Photo: Ellison Orcutt/ DCR Natural Heritage ProgramA Rusty Patched Bumble Bee observed at Highland WMA. On August 5, Region 4 DWR staff (Dept. of Wildlife Resources) and a DCR field zoologist (Dept. of Conservation and Recreation) conducted a Bumble bee survey on the Highland WMA (Wildlife Management Area). While surveying a proposed Restore the Wild Pollinator fields,…
Photo: aarp.orgShenandoah National Park The September 2020 newsletter focuses on the Shenandoah National Park, and this piece covers the online places you can go, which are many! Please explore! Phase Three: What You Need to KnowThis page of the Shenandoah National Park site gives you all the information you need to know about parking, campgrounds,…
Photo: by Virginia Cooperative Extension, https://ext.vt.edu/agriculture/commercial-horticulture/spotted-lanternfly.html Early, immature stages of the spotted lanternfly are wingless and black and have white spots that develop to red patches. Spotted Lantern Fly is now officially listed as a project for Headwaters Chapter Spotted Lantern Fly (SLF) is a new invasive insect pest that has the potential to impact farmers and…
Photo: by Wikipedia Commons I am passing along a thank-you to VMN volunteers who have provided photos for the Socrates Project’s guide to poisonous plants. They have gotten almost all the photos they need, but are still seeking photos of one species, Blue Monkshood (Aconitum uncinatum), taken by a VMN volunteer (not grabbed from…
Photo: from https://www.idiomsandslang.com/a-trip-down-memory-lane/ Historian/Parliamentarian Stephanie Gardner would like to remind everyone that the HMN photo albums are growing. The newly expanded virtual photo albums can be found on Headwaters’ password-protected Virginia Master Naturalists Volunteer Management System. The Photo Albums link is the last link on the left side of the page. Photographs in the…
Photo: by Environmental Nature Center, ecenter.org Project: Volunteer Photos for Socrates Project 2nd Edition Guide A group of VMN volunteers is looking for photos taken by other VMN volunteers (not grabbed from the internet or other sources) for an education project. This is the Socrates Project, through which they are creating a second edition of…
Starting July 1, 2020, the Department of Game and Inland Fisheries is now the Department of Wildlife Resources or Virginia DWR. Why the name change? In general, it is to reflect more accurately the wide range of their activities and responsibilities. Check out the Virginia DWR website for a complete explanation and other great…
Photo: by Dave Forrer Fringed Polygala (Polygala paucifolia), Cliff Trail Hone Quarry It’s always fun to discover a new trail. For my birthday hike (May 12), Patsy and I walked up “Cliff Trail” across from the Hone Quarry picnic area. There’s a beautiful outcrop/overlook only about 30 minutes up the trail. And beyond that, there were lots…
Photo: by fieldandforestfriends.com Wild yeast sourdough bread with starter Rob Dunn Lab Group, formerly known as Your Wild Life, citizen science projects are appealing for volunteers who like to dabble in the science of the small! Overseen by Dr. Holly Menninger, Director of Public Science and Dr. Rob Dunn’s Public Science Lab in the Applied Ecology…
Photos and selected text provided by Va. Tech Cooperative Extension Immature, wingless stage of the spotted lanternfly Spotted Lanternfly (SLF) is a new invasive insect pest that has the potential to impact agriculture, forests, and home landscapes. (The only good thing about them is that they like eating another invasive: Ailanthus altissima – tree of heaven.)…
