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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.

Lake County

Team #CT02

  • Assistant:   Sandra Selman
    Trout Lake Nature Center
    Eustis, FL
    (352) 630-2584

Orange and Seminole Counties

Team #CT04


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

Sumter County

Team #CT08

  • Assistant:   Nancy Kolkebeck
    UF/IFAS Extension Sumter County
    Bushnell, FL
    (267) 205-5762

Lake County

Team #CT09

  • Lead:   Tracy Hauserman
    Lake County Water Authority
    (352) 324-6141
  • Associate:   Don Philpott
    Wekiva Wilderness Trust
    Apopka, FL
    (321) 277-8442
  • Associate:   Claudia Rowe
    Lake County Water Authority
    (352) 324-6141
  • Associate:   Travis Snow
    Lake County Water Authority
    (352) 324-6141