Headwaters Goes On Display

In Newport News It was all very last minute but somehow we pulled it off. The day before registration closed for the Virginia Master Naturalist 6th Annual Statewide Volunteer Conference and Training in Newport News, RoxAnna decided to make the commitment and registered successfully for the Basic Training Symposium, Annual Reports/Certification Spreadsheets Help and the…

Maple Flats Outing

We had a dozen happy explorers at Maple Flats on Sunday afternoon, September 7, including two new guests and two family members of a Master Naturalist.  We had our dragonfly experience at the first false pond, and hiked past the second one (nearly dry at this time). Edie Kretsch introduced us to dragonfly behaviors and…

Headwaters Entomology Event

Held at the confluence of the North and Dry Rivers Rescheduling the canceled Bug Dance at Wildwood Park proved to be quite a challenge, but we managed in the end to match availability dates and a fantastic location at the confluence of the North and Dry Rivers in Bridgewater on the evening of September 5th.…

Exploring Maple Flats Ponds

The Headwaters Chapter of the Virginia Master Naturalists is inviting the public to join them in exploring the special sinkhole pond ecology of the Maple Flats Ponds in the George Washington/Jefferson National Forest near Stuarts Draft on Sunday afternoon, September 7 from 2:00 – 4:00 PM. Home to rare and endangered plants and animals, these…

Stephanie on the annual Cricket Crawl

The Washington DC Baltimore Cricket Crawl is an annual summer phenology event hosted by the groups Discover Life, Audubon Naturalist Society and the Natural History Society of Maryland. Although a bit south of the targeted area of observation, I have enjoyed participating in the Cricket Crawl for the past three years and have received nice…