Working on the newest approved project for Headwaters Master Naturalists Chapter definitely has some great moments—if you like tromping around in a field with grasses and wildflowers growing up to your shoulders, and using your GPS to locate an insect trap hidden in the midst of all that beautiful vegetation, then the new Virginia Working…
On the afternoon of Thursday, June 9 Eric Walter of Black Bear Composting took a dozen of us associated with the Market Compost Drop-off project on a tour of his facility off highway 340 in Crimora. Started in October of 2011, the business currently occupies just a few of Eric’s 47 acres allowing most of…
About 20 of us met at Sherando Lake Recreation Area on Sunday, June 19 for a program on “Poisonous Plants, Mushrooms and Animals in our National Forests” offered by Wild Virginia and led by Dr. Chris Holstege, director of the Blue Ridge Poison Center. After an introduction to some of the poisonous plants that grow…
The stream restoration and storm water management project at the Edith J Carrier Arboretum at JMU continues and our Master Naturalists continue to contribute volunteer hours towards planting forbs, shrubs and trees and weeding out invasive species. On June 21, three Headwaters Chapter volunteers joined other Arboretum volunteers and staff at the sycamore flats area…
Twenty-four people packed the comfortable and welcoming conference room at the North River Branch of the Massanutten Regional Library System in Bridgewater, Virginia, Saturday, June 4th. These twenty-four included our presenter, Nicky Staunton and her daughter Lou as well as Headwaters and Allegheny Master Naturalists, members of the Virginia Native Plant Society and guests of…
Virginia Master Naturalists Headwaters Chapter 