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Sarah Fellerer
Master Gardener and Master Naturalist Program Coordinator
University of Illinois Extension
7775-B Illinois Route 47
Yorkville, IL 60560
Phone: 630-553-5823
FAX: 630-553-5871
fellerer@illinois.edu

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The Kendall County Master Naturalist program is designed to educate and train a corps of volunteers to provide support in the conservation, management, and interpretation of the County's natural resources. The program provides science based educational opportunities that connect people with nature and help them become engaged environmental stewards.

The following subjects will be taught during the program: ecological concepts, geology, archaeology, botany, forest ecology, grassland ecology, ornithology, mammology, herpetology, entomology, wetlands and aquatic life.

Training consists of two parts. There is at least 40 hours of training at the beginning of the program including classroom and field trip hours. The intern phase of training involves volunteering with one or more of the Kendall County partners for 30 hours over the course of the first year. In future years, Master Naturalists continue with an additional 10 hours of instruction and 30 hours of volunteer service back to the local community.

Our partners are the Kendall County Forest Preserve District, the Oswego Park District and the Kendall County Outdoor Education Center.

At this time we do not have Master Naturalist classes scheduled. If intererested, please fill out the Master Naturalist Class Interest Form on the right side of this page. We will contact you when classes are scheduled.

There is a fee of $250.00 that covers classroom and field training, posters, handouts and the manual.