Eastern Shore Master Naturalists

🧤 Volunteer: NABA Butterfly Count - Delmarva Tip
2024-07-28 09:30 UTC | Eastern Shore National Wildlife Refuge Visitor Center, 32205 Seaside Road, Cape Charles, VA, 23310, United States
This is the North American Butterfly Association count for the Delmarva tip which includes the ES National Wildlife refuge, Kiptopeke State Park, Oyster, and Cape Charles.

Interested volunteers will meet at 9:30am at the visitor center of Eastern Shore of VA National Wildlife Refuge Visitor Center.
No need to sign up, you can stay as long (or short) as you like, and no experience is necessary!
May be rescheduled if it looks really rainy.
Contact Brian Taber with questions.
You may wish to bring snacks, water, sun/insect protection, camera, binoculars.

Category 14: Annual Butterfly Count (select “Delmarva Tip” from the list for the “Annual Butterfly Count Location” feedback field)
Note: The North Northampton County count will likely be in early August.

🧤Volunteer: Plant Eastern Shore Natives Ed & Outreach Info Session
2024-07-30 17:30 - 18:30 (America/Halifax) | Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge, 8231 Beach Road, Chincoteague Island, 23336, United States
In an effort to reinvigorate the Plant Eastern Shore Natives initiative, we have scheduled three meetings in July for interested members of the public to attend. Registration is encouraged.
These meetings will be almost identical and provide a brief overview of the history and purpose of the initiative, both locally and statewide.
Members of the ES Master Naturalists and the Master Gardeners worked to overhaul the popular original guide that supports this initiative. Virginia Witmer of the Virginia Coastal Zone Management Program has completed all of the content alignment and graphic design to have an order of this new edition printed within the month – very exciting!
The hope is that attendees who are keen to become involved will commit to form a new, active work group that focuses on public and vendor education and outreach using the initiative’s communication tools – hosting booths/tables at public events, doing educational talks, working with vendors, and more – to improve knowledge of the benefits of the use of Eastern Shore Native plants.

Better Impact Category 15: Plant Eastern Shore Natives presentations
