Systems