Pokagon State Park, the Steuben County Soil and Water Conservation District (SWCD), and the Friends of Pokagon will host an Indiana Master Naturalist (IMN) workshop in spring 2025.

Sessions for the workshop will begin at the park’s Nature Center on April 10 at 6 p.m. There will be nine Thursday night sessions scheduled and one Saturday session, on May 3 at 8:30 a.m. No session is scheduled for Thursday, May 15. Sessions will meet at either the Pokagon Nature Center or Swenson Lodge, the latter of which is located within Trine State Recreation Area. Each session covers a different topic presented by resource professionals in fields such as geology, wetland ecology, and herpetology.

The registration fee of $120 includes class materials, several guidebooks, and light refreshments at each session. Registration forms are available by emailing Aimee M. Wentworth, awentworth@dnr.IN.gov or calling the Pokagon Nature Center at 260-833-3506. You may also download forms from steubenswcd.org . Contact Wentworth for more information. Payments must be made to the Steuben County SWCD office, 1220 N. 200 W, Suite L, Angola, IN, 46703. The SWCD only accepts cash or check payments.

The mission of the IMN program is to bring together natural resource specialists with adult learners to foster an understanding of Indiana’s plants, water, soils, and wildlife, as well as to promote natural resource volunteer service within the state. IMN provides participants with many hands-on opportunities to learn about our Hoosier natural resources and provides a way to share that knowledge, along with life experiences, through volunteer service.

The program is sponsored by the Resource Conservation & Development Councils, Indiana Soil & Water Conservation Districts, Purdue Cooperative Extension Service, and the Indiana Department of Natural Resources.

Pokagon State Park (on.IN.gov/pokagonsp) is at 450 Lane 100 Lake James, Angola, 46703.

To view more DNR news releases, please see dnr.IN.gov.