Opportunity knocking!

Update September 2014: this Fall basic training class has been postponed until Spring 2015. Contact us at headwatersmn.info[at]gmail.com to stay informed about the application process. Thanks for your patience! It’s arrived! Our chance to share our chapter’s amazing learning opportunity with our friends, families, community at large. More than discovering secrets and relationships of the…

Member Spotlight: Gail Napora

In an effort to get to know our members better, we are featuring an occasional post spotlighting one of our Headwaters Master Naturalists. Over forty Master Naturalists strong, our chapter draws strength from a wide variety of diverse talents and personalities, each deserving of their own spotlight! With her upcoming public presentation on Monarchs and…

“Build it, and they will come.”

With team workdays this spring and lots of individual efforts, the Headwaters Chapter Wildlife Center of Virginia‘s Wildlife Garden project has lots to show and is attracting attention from people and wildlife alike. The perennial garden, raised bed wildlife food “micro-farm” and lush corner pond with a trickling waterfall are all installed and doing their…

Wilderness First Aid: Another Way to Make a Difference

Six Headwaters Master Naturalists and one interested individual met over the weekend of June 28th and 29th to learn from Brad and Paula Neher of Emergency Prep in Harrisonburg about handling common injuries and illnesses in the field when medical care is an hour or more away. But first things first: let’s define what’s meant…

eMammal Camera “Trapping”

For the past year and a half, several Headwaters Master Naturalists have been participating in the eMammal project. Conducted by the Smithsonian Institution’s Conservation Biology Institute (CBI) in Front Royal, the eMammal Project aims to produce the same kind of database of mammal movements and behavior that exists for birds, thanks to the efforts of…