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Ohio Certified Volunteer Naturalist, Instructor Led - SP 2023

Ended Jun 12, 2023

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Full course description

This Instructor led hybrid course will help you build your knowledge of Ohio’s diverse ecology and natural resources, education techniques, develop field identification skills, and learn how to contribute to scientific understanding and conservation through community science and land stewardship. To become an Ohio Certified Volunteer Naturalist, you need to complete the 40-hour education course at an approved location and complete 40 volunteer and/or continuing education hours . For more information on certification go to: https://ocvn.osu.edu/.

This online course will meet your 40-hour education course requirement and is divided into a series of live zooms and face to face sessions as well as online modules. The topics include Ohio’s birds, geology, soils, forests, mammals, water resources, climate change and more. Each module includes pre-recorded videos, readings, activities, and short quizzes. The session leaders are Faculty and Staff of The Ohio State University along with professionals and other experts with our partner locations.

Zoom links will be provided in the course announcements. If you require an accommodation such as live captioning or interpretation to participate in this event, please contact Anne Baird at baird.41@osu.edu or 614-292-8603. Requests made by 5 days before the session will generally allow us to provide seamless access, but the university will make every effort to meet requests made after this date.

There are NO refunds issued for this course. 
If you have questions about the course, contact Anne Baird at baird.41@osu.edu. 

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