The Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries is looking for help from VA Master Naturalists to update information on the 637 sites along the 65 loops of the Virginia Birding and Wildlife Trail. Established over the span of several years from 1999-2004, this is a driving trail with stops in areas known to offer…
On Tuesday, October 13 the cohort of 2015 held its culminating skills activity, “Nature in a Nutshell” at Bridgewater Retirement Community (BRC). Headwaters Master Naturalist members, trainees and residents at BRC considered the event a big success. Trainees had worked as a group to develop, organize and implement an afternoon activity for the residents at…
We are fortunate to be involved in the stream restoration/storm water management project at the Edith J. Carrier Arboretum at JMU. Over 20 Headwaters Master Naturalists plus some other volunteers from the community and Eastern Mennonite University planted over 200 shrubs and trees over two days, September 22 and September 24. Though the ground and…
Headwaters Master Naturalists celebrated the success of our 2015 Monarchs & More! Chapter Focus Project on Saturday, August 15th. It was a beautiful day for HMN chapter members to join area pollinators in the gardens that we created across Rockingham and Augusta counties. The Migration Tour was a time of showing and viewing our five…
On Saturday, July 11, 2015, seven members of the Headwaters Master Naturalist group attended the Frog Habitat Day at Springdale Water Gardens in Greenville, VA. In spite of a rainy start to the day, HMN volunteers had a great time assisting at the event — talking with attendees about dragonflies and tadpoles, identifying plants, and…
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