Tick Vigilance

Ticks are active year-round in Virginia As Virginia Master Naturalists, it is important to know that every season is tick season in Virginia, and winter weather doesn’t necessarily determine how bad the spring and summer tick seasons will be. April through September are generally considered prime tick months but May is National Lyme Disease Awareness…

Welcome Vicki!

Vicki Langdon is among our newest Chapter members, having transferred in from another chapter and currently living in the Harrisonburg area. Stephanie Gardner, with our Chapter’s Newsletter Team, was recently in touch with her to find out a little bit about her and help introduce her to other members: Welcome to Headwaters Master Naturalists, Vicki!…

Vernal Pool Cooperative of Virginia

Maple Flat Ponds Each spring, as wood frogs and salamanders across Virginia make their way to vernal pools, so too do avid Vernal Pool Monitors. This presented an opportunity for me to connect with an extraordinary citizen scientist and Master Naturalist by the name of John Holden. If you ever get a chance to attend…

Fantastic Finds from My Corner

by Elizabeth Pass, Cohort VIfor the April 2023 issue of Headwaters Highlights As Spring comes into full bloom, I think of my recently passed aunt who lived in Albuquerque. Every morning from early spring to late fall she would sit with her coffee on the back patio in the same chair, which was next to a…

Night Sky at Starry Meadows

Headwaters members are treated to guided star gazing of the early spring sky On March 26, 2023, Zack Perdue led a stargazing party at Starry Meadows Farm in Linville. Sadly, this event had to be postponed due to cloud cover earlier in the week, so only four Headwaters members could come. The sky this night…