From Our Sponsors and Partners – Spring 2023
Lone Star Tick, Amblyomma americanum. Photo courtesy of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. This quarter, we share some timely news from an agency that is not one of…
Vernal Pool Video Receives Five Out Of Five Frogs Rating
–Contributed by Jerry Nissley, VMN-Fairfax Chapter Recently, several members of the Fairfax Chapter (FMN) collaborated with colleagues of Friends of Accotink Creek in Fairfax County to create educational outreach films…
Virginia Master Naturalist Program 2022 Year in Review
Each year, VMN chapter leaders work hard on annual reports that compile their membership and volunteering statistics and describe some of their most impactful projects from the year. It’s exciting…
Celebrating Our VMN 2022 Statewide Award Winners
We are thrilled to announce the winners of the Virginia Master Naturalist 2022 awards for: VMN New Volunteer of the Year VMN Chapter Advisor of the Year VMN Chapter Leader…
From Our Sponsors – Winter 2023
Virginia Master Naturalist Volunteers Digitize Watchlist Data Virginia Master Naturalists recently completed a special project with the Virginia Department of Conservation’s Natural Heritage division. Natural Heritage Zoology Lab Manager Olivia…
Laurels – Winter 2023
Cover art for “The Boy Who Could Bee” VMN Volunteer Roger Gosden Publishes a New Book for Young Adults Our Virginia Master Naturalist volunteers are multi-talented, and many of them…
The Cleopatra Project: Poisonous and Venomous Animals in Virginia
The Cleopatra Project cover art by Trish Crowe. On January 3, 2023, UVa Health announced the publication of The Cleopatra Project – Poisonous and Venomous Animals in Virginia, an on-line…
Tales from the Trail
By Meagan Thomas, Watchable Wildlife Biologist, Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources If you are one of over two hundred Adopt-a-Trail (AAT) Volunteers, we at the Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources…
Laurels – Fall 2022
Shea Megale and Tom Ligon with their Water Quality Special Team Award from the Prince William Soil and Water Conservation District. Merrimac Farm Volunteers Tom Ligon and Shea Megale Earn…
Celebrating the Virginia Opossum in 2023 with the VMN Recertification Pin
Each year, previously certified VMN volunteers who complete another 40 hours of approved volunteer service and 8 hours of approved continuing education earn a unique recertification pin for that year. In…