Adam Christie has big plans for the Mount Joy Pond Natural Area Preserve. Adam is the Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation’s Natural Heritage Program’s Shenandoah Valley Region Steward and the Mount Joy Pond Preserve, near Raphine, VA, is one of nine preserves in his territory. He admits to it being his pet project. On…
On Wednesday, October 28, 2015, Tom Smith, Adam Christie and Ryan Knopf —from the Natural Heritage Program of the Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) gave a lively presentation and discussion for Headwaters Master Naturalists on the state’s program and the Deep Run Ponds Preserve. Tom Smith, Director of the Natural Heritage Program, gave…
On Tuesday, October 13 the cohort of 2015 held its culminating skills activity, “Nature in a Nutshell” at Bridgewater Retirement Community (BRC). Headwaters Master Naturalist members, trainees and residents at BRC considered the event a big success. Trainees had worked as a group to develop, organize and implement an afternoon activity for the residents at…
We are fortunate to be involved in the stream restoration/storm water management project at the Edith J. Carrier Arboretum at JMU. Over 20 Headwaters Master Naturalists plus some other volunteers from the community and Eastern Mennonite University planted over 200 shrubs and trees over two days, September 22 and September 24. Though the ground and…
On Thursday, September 3 the 2015 cohort of Headwaters Master Naturalists started their second term. Happy greetings all around, many stories of summer’s adventures and travels soon gave way to the business at hand: more training and a fall skills project. We were sad that two of our classmates had to step back, temporarily we…
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