For Teachers:

Training

Title......................Natural Resource and Wildlife Workshops.

Description..........Various one- and two-day workshops such as "Teachers

Natural Resources Workshop," "Dinosaurs For Central

Texas Teachers," and a "One-Day Seminar for Educators

and Interpreters" (on bats). See website below for current

workshop schedule.

Target

Audience.............Educators.

Cost....................Varies.

Location.............Selah, Bamberger Ranch Preserve, 2341 Blue Ridge Drive,

Johnson City, Texas.

Dates/Times.......Varies. Contact sponsor for schedule.

Special

requirements......Some workshops include ranch tour on covered, open-sided

trailer with hay bales. Participants must be able to take

bumpy ride, complete short hikes. Dress for weather and

outdoor activity.

Sponsor/POC.....Varies: For Natural Resource Workshop, contact Natural

Resources Conservation Service in your area or Johnson City office, Tel. (830) 868-7237, Ext. 3. For bat program,

contact Bat Conservation International, Tel. (512) 327-9721.

For Dinosaur Program or general schedule of workshops,

contact Bamberger Ranch Ranch Preserve, 2341 Blue Ridge

Drive, Johnson City, Texas 78636. Tel. 830-868-2630. Fax

(830) 868-4638. E-mail brp@tstar.net. Website for registration

and schedule: http://www.bambergerranch.org.

Other Notes.......Selah is a 5,500 acre ranch described as the largest habitat

restoration project on private land in Texas. Includes

dinosaur tracks, a man-made bat cave ("Chiroptorium"), and

world's largest herd of endangered Scimitar-Horned Oryx.