Leave No Trace Presentation

The HMN Meet-up on Sunday afternoon, September 24 will feature a presentation on Leave No Trace. Sunday, September 24th 1:30 – 2:30PM Sandy Greene’s house Leave No Trace Ethics/Principles Guy deBrun Assistant Director for Adventure and TEAM Programs James Madison University Expect a good overview of the Leave No Trace Principles for us to promote…

Herp Hike

On the damp, dark and cloudy night of August 18, three carloads of Headwaters Master Naturalists and friends, including guests of the Camerons from Alaska, headed up Shenandoah Mountain to Reddish Knob with James Madison University’s Billy Flint to learn about terrestrial salamanders. We were especially looking for both Cow Knob and Shenandoah Mountain salamanders,…

Pollinator Habitat Training

Be a Habitat Partner© and share your passion for wildlife and wildlife habitat! Volunteer Training Offered by the Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries with assistance from the University of Virginia Department of Environmental Sciences Thursday, August 17, 2017 • 9:30 am – 4:00 pm Massanetta Springs Conference Center and Lake Shenandoah This workshop brings…

June Naturalist Meet-up at Todd Lake

Thanks to the dozen or so Master Naturalists who joined us for the June 24th Naturalist Meet-up at Todd Lake. Chapter Advisor Paul Bugas provided a great history and overview of flood control dams in Virginia and the National Forests. Most recently there are efforts to decommission older dams that are in need of repair…

HMN Graduates 5th Class!

Congratulations to the 23 graduates of Headwaters Chapter’s Cohort V Basic Training class! Their accomplishments were celebrated on Tuesday, May 9, 2017, with dinner and the distribution of certificates, name tags and t-shirts in the community room of Eagle Carpet in Harrisonburg. Space constraints meant the entire chapter could not attend the festivities but the entire chapter does join…