We invited Virginia Master Naturalist volunteers to share a photo to illustrate their connection to nature in 2020, the year of the global pandemic. Here we share their images and…
More than 160 people came to the Park Place Drive-in to watch the Holston River Master Naturalist’s showing of “Hidden Rivers”, a film about Southern Appalachian aquatic life. Photo by…
New Natural History Research Articles by Virginia Master Naturalists Banisteria, the journal of the Virginia Natural History Society is now completely electronic and Open Access. Articles are now posted on…
Kathy Fell, Certified Virginia Master Naturalist volunteer in the Southwestern Piedmont Chapter, has become the 11th VMN volunteer to achieve the 5,000 hour service milestone. She is the newest member…
Ivan Hiett has volunteered many hours at the Virginia Museum of Natural History, and he recently reached the milestone of 250 hours of service as a VMN volunteer. We invited…
By Kathy Butler Springston. Kathy grew up on a Suffolk peanut farm, toting frogs through the woods. She wrote for several publications in Virginia and North Carolina, and now freelances from…
I first met George Braxton last December, just a few weeks after he was hired into the new role of Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer at the Virginia Department of Wildlife…
From the Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries VDGIF has launched a new fishing challenge this spring called the Virginia Trout Slam Challenge. It is a challenge for anglers…
Page Hutchinson (chapter advisor, VMN-Rivanna Chapter) was awarded the VAEE Outstanding Educator award at the Virginia Association for Environmental Education conference in February. Photo by M. Prysby Rivanna Chapter Advisor…
We are busy in the VMN state office reading through the annual reports from our chapters. Chapter leaders work hard on these reports to compile the membership and volunteering statistics…
