The Headwaters Chapter members are sorting up Monarchs and More! Focus Project duties with the hopes of having flourishing wayside pollinator stations scattered across the valley to show off in August. One of the more daunting tasks is falling on HMN member Gail Napora as she lays out an assortment of sign possibilities for the…

Project Update and Work Day Plans from Jason Hallacher on August 31, 2015: The gardens are looking amazing at the lake so far. The Black-eyed Susan’s are blooming and numerous pollinator species have already been spotted. We have a few unwanted species popping up that need to be removed (the neighboring landowners are not fond…

As of early 2015, the Headwaters Master Naturalists’ 2014/2015 Focus Project, Monarchs and More!, is taking shape to include five Pollinator Waystations spread over most of our service area. From north to south: Purcell Park, 41 Monument Ave., Harrisonburg contact Adrie @ ahvoors[at]gmail.com Purcell Park’s website is here. Cooks Creek Arboretum, 211 Weeping Willow Lane,…

The Augusta Bird Club conducted its first Christmas Bird Count (CBC) for this season on December 14th.  This is our club’s 48th year of participation.  Eight teams, consisting of 31 club members, were out in the field for a total of 60.25 hours with total miles by car being 635.5 and 10.75 miles by foot.…

As the Headwaters Chapter’s 2014/2015 Focus Project, Monarchs and More! hopes to be a meaningful and timely set of yearlong projects that engage all members of the chapter in the stewardship of public lands to protect and/or create helpful perennial habitat to boost the declining populations of Monarch butterflies and other pollinators. We will work with…