About the VMN Continuing Education Webinar Series
To be certified and maintain certification every year as a Virginia Master Naturalist, volunteers are required to complete 8 hours of continuing education. To assist volunteers needing to meet this requirement, the state program offers continuing education through our annual statewide conference and an online webinar series. To attend a webinar, please click on the registration button below the webinar description. You can also access previous webinars by streaming a recording online, following the links provided at the bottom of the page.
Next Webinar: To Be Determined
We are on our summer break! The webinar series will return in September.
Other Information
- Pre-registration for webinars is required. Use the link provided to register, and you will receive a confirmation email with the link to join the webinar.
- If you are a person with a disability and desire any assistive devices, services or other accommodations to participate in this activity, please contact Michelle Prysby, VMN Program Director at 434-872-4587/TDD*) during business hours of 8 am. and 5 p.m. to discuss accommodations five days prior to the event. *TDD number is (800) 828-1120.
- Virginia Cooperative Extension is a partnership of Virginia Tech, Virginia State University, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, and local governments. Its programs and employment are open to all, regardless of age, color, disability, sex (including pregnancy), gender, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, political affiliation, race, religion, sexual orientation, genetic information, military status, or any other basis protected by law.
- Please note that this Zoom service allows audio and other information sent during the session to be recorded, which may be discoverable in a legal matter. By joining our Zoom session, you automatically consent to such recordings. If you do not consent to being recorded, discuss your concerns with the host or do not join the session.
- Links to recordings of each webinar will be posted on this page within 2-3 days of the webinar. When first posted, these recordings will have unedited, machine-generated captions. Approximately two weeks after the webinar, the recording will be updated with edited captions.
View Earlier Webinars from the 2024 Series
The Ins and Outs of Rain Gardens
Presenter: Laurie Fox, Horticulture Associate, Virginia Tech Hampton Roads Agricultural Research and Extension Center
Recorded: 20 May 2024
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It’s Not Just About Counting Trees: The How, Why, What, Who and Where of a Tree Inventory
Presenter: Alison (Ali) Sloop, Stormwater Coordinator, Facilities Management: Engineering and Construction department, James Madison University
Recorded: 18 April 2024
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Osprey Watch and Research on Reproductive Performance of Ospreys in the lower Chesapeake Bay
Presenter: Michael Academia, Center for Conservation Biology at William & Mary
Recorded: 25 March 2024
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Bonus webinar: How to Use the Flora of Virginia App
Presenters: Staff and board members of The Flora of Virginia, Inc.
Recorded: 28 February 2024
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Appreciate, identify and participate in community science with Virginia’s salamanders!
Presenters: Dr. Arianna Kuhn, Virginia Museum of Natural History, and Dr. Natalie Claunch, USDA APHIS Wildlife Services National Wildlife Research Center Florida Field Station
Recorded: 27 February 2024
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Bird-window collisions and what we can do about them
Presenter: John Swaddle, Institute for Integrative Conservation, College of William & Mary
Recorded: 9 January 2024
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View Earlier Webinars from the 2023 Series
Emerged, Emerging and Potential Infectious Diseases of Virginia Wildlife
Presenter: Robert “Bob” Dunstan, veterinary pathologist (retired) and Virginia Master Naturalist volunteer
Recorded: 7 December 2023
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Segregation in Virginia’s National Parks, 1916–1965
Presenter: Erin Devlin
Recorded: 12 October 2023
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Chubs are selfish, and that’s good for everyone
Presenter: Emmanuel Frimpong, Virginia Tech Department of Fish and Wildlife Conservation
Recorded: 9 August 2023
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Community generated data informs our understanding of the vulnerability of frog and toad species to climate change
Presenter: Traci DuBose, Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education
Recorded: 24 July 2023
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Why have clumps when you can have super clumps: What matters in achieving desired forest restoration outcomes
Presenter: Meghan Noe Fellows, restoration ecologist
Recorded: 7 June 2023
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The Cleopatra Project: Poisonous and Venomous Animals in Virginia
Presenters: Kathleen Aucoin and Bonnie Beers, Old Rag Master Naturalists and Christopher Holstege, M.D., University of Virginia School of Medicine
Recorded: 8 May 2023
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Pollinators in the woods? How wild bees nest and forage in trees and woody habitats, and what you can do to support them
Presenter: Kass Urban-Mead, The Xerces Society
Recorded: 7 April 2023
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Exploring the mineral resources of Virginia
Presenter: Thomas Hale, Friends of Mineralogy Virginia Chapter Inc.
Recorded: 15 March 2023
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Life is short but snakes are long: diversity and natural history of Virginia’s snakes
Presenter: Arianna Kuhn, Virginia Museum of Natural History
Recorded: 21 February 2023
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*Note – look at the description box on the video page to find links to several follow-up resources that the presenter discussed.
VMN Continuing Education Webinar Video Archives
Looking for an older webinar? All of our past webinars are available on our video channel which you can view at video.vt.edu or embedded below.