BioBlitzing at Hungry Mother State Park
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…
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Laurels – Summer 2016
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,…
Laurels – Spring 2016
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…
From BioBlitzes to Buffers: 2016 Chapter Focus Projects
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” –…
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…
Laurels – Winter 2016
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…
The Numbers Are In: 2015 Program Statistics
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…
Laurels – Fall 2015
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…
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…
Laurels, Summer 2015
Each quarter in our Laurels post, we highlight accomplishments of our VMN volunteers, including awards received, noteworthy project impacts, and creative ideas. Our chapters submit these items for inclusion. If…