This committee helps existing and new IAN members feel welcome & assists new naturalists to discover resources available to them.

Chair: Heather Hucka Story County Conservation             56461 180th Street             Ames, IA 50010             Phone:  515/232-2516             Fax:  515/232-6989             hhucka@storycounty.com

Purpose:
This program is to help new IAN members feel welcome to IAN and Iowa.  It is also to assist new naturalists in learning the county Conservation Board system, discover resources, and learn new techniques of Environmental Education. 

Guidelines for Mentors:

1.	Inform mentee about Professional Standards
2.	Inform mentee about Conferences
3.	Inform mentee about program ideas that work for you
4.	Inform mentee about places to order equipment from and/or possibility of borrowing equipment from your agency
5.	Contact mentee once a month
6.	Answer any questions they have to the best of your ability. Refer mentee to another person if question cannot be answered
7.	Inform mentee about the Junior Naturalist Program
8.	Inform mentee about the IAN $500 grant program
9.	Inform mentee about the IAN scholarship program
10.	Inform mentee about IAN Listserve

IAN Suppliers

Ben Meadows PO Box 5277 Janesville, WI 53547-5277 Phone: 800-241-6401 Fax: 800-628-2068 http://www.benmeadows.com		Forestry Suppliers PO Box 8397 Jackson, MS 39284-8397 Phone: 800-647-5368 Fax: 800-543-4203 http://www.forestry-suppliers.com		CrawDaddy Outdoors, LC 107 E. Bremer Ave. PO Box 5 Waverly, IA 50677 Phone: 319-352-9129 http://www.crawdaddyoutdoors.com
Acorn Naturalists 155 El Camino Real Tustin, CA 92780 Phone: 800-422-8886 Fax: 800-452-2802 http://www.acornnaturalist.com		Nature Watch 5312 Derry Ave. Ste. R Agoura Hills, CA 91301-5004 Phone: 800-228-5816 Fax: 800-228-5814 http://www.nature-watch.com		Museum Products 84 Route 27 Mystic, CT O6355 Phone: 800-395-5400 Fax: 800-572-9589 http://www.museumproducts.net
Skulls Unlimited 10313 S. Sunnylane Oklahoma City, OK 73160 Phone: 800-659-SKULL Fax: 800-676-5459 http://www.skullsunlimited.com		Triarco Arts & Crafts 14650 28th Ave. N Plymouth, MN 55447 Phone: 800-328-3360 Fax: 763-559-2215 http://www.etriarco.com		Davidson's Falconry 870 South Buhl Farm Drive Hermitage, PA  16148 Phone: 724-877-0162 http://www.davidsonsfalconry.com