About the OCVN Training Program
Ohio Certified Volunteer Naturalist Training is open to residents of the Miami Valley Extesnion Education and Research Area and surounding counties. The Miami Valley EERA include Butler, Clermont, Clinton, Fayete, Greene, Hamilton, Montgomery, Preble and Warren Counties. This ten-week, hands-on program focuses on environmental issues, ecology, wildlife and natural resources. Once training is completed members volunteer 40 hours the first year teaching the values of Ohio’s natural resources to others in area parks. Recertification the following year requires eight hours of advanced training and volunteering an additional 20 hours.
 

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Keith L. Smith, Associate Vice President for Agricultural Administration; Associate Dean, College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences; Director, Ohio State University Extension and Gist Chair in Extension Education and Leadership. TDD No. 800-589-8292 (Ohio only) or 614-292-1868.