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💡 CE: VMN January Continuing Education Webinar: Looking Back and Moving Forward! VMN Program 2025 Retrospective and 2026 Kickoff
Description: Join VMN Program Director Michelle Prysby and VMN Program Assistant Tiffany Brown for a review of what VMN volunteers accomplished in 2025 and a preview of what’s ahead in 2026. We will share results from the #Treemendous20th service focus and kickoff our 2026 focus, Wonderful Water (#WOW2026)! Date: Thursday, January 29, 12:00-1:00 pm Registration: Pre-registration required…
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🦪 Continuing Education: Chesapeake Oyster Science Symposium 2024 (Virtual)
Event will be broadcast live over Zoom from the Chesapeake Bay Foundation’s Brock Environmental Center in Virginia Beach, VA Is your world an oyster? Are you or is someone you know currently practicing or considering entering the fields of oyster research, science, restoration, and/or aquaculture? Register Now The Chesapeake Oyster Alliance with support from the…
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Project Learning Tree Education Workshop
2025 marks the “Treemendous” 20th anniversary of the Virginia Master Naturalists. One way in which local VMN chapters are encouraged to celebrate this occasion is through education activities utilizing Project Learning Tree. Project Learning Tree (PLT) is an award-winning environmental education program designed to teach about the environment with a focus on trees and forests.…
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Continuing Ed: Webinar – Hone Your Observation Skills Using iNaturalist
REGISTRATION REQUIRED Join The Nature Conservancy as Maura Duffy, TNC’s Conservation Coordinator in Virginia, demonstrates how to use the free iNaturalist app and website to make wildlife observations and identify species. All registrants will receive an email with the Zoom meeting information a few days before the presentation. We will also share a recording to…
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Continuing Ed: Edward S. Brinkley Nature Preserve Walk
REGISTRATION REQUIRED/SPACE IS LIMITED For more information. Join members Martina Coker and Paul Anderson on this walk which “will take students through the varied habitats at the Edward S. Brinkley Preserve, observing flora and fauna on the freshwater lake, in the meadows, along the forested paths, and along the shoreline viewed from a seaside platform.”…
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Continuing Ed: Magothy Bay Natural Area Preserve Walk
REGISTRATION REQUIRED/SPACE IS LIMITED More information here. Join members Frank Renshaw and David Boyd as they “walk through the 445-acre Preserve that encompasses woodlands, forested wetlands, and an extensive salt marsh on the southern tip of Virginia’s Eastern Shore.” Category 2: Continuing Education See VMN CE Webinars for additional CE opportunities.
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*** THIS EVENT IS FULL *** Continuing Ed: Savage Neck Dunes Natural Area Preserve Walk
*** THIS EVENT IS FULL *** REGISTRATION REQUIRED/SPACE IS LIMITED More information here. Join ESMN members Rose Marie Roessler and Maggie Long on a guided walk of SND. The group will be given a brief history of the Savage Neck Dunes Natural Area Preserve area and the transition from fields to upland woodland. The preserve…
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Continuing Ed: Mutton Hunk Fen Natural Area Preserve Walk
REGISTRATION REQUIRED/SPACE IS LIMITED More information here. Join Kellie Piekarsky, Chair of the ESMN Mutton Hunk Fen Stewardship Committee, and Joanne Laskowski on this guided walk. Participants will walk the trails of this Mutton Hunk Fen Natural Area Preserve with Master Naturalist guides. They will receive information about this preserve and its transition from commercial…
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Continuing Ed: TNC’s Bird Conservation Projects on the Eastern Shore
The Nature Conservancy (TNC) staff will provide updates on the latest projects on the Eastern Shore of Virginia, including monitoring shorebirds and habitat restoration studies. Meet at 5:00 pm for social time; Room 147/148 of the Academic Building at the Eastern Shore Community College. Category 2 Continuing Education (speaker time only)
Eastern Shore Master Naturalists
Managing and preserving the Eastern Shore of Virginia’s natural resources and natural areas through education, outreach, citizen science, and stewardship.
