Volunteering for the SNP Bear/Wildlife Mitigation Patrol

This past summer I had the greatest honor to work with the Shenandoah National Park Bear Techs (Biological Science Technicians – Wildlife) and American Conservation Experience Wildlife Management Interns under the management of the SNP Biologist, Rolf Gubler. The purpose of this program includes assessing nuisance black bear and white-tailed deer behavior in developed areas…

Shen Mt Garlic Mustard Pull

HMN Lisa Klein reports here on her May 1, 2021, garlic mustard pull along the Shenandoah Mountain Trail near the Confederate Breastworks in the George Washington National Forest: There is a ton of garlic mustard up on Shenandoah Mountain. Lynn Cameron had seen a couple of patches, but by the time we went up to…

Cohort Zoom

Greetings from Cohort VII Our eager swarm of 25 got together on a windy Feb 27, 2020 evening for our initial class at Bridgewater College. At this intro session we “broke bread”, got to know some of our fellow mates, met some of the HMN officers and got the lay of the future land from…

Getting acquainted with Better Impact

Like it or not, we’ve got a new volunteer management system in Better Impact! The Virginia Master Naturalists Volunteer Management System (VMN VMS) that has been in place since the formation of the Headwaters Chapter in 2011, is scheduled to disappear at the end of April. The state program coordinators have worked hard over most…

Meet our board: Brian Lux

The first in a series to learn more about who’s doing the work behind the scenes to keep our Chapter running along Stephanie Gardner, HMN Board Historian and Parliamentarian, is conducting a series of online interviews with the members of our 2021 Board of Directors, starting with: Brian Lux, President of the Board How long have…