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…
Laurels-Winter 2015
Recent award to the VMN program from the Alliance of Natural Resource Outreach and Service Programs. The Virginia Master Naturalist program received the 2014 “Outstanding Program Evaluation” award from the…
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,…
Project Highlight: A Zoo in my Shopping Bags
This month’s featured volunteer project has educated more than 13,000 youths and adults since its inception seven years ago. Volunteer Clyde Marsteller (Historic Rivers Chapter) authored this retrospective on the…
Laurels – Fall 2014
Elisabeth Wilkins (Peninsula Chapter) receives the 2014 Volunteer of the Year Award from the Virginia Master Naturalist program. Annual Awards to Volunteers and Chapters The 2014 Statewide Volunteer Conference and…