Photo: from Headwaters SWCD Hi, Everyone–I’m writing today to let you know that we’ve recently approved a new project for volunteering in the chapter, and to give you a little information about what it entails! We had a request from the Soil and Water Conservation District for some assistance with their Underground Classroom. The UC is…
Photo: by Carl Droms Incoming President Brian Lux and newly Past President Chris Bowlen having a conversation about who caught the larger fish (ok, not really!). Food, Fun, and Photos! The Annual Meeting/Potluck was fun, interesting and, more importantly, delicious! Carl Droms took great shots and graciously uploaded them to a slideshow for everyone. Thank…
Photo: by The Pew Charitable Trusts Rich Hole & Rough Moutain Press release from Senator Tim Kaine’s Office January 7, 2020 WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Tim Kaine and Mark R. Warner applauded Senate passage of the Virginia Wilderness Additions Act, a bill they introduced to add a total of 5,600 acres to two…
Photo: by Paul Dickens David Forrer, Cohort VI, learning how to use a cross-cut saw. I don’t think of myself as a whiner…but then, what whiner does? Patsy (my wife and favorite hiking buddy) and I hiked Ramsey’s Draft, Jerry’s Run, and Road Hollow loop back in October. Navigating the first two of those trails…
Photo: by Adrie Voors, Cohort II At the Verona VDGIF office, Kate (left), teases out lymph nodes from a deer head. Chelsey Faller works on the back left, while Chelsey’s technician, Erin DeGuntis works on the right. Fall is for white-tailed deer hunting, and since 2009 Virginia has seen a slow, steady spread of chronic wasting…
Virginia Master Naturalists Headwaters Chapter 