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Please note: this event has passed. The agenda from the 2020 Academy below is for reference only.
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Shelly Plante

Texas Parks and Wildlife Dept
Nature Tourism Manager
Austin, Texas
Shelly Plante is the Nature Tourism Manager for Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, working in the Marketing Group. She oversees the Great Texas Wildlife Trail program and has been a coordinator for the annual Great Texas Birding Classic for the past 20 years. Plante also coordinates and helped develop the Texas Paddling Trails Program. She helps market and promote state parks, works with private landowners and communities on nature tourism development, and serves on the Steering Committee for Texas Children in Nature. In 2013 she became an adjunct professor and lecturer at Texas State University, teaching Planning and Development of Nature and Heritage Tourism. She holds a Master’s of Applied Geography with a focus on Nature and Heritage Tourism from Texas State University and a B.A. in Plan II/Geography from the University of Texas-Austin.
Monday, February 17
 

7:00am EST

6:30pm EST

 
Tuesday, February 18
 

9:00am EST

9:30am EST

10:30am EST

11:00am EST

12:30pm EST

1:30pm EST

3:00pm EST

3:30pm EST

7:00pm EST

 
Wednesday, February 19
 

9:30am EST

10:30am EST

11:00am EST

11:30am EST

12:30pm EST

1:30pm EST

3:00pm EST

3:30pm EST

6:00pm EST

 
Thursday, February 20
 

9:30am EST

10:30am EST

11:00am EST

12:30pm EST

1:30pm EST

3:00pm EST

3:30pm EST

4:30pm EST

5:00pm EST

6:00pm EST

 
Friday, February 21
 

7:00am EST