New VMN Curriculum Resources
The new curriculum resources include information on projects VMN volunteers can do, such as removing invasive species, to improve ecosystem function in developed areas. Photo by VMN Historic Southside Chapter…
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…
Registration Open for 2015 Regional Conferences
Central Region: Saturday, August 29 at Holiday Lake 4H Center, Appomattox, VAThe central region includes Alleghany Highlands, Rockbridge, Central Virginia, Central Blue Ridge, Central Piedmont, James River, Rivanna, and Headwaters chapters…
Now Recruiting VMN Volunteers for RareQuest Project
VMN volunteers from the Rivanna Chapter identify wildflowers on a field trip. We are now recruiting Virginia Master Naturalist volunteers for roles within a new collaborative project among the VMN…
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…
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,…
VMN’s First Ever Annual Campaign Is Underway
Thanks to all who have helped VMN grow from a young seedling to a mature tree of a program! In celebration of the 10th anniversary of the Virginia…
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…
Dates and Venues of Regional Conferences Announced
This year, the Virginia Master Naturalist program will be hosting one-day training events that will be replacing the statewide conference this year. We’ll be returning to a statewide conference again in 2016.…
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…