Bobcat caught on film at York River State Park. Image by VMN-Historic Rivers Chapter. By Portia Belden, Certified Virginia Master Naturalist volunteer, Historic Rivers Chapter It’s an amazing feat to…
By Emily D. Thorne, Department of Fisheries and Wildlife Conservation Graduate Student, Virginia Tech Spotted skunk (Spilogale putorius). Image provided by Emily Thorne. Captured spotted skunk. Photo by Emily Thorne. What…
By Monica S. Hoel and Tanya Hall, VMN-Holston Rivers Chapter Recording data for the Hungry Mother BioBlitz. Image by Tanya Hall. On the weekend of April 23-24,2016, Hungry Mother State…
VMN volunteer Nancy Barnhart (right) receives the National Park Service’s “George and Helen Hartzog Outstanding Volunteer Service Award” in June 2016. Photo courtesy of VMN-Historic Rivers Chapter. On June 14,…
Carol Zokaites talks with volunteers about karst at the first VMN statewide conference in 2008. Best Wishes to a VMN Steering Committee Member We would like to congratulation Carol Zokaites…
Headwaters Chapter volunteers visit one of the pollinator gardens created through their chapter focus project. For several years, a few of our VMN chapters have done chapter “focus projects” –…
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…
15 Eastern Shore VMN volunteers removed hundreds of plastic tree tubes and recorded survival rates of the tree species, contributing a total of 170 hours on the project. Photo by…
Virginia Master Naturalists not only do impressive work, they have fun doing it! Lisa Bright and Alan Ford laugh as they separate Carex plants as part of the habitat restoration…
ANROSP 2015 award winners from naturalist programs in North Carolina, Virginia, Utah, and California. Photo by Alycia Crall. The Virginia Master Naturalist program won the 2015 award for “Outstanding Educational…