There is a new pollinator garden in town, and it is starting to bloom! Four Headwaters Master Naturalists are members of the small team at Trinity Presbyterian Church who installed the garden, located on the church campus at 725 South High Street, Harrisonburg. The new pollinator garden is located near the church playground. It is…
HMN Project Spotlight by Dave Forrer on his work at the Edith J Carrier Arboretum at JMU I was asked to write an article about my experience volunteering at the arboretum…and I’m pleased to do whatever I can to support this wonderful natural gem we have within the sprawl of eastern Harrisonburg. Although I had…
Book Review by HMN Elizabeth Pass Healing Spaces: The Science of Place and Well-Being by Esther M. Sternberg Harvard University Press, 2009 If you have access to JMU libraries, you can read the book for free: Stable URL: https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctvjghtgs.1 In some of my recent research, I ran down the rabbit hole of ecopsychology, a relatively…
Bridgewater College student Trevor Brooks is looking for volunteers to help collect data for a heat mapping project named Heat Watch. “We aim to collect highly detailed near surface air temperature data of different areas around Harrisonburg and Bridgewater. The data collected will relate land use and topography to temperatures, and the projects’ results should…
On Thursday, June 17th 2021, members of the Headwaters Master Naturalists chapter volunteered at The Save Lucy Campaign facility in Mount Solon. The Save Lucy Campaign is a non-profit organization dedicated to raising awareness of white-nose syndrome in bats and rehabbing injured bats along with education to the public regarding all things bats. The volunteers…
Virginia Master Naturalists Headwaters Chapter 