We had a dozen happy explorers at Maple Flats on Sunday afternoon, September 7, including two new guests and two family members of a Master Naturalist. We had our dragonfly experience at the first false pond, and hiked past the second one (nearly dry at this time). Edie Kretsch introduced us to dragonfly behaviors and…
The Headwaters Chapter of the Virginia Master Naturalists is inviting the public to join them in exploring the special sinkhole pond ecology of the Maple Flats Ponds in the George Washington/Jefferson National Forest near Stuarts Draft on Sunday afternoon, September 7 from 2:00 – 4:00 PM. Home to rare and endangered plants and animals, these…
The Washington DC Baltimore Cricket Crawl is an annual summer phenology event hosted by the groups Discover Life, Audubon Naturalist Society and the Natural History Society of Maryland. Although a bit south of the targeted area of observation, I have enjoyed participating in the Cricket Crawl for the past three years and have received nice…
On Saturday, August 16, the Headwaters Master Naturalists (HMN) celebrated the culmination of a year’s efforts in transforming landscaping around the Wildlife Center of Virginia into wildlife-friendly habitat … including informative signage and demonstration nest boxes on the path leading to this nationally renowned wildlife hospital in Waynesboro. The Wildlife Habitat Garden ribbon cutting event…
Members of the Headwaters Chapter are involved with three different water monitoring projects, each using different methods and organizational collaborations, but with the common goal of protecting our area water resources. Headwaters Chapter Adviser and Fisheries Biologist Paul Bugas and the Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries play supportive roles in all these efforts.…
Virginia Master Naturalists Headwaters Chapter 