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…
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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…
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…
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…
Laurels – Spring 2015
A monarch tag recovered in Mexico, a new trail built, and new awards and grants received are among the laurels we share this quarter. This monarch was tagged by Marie…
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…