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Recertification Pin Artwork History

image of 12 pins showing different plant and animal species
VMN recertification pins, 2011-2023. There was no pin for 2021.
Since 2011, we recognize Virginia Master Naturalist volunteers who have completed all the requirements to become re-certified with a special species pin based on original artwork.  Below is the list of species and artists for each year, along with the drawings or photographs that were used as the basis for the pins.
2011
​Species: Virginia Big-eared Bat (Corynorhinus (= Plecotus) townsendii virginianus), Virginia's State Bat
Artist: Carl "Spike" Knuth (retired, Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries)
drawing of a bat
2012
​Species: Flowering Dogwood (Cornus florida), Virginia's State Flower and State Tree
Artist: Betty Gatewood (VMN-Headwaters Chapter)


drawing of a dogwood flower
2013
​Species: Brook Trout (Salvelinus fontinalis), Virginia's State Freshwater Fish
​Artist: Repp Glaettli (VMN-Rivanna Chapter)
painting of a brook trout with brightly colored pebbles in the background
2014
​Species: Spring Beauty (Claytonia virginica)
Artist: Lara Call Gastinger (VMN-Rivanna Chapter and chief illustrator for the Flora of Virginia)
drawing of a Spring Beauty flower
2015
​Species: Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis), Virginia's State Bird
​Artist: Polly Ward Mercker (VMN-Northern Neck Chapter)
drawing of a red cardinal bird perched on a branch
2016
Species: Atlantic Coast Leopard Frog (Lithobates kauffeldi)
Artist: Stephanie Schmuck (VMN-Historic Rivers Chapter)
drawing of a leopard frog
2017
​Species: Woodland Box Turtle (Terrapene carolina carolina)
Artist: Kathy Fell (VMN-Southwestern Piedmont Chapter)
drawing of a box turtle
2018
​Species: Eastern Oyster (Crassostrea virginica), ​Virginia's State Shell
Photographer: Felice Bond (VMN-Historic Rivers Chapter)
photograph of an oyster shell
2019
​Species: American Chestnut (Castanea dentata)
Artist: ​Linda Duncan (VMN-Old Rag Chapter)
drawing of a chestnut burr and leaves
2020
​Species: Stonefly (Acroneuria sp.)
Artist: ​Rachel Caro (VMN-Holston Rivers Chapter)
2022
Geological Feature: Virginia's Watersheds
Artist: Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources

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2023
Species: Virginia Opossum (Didelphis virginiana)
Artist: ​Deborah Humphries (VMN-Historic Rivers Chapter)
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drawing of a stonefly
map of Virginia's watersheds shown in different colors
Virginia opossum on a log
2024
Species: Virginia-creeper (Parthenocissus quinquefolia)
Artist: ​Rosalind "Ros" Reilly (VMN-James River Chapter)
colored drawing of Virginia Creeper vine growing up a tree, with green leaves turning to red, and blue berries
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