Services

- One- to multiple-day geology tours, botany tours, and ecology tours in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, and Wisconsin. To see the schedule of upcoming tours, click here.

- Customized geology, botany and ecology tours for selected individuals, family groups, and organizations in the following regions of the United States: the Midwest, New England, and the Southwest. To see examples of customized tours already contracted, click here.

- Slide and PowerPoint lectures on geology, botany, ecology, soil science, and horticulture for public libraries, science and gardening clubs, nature centers, educational institutions, and governmental organizations. To see my scheduled lectures and a list of my lecture subjects, click here.

- Courses taught at the college and adult-education levels in a broad range of natural-history subjects. To see my currently scheduled courses and a list of other courses I've taught, click here.

PLANNING, RESEARCH, & INFORMATION RETRIEVAL

Individuals visiting my website periodically ask me to identify plant species, to recommend textual and other educational resources, and to provide trip itineraries and geologic descriptions for areas they are interested. I am now pleased to offer professional consultation on these and other natural-history issues within my the areas of expertise. Here are samples of my consultation fees, which can be paid via PayPal, using either your credit card or PayPal account. If you prefer, you can contact me first to discuss the specifics.

- Personalized tour planning for your vacation: $35.00 per hour.

- Supplying answers to geological and botanical questions: $10.00

per question.

- Identification of rock or fossil specimens : $10.00 per specimen.

- Identification of plant, lichen, and mushroom species: $10.00 per

species or other taxon.

- Reading-list recomendations for those pursuing a self-education

program in geology, botany, mycology, lichenology, soil science,

or related fields within my expertise: $35.00 per list of up to 15

suggested books and other references.

Refunds via PayPal will be issued promptly if I can't answer your question or supply the requested service.

If you'd like more information about these and similar services, please contact me by clicking here. AND PLEASE NOTE: Members of the Natural History Exploration Guild get many of these services for FREE. For more information on how to join the Guild, visit the Membership Page at www.nheg.org.

To join my free events-and-information E-mailing list, drop me a line at rwauctor1@cs.com.