Thanks to everyone who was part of the Shenandoah Mountain Wildflower Walks 2016! A great turn out with many lovely discoveries. Find some of them in Friends of Shenandoah Mountain’s facebook album: Wildflower Walks a Success! Mark your calendar for Shenandoah Mountain Wildflower Walks 2017: Saturday, April 29, 2017. Wildflower Walks on Shenandoah Mountain Saturday,…
A friendly mix of three dozen night enthusiasts, including families and students, gathered at dusk at the Edith J. Carrier Arboretum at James Madison University on Friday, April 1, 2016, for a “night walk in the woods, star gazing, exploring our senses at night, animal adaptations, keeping the night dark.” HMN Chip Brown coordinated and…
Even though the weather was decidedly un-Spring like, four Headwaters Master Naturalists celebrated the upcoming vernal equinox with planting trees at the McCormick Farm trail on Saturday, March 19. Ginny Joseph, Ann Murray, Peggy Plass and Judy Tammi joined Charlie Huppuch, retired district ranger in the U.S. Forest Service, for the Spring planting project. Volunteers worked…
March 15th, a beautiful spring afternoon, found eleven people gathered in the Bridgewater library to listen to and watch Marcia Mabee talk about the journey she has taken since she and her first husband bought Naked Mountain in Nelson County in 1988. Jerry Hopkins, Mike Smith (a Virginia Native Plant Society member), Ann Murray, Eric…
The Rockbridge Master Naturalist chapter has decided to dissolve. Its existing active members are being encouraged to consider transferring to a neighboring chapter. One volunteer, Cyane Lowden, is joining the Headwaters Chapter! HMN Stephanie Gardner was recently in touch with Cyane to find out a little bit about her and help introduce her to our…
Virginia Master Naturalists Headwaters Chapter 