On the Wings of Bluebird Diplomacy
Maintaining and monitoring bluebird nest boxes in partnership with the Virginia Bluebird Society is an extremely popular project for Virginia Master Naturalist volunteers all over the state. Over the years, VMN…
Giving Monarchs a Boost in Virginia
Tagged monarch butterfly. Photo by David Mellor. The peak monarch butterfly migration recently reached northern Mexico, just 500 miles from their final winter destination in the transvolcanic mountain range of…
Facilitating Science and Conservation Through Collaboration
Collaborative Science is the product of a research grant entitled ‘Sustaining ecological communities through citizen science and online collaboration.’ This research is supported by the National Science Foundation and is…
A Secret Garden by Southwestern Piedmont Master Naturalists
New “Secret Garden” installed by Virginia Master Naturalists at the Martinsville Branch of the Blue Ridge Regional Library. Photo by Kathy Fell Article by Kathy Fell, VMN-Southwestern Piedmont Chapter If…
VMN Chapters Abuzz with Pollinator Projects
Flyer from pollinator workshop put on by Rivanna Chapter volunteers. By Karen L. Mulder (VMN trainee, Rivanna Chapter, class of 2015) Heading into Spring, our area hosted several events…
You Go, Virginia Master Naturalists!: Highlights from 2014
This article was written by Virginia Master Naturalist volunteers for their chapter annual reports, and then compiled and edited by Susan Austin Roth (Arlington Regional Chapter.) Master Naturalists…
Hog Wild
Feral hogs from the Back Bay population in southern Virginia Beach. Photo by David Bishop, USFWS. By Susan Austin Roth Call them hogs, pigs, swine, razorbacks or Russian boars,…
A Decade of Virginia Master Naturalists
The Virginia Master Naturalist program was officially launched in 2005. That year, we set the basic guidelines and structure of the program, recruited our first set of 10 chapters, hired…
Pocahontas Chapter Labels Trees at Long-term Care Facility
Pictured from left to right: Katharine Snavely (VMN), Gale Knox (Hermitage Director), Bill Horner, Lucretia Fargo (VMN), Henry Leidheiser (VMN), Jonathan Norton (Buildings and Grounds Manager). Not pictured: Bill Fox…
Bringing Nature Home to Long-term Care Residents
A resident of Dogwood Village checks out the new bluebird box installed on the property by Virginia Master Naturalist volunteers. (Photo by Old Rag Chapter) By Julia (Julie) E. Connelly,…