Celebrating our 2024 Virginia Master Naturalist Program Award Winners
We are thrilled to announce the winners of the Virginia Master Naturalist 2024 awards for: We invite you to watch the video (about 15 minutes) and read the descriptions below…
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A Multitude of Moths – VMN 2025 Recertification Artwork
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.…
Laurels – Fall 2024
Virginia State Senate Recognizes VMN Volunteer for Her Conservation Work in Fairfax County –Contributed by Jerry Nissley, VMN-Fairfax Chapter Virginia State Senator Stella Pekarsky (36th district) presented Fairfax Chapter President…
Hurricane Helene and Climate Change
—By Quin Campbell, Virginia Master Naturalist Communications and Volunteer Engagement Intern and Virginia Tech Student Hurricanes are becoming increasingly intense, destructive, and frequent, and this trend is only predicted to…
From Our Sponsors – Fall 2024
13 Species Added to Virginia’s Invasive Plant List Contributed by Emi Endo, Senior PR and marketing specialist for Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation Shrub-lings for Sale! Contributed by Ellen…
Living with Black Bears Project – Expanding Eastward
–Contributed by Courtney Hallacher, DWR Statewide Wildlife Education Coordinator DWR is looking for additional VMN chapters to join the Living with Black Bears (LWBB) outreach and education project. As black…
New Volunteer in the Middle Peninsula Chapter Gets Off to a Great Start
–Contributed by Luann Johnson, VMN-Middle Peninsula Chapter David Yeager is one of the newest trainees in the VMN-Middle Peninsula Chapter, having graduated earlier this year. Little did the chapter leaders…
A Major Milestone for Longleaf Pine Ecosystem Restoration
–Contributed by Henry McBurney, VMN-Historic Southside Chapter Along with the once vast longleaf pine savannahs spread across the southeastern U.S. landscape that, in 1607, began supplying the world’s appetite for…
From Our Sponsors – Summer 2024
This quarter, our sponsors have coastal news, including an opportunity to contribute to Virginia’s first Ocean Plan and an opportunity to assist with the annual Catch the King tidal flood…
Laurels – Summer 2024
Holston Rivers Master Naturalists and Hungry Mother State Park organize “Life’s Extras Birding Celebration” –Contributed by Tanya Hall, Hungry Mother State Park and VMN-Holston Rivers Chapter The Holston Rivers Virginia…