I’ve done it! Made my New Year’s Resolution! I will admit it was made and as soon as I told someone what my resolution was their eyes seemed to roll in disbelief. Okay, confession time from me. I am the world’s worst [a lot of you would not argue with me at all on that…
On December 16, 2014, Region 4 Department of Game and Inland Fisheries (DGIF) Aquatics staff organized the first annual Shenandoah Summit at Shenandoah University in Winchester. This stakeholders meeting was called to discuss ongoing water quality and fish health issues in the Shenandoah River watershed. Presentations included DGIF fish population studies, observations from fishing guides,…
Always looking for something upbeat to write about for Headwaters Highlights and a true highlight of our many chapter activities is the Saw-whet Owl banding in November at the Highland Retreat in Bergton, Virginia – just a few miles shy of the West Virginia border. 2014 marked the fourth year Headwaters has made the trek…
Untamed: The Wildest Woman in America and the Fight for Cumberland Island by Will Harlan Carol Ruckdeschel grew up along the Chattahoochee River in Georgia and immersed herself in nature from a very early age. She became the ultimate extreme naturalist, learning to eat D.O.R. (dead on the road) critters, constantly exploring and searching and…
As the Headwaters Chapter’s 2014/2015 Focus Project, Monarchs and More! hopes to be a meaningful and timely set of yearlong projects that engage all members of the chapter in the stewardship of public lands to protect and/or create helpful perennial habitat to boost the declining populations of Monarch butterflies and other pollinators. We will work with…
Virginia Master Naturalists Headwaters Chapter 