Tuesday, March 24, 2015 was – for most people just another day. But I had been looking forward to it for months. It was the day when the Headwaters Chapter Trainees-in-Waiting (TiW) were taking a special field trip to the National Museum of Natural History in Washington DC. One of the TiW, Byron Hukee, had…
Did you know our Bylaws are actually quite an interesting document? It’s a document with a history, some intrigue and the potential to be a boon or a bomb! Spoiler alert: there is a bonus at the bottom of the column. For instance, did you know that the governance of the chapter provided for in…
Keeping in mind the whole goal is to accurately represent our Chapter activity as a measure of our support of the VMN Program . . . here are the figures with March added. So what could these figures mean? • In 2014, March gave us additional people logging hours showing a “probable” steady increase in…
Birds of the ‘Burg Walks originated as a project of HMN partner organization Rockingham Bird Club: In his 2006 book, Last Child in the Woods, Richard Louv coined the term, “nature deficit disorder.” Those of us who have or work with young people recognized the syndrome instantly. And it’s getting worse, as the number and…
Introductory Article Headwaters is a growing and evolving chapter. We are about to start our fourth basic training cohort this April. Should all thirteen trainees graduate (not a forgone conclusion) our chapter size could be fifty-three. We may be ready to move toward a more member centric governance as an interpretation of our current Bylaws…
Virginia Master Naturalists Headwaters Chapter 