The 114th Audubon Christmas Bird Count took place from December 14th, 2013 – January 5th, 2014 with approximately 2300 circles and close to 70,000 participants. The local Augusta CBC was begun in 1966 with seven participants and has run consecutively for 47 years. Our circle’s center is in Verona with a 7.5 mile radius. This…
by RoxAnna Theiss As you may know the Virginia Master Naturalist Program acquired a new coordinator, Alycia Crall, in January of 2013. She comes to the Program from Rutgers University where she was serving as a postdoctoral scholar on a National Science Foundation funded grant to initiate citizen science projects with several of the VMN…
Rodinia, Pangaea, and the rise of the Appalachian Mountains Story and pictures by: Tom Long, Fort Valley Community Center, December 19, 2013 A full morning of exciting geology activities awaited about a dozen members of Headwaters Chapter of Virginia Master Naturalists who made the trek to Fort Valley Community Center. But before the learning began…
Certified Master Naturalist Dwayne Martin (class of 2013/2nd class) devotes hundreds of volunteer hours a year to the Headwaters Chapter partner organization Edith J. Carrier Arboretum on the campus of James Madison University in Harrisonburg. Dwayne’s dedication to the arboretum has earned him the title of “EJC Arboretum Volunteer of the Year” 2013! The arboretum welcomes…
“One hundred and fourteen years and still counting ……” As some of you may know, Frank Chapman, an officer in the early stages of the formation of the Audubon Society, suggested changing the Christmas ‘Side Hunt’ (a competition of choosing sides and who could shoot the most game…feather and fur) to a ‘Christmas Bird Census’…
Virginia Master Naturalists Headwaters Chapter 