Always looking for something upbeat to write about for Headwaters Highlights and a true highlight of our many chapter activities is the Saw-whet Owl banding in November at the Highland Retreat in Bergton, Virginia – just a few miles shy of the West Virginia border. 2014 marked the fourth year Headwaters has made the trek…
RoxAnna Theiss It’s been almost a year since our last outing with Seth Coffman of Trout Unlimited to the Mossy Creek restoration site. Last April our Basic Training class saw “before restoration” of the 2500 foot length of this unique and nationally known spring feed creek just south of the turn off from Route 42…
RoxAnna Theiss On a cold and raw Tuesday in late February a hardy band of eight met at the Virginia Department of Forestry (VDOF) Buffalo Gap Work station near Churchville. Six trainees: Kelly Rourke, Janet James, Malcolm Cameron, Sue Eckroth, Ginny Hoffman and Janet Joseph joined two chapter members from the 2011 Charter class Jerry…
by Gretchen Achenbach November 15, 2014 … from the Annual Meeting Minutes photos by Tom Long unless otherwise credited Date Meeting Held: November 2, 2013 2:30pm to 8:00pm Program Coordinator: Penny Warren. Venue: Buck Hill Farm, in Mt. Solon, has a wonderful big fireplace, warm meeting room and bathrooms, and a giant kitchen…
by RoxAnna Theiss … on HMN day of advanced training opportunities on Wednesday, August 21, 2013 It was a great day almost glitch free except RoxAnna couldn’t find where she put the pitchers for making tea and lemonade and had to go buy plastic at the local dollar store. Of course, as soon as she…
Virginia Master Naturalists Headwaters Chapter 