HMN on the Radio

Headwaters Master Naturalists Chapter Advisor Paul Bugas arranged for Virginia Master Naturalist State Coordinator Alycia Crall and HMN leaders Tom Long and RoxAnna Theiss to join him on WMRA’s call-in talk show Virginia Insight with interviewer Tom Graham. The show was heard live on Thursday, May 8 at 3:00 PM. By all accounts, the show…

The Value of Making a Difference

So, What Did I Get? And What Am I Getting? RoxAnna Theiss   In the fall of 2011 I took my Master Naturalist Training.  There were 22 ish in the class and we spent nine weeks learning whatever could be crammed into nine weeks about the natural world and the conservation and preservation of Virginia’s…

Milkweeds for Monarchs!

Once a bright and sure sign of autumn, monarch butterflies are now in worrisome decline. Scientists have tracked their decreasing numbers for several years. A recent study showed the lowest ever population of migrating eastern monarchs. A number of factors have contributed to the decline of the monarch butterfly. Here in the United States, industrialized…

Chapter Outreach to Bridgewater Retirement Community

by RoxAnna Theiss Headwaters has been extremely fortunate to have space in the Houff Center at the Bridgewater Retirement Community for our Basic Training classes since the Fall of 2012.  It is a beautiful space and well equipped.  It comes with wireless Internet connection, a projector screen and a set up and break down crew…

Wildlife Center Focus Forwards

by Kate Guenther The third major workday for the Wildlife Center (Focus Project) was a lot of snowy fun and new faces turned out to help! On Saturday, March 8, volunteers really moved the project forward slushing through snow to hang six nest boxes, paint and reconstruct the sign infrastructure, test out the new rain…