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Dates and Venues of Regional Conferences Announced

3/26/2015

 
This year, the Virginia Master Naturalist program will be hosting one-day training events that will be replacing the statewide conference this year.  We'll be returning to a statewide conference again in 2016.  We are testing the idea of holding these regional events to develop better networks across chapters in close proximity to one another and to provide more field training tied to projects relevant to each region.  Please mark you calendars for the event below corresponding to your chapter's location:

Central Region: Saturday, August 29 at Holiday Lake 4H Center, Appomattox, VA
The central region includes Alleghany Highlands, Rockbridge, Central Virginia, Central Blue Ridge, Central Piedmont, James River, Rivanna, and Headwaters chapters

Southeast Region: Sunday, August 30 at Airfield 4H Center, Wakefield, VA
The southeast region includes Riverine, Pocahontas, Historic Rivers, Historic Southside, Peninsula, Tidewater, Eastern Shore, and Northern Neck chapters

Southwest Region: Saturday, September 26 at Hungry Mother State Park, Marion, VA
The southwest region includes Holston Rivers, Beagle Ridge, New River Valley, Roanoke Valley, Blue Ridge Foothills and Lakes, and Southwest Piedmont chapters

Northern Region: Sunday, September 27 at Skyland Resort, Shenandoah National Park, Luray, VA
The northern region includes Old Rag, Shenandoah, Banshee Reeks, Fairfax, Arlington Regional, Merrimac Farm, and Central Rappahannock chapters

We will be reserving participation in these regional events to volunteers that are members in those regions.  However, if space is still available after a period of closed registration to the region's volunteers, we will open up registration to volunteers in any chapter.  We look forward to seeing many of you this fall!  

Margaret Chatham
6/9/2015 02:12:35 am

When is the registration? I would like to sign up for Northern Region (my region) Maybe I'm blind, but I see no way to register here. I am going out of town and contact shortly for about three weeks.

Alycia Crall
6/9/2015 02:20:04 am

Registration information has not been released yet because we are still finalizing the programming. We will be sending information out to all of our volunteers when registration opens near the beginning of August.

Ginny Hoffman
6/10/2015 01:03:23 am

What is the cost for this? I would prefer to go to Skyland, as it's part of my stomping ground, but will do Holiday Lake if only option.

Alycia Crall
6/10/2015 05:19:31 am

The cost is still being determined, but information will be provided in the coming weeks once the online registration site opens. Each region's event will initially be open only to volunteers in that region. If space is available, each region's event will be open to volunteers from other chapters in the state.

Mary jacobs
7/9/2015 07:29:48 am

Is registration open yet? If I'm near Richmond would I register for Holiday Lake?

Alycia Crall
7/9/2015 07:45:28 am

Where your conference is located is dependent on the chapter in which you belong. Those are provided in this blog post (above). Registration or the central and southeast regions is now open.


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