On April 2nd the class of 2015 got its official start. Unofficially, 9 of these 13 trainees have been participating in chapter activities since last September. There were two field trips (Entomology and Saw Whet Owl) along with two training presentations (The Gestalt of Weather thanks to Kate Guenther and A Presentation in Your Pocket…
Tuesday, March 24, 2015 was – for most people just another day. But I had been looking forward to it for months. It was the day when the Headwaters Chapter Trainees-in-Waiting (TiW) were taking a special field trip to the National Museum of Natural History in Washington DC. One of the TiW, Byron Hukee, had…
Did you know our Bylaws are actually quite an interesting document? It’s a document with a history, some intrigue and the potential to be a boon or a bomb! Spoiler alert: there is a bonus at the bottom of the column. For instance, did you know that the governance of the chapter provided for in…
Keeping in mind the whole goal is to accurately represent our Chapter activity as a measure of our support of the VMN Program . . . here are the figures with March added. So what could these figures mean? • In 2014, March gave us additional people logging hours showing a “probable” steady increase in…
Birds of the ‘Burg Walks originated as a project of HMN partner organization Rockingham Bird Club: In his 2006 book, Last Child in the Woods, Richard Louv coined the term, “nature deficit disorder.” Those of us who have or work with young people recognized the syndrome instantly. And it’s getting worse, as the number and…
Virginia Master Naturalists Headwaters Chapter 