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…

volunteer opening a bluebird box while a person in a wheelchair peers inside

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…

woman holding award plaque in the shape of Virginia

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…