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:
- Inform mentee about Professional Standards
- Inform mentee about Conferences
- Inform mentee about program ideas that work for you
- Inform mentee about places to order equipment from and/or possibility of borrowing equipment from your agency
- Contact mentee once a month
- Answer any questions they have to the best of your ability. Refer mentee to another person if question cannot be answered
- Inform mentee about the Junior Naturalist Program
- Inform mentee about the IAN $500 grant program
- Inform mentee about the IAN scholarship program
- Inform mentee about IAN Listserve
For more information, contact chair:
Heather Hucka
Story County Conservation
56461 180th Street
Ames, IA 50010
515-232-2516 (Office Phone)
515-598-4768 (Direct Line)
515-232-6989
Mentee Resources:
IAN Suppliers
Ben Meadows
PO Box 5277
Janesville, WI 53547-5277
800-241-6401
800-628-2068
Forestry Suppliers
PO Box 8397
Jackson, MS 39284-8397
CrawDaddy Outdoors, LC
107 E. Bremer Ave. PO Box 5
Waverly, IA 50677
Acorn Naturalists
155 El Camino Real
Tustin, CA 92780
800-422-8886
800-452-2802
Nature Watch
5312 Derry Ave. Ste. R
Agoura Hills, CA 91301-5004
800-228-5816
800-228-5814
Museum Products
84 Route 27
Mystic, CT O6355
800-572-9589
800-572-9589
Skulls Unlimited
10313 S. Sunnylane
Oklahoma City, OK 73160
800-659-SKULL
800-676-5459
Triarco Arts & Crafts
14650 28th Ave. N
Plymouth, MN 55447
800-328-3360
763-559-2215
Davidson's Falconry
870 South Buhl Farm Drive
Hermitage, PA 16148