Monday – July 23, 2018 ALL THE DIRT ABOUT “SOIL”

Monday – July 23, 2018
ALL THE DIRT ABOUT “SOIL”

Location: First United Methodist Church
505 W. Marvin Ave., Waxahachie, TX
Family Life Center - Gathering Room
Indian Trail Chapter, Texas Master Naturalist
• 7:00 PM - Program by Jacob Calvit – Certified Professional Soil Scientist and Texas Master Naturalist

Jacob Calvit is a Certified Professional Soil Scientist of the Soil Science Society of America. He is also a Certified Forester of the American Association of Foresters. Jacob has a Bachelor’s Degree in Soil Science from Texas Tech University and a Master’s Degree in Forestry from Stephen F. Austin State University. After leaving school Jacob worked for International Paper Company for twelve years, making soil productivity maps and delineating wetlands. After leaving International Paper, Jacob worked for Raisanen Environmental Associates in Chicago, Illinois for five years. His principle duties there included wetland delineation and wetland mitigation permits. After moving to Dallas, Texas Jacob started his own Environmental Consulting Firm: Calvit Environmental Consulting. He currently resides in Waxahachie, Texas.
Jacob will share with us everything we ever wanted to know about “soil”.

Indian Trail Chapter is part of the statewide Texas Master Naturalist Volunteer Program of the Texas Parks & Wildlife Department and the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service.

The Mission …to develop a corps of well-informed volunteers to provide education, outreach,
and service dedicated to the beneficial management of natural resources and natural areas
within their communities for the State of Texas.
This program is part of a series of “no cost” “open to the public” Master Naturalist programs offered the fourth Monday (generally) of each month, 7:00 – 8:00 p.m. Please bring a friend! For more information, please call the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension at 972-825-5175 or email: information@itmnc.com

Posted on July 5, 2018 06:45 PM by cgritz