💡CE VMN EmpowerU Course Offering - Nov 20-Jan 6 ** Online/Virtual **
2024-11-20 00:00 - 2025-01-06 23:59 (America/Halifax) | Virtual
Have you been working on natural resource issues but feel compelled to do more? Taking part in the EmpowerU Training will move your natural resource work to the next level! In this 4 week course using an award-winning curriculum, participants can grow their skills to meaningfully engage decision makers* about natural resource issues. Note that this training is not focused specifically on lobbying elected officials or getting legislation passed, but rather on engaging the right decision-maker for the change you hope to make.The course runs November 20-January 6 and includes eight self-paced online modules and three live Zoom sessions. Full details, including the registration link, are available at http://www.virginiamasternaturalist.org/empoweru.html. Registration deadline is November 26, but earlier registrants may start accessing the online materials starting November 20.

Log your hours under Better Impact Category 2: Continuing Education.
For more continuing education opportunities go to http://www.virginiamasternaturalist.org/continuing-education-webinar-series.html

Please Submit 2025 Membership Dues by January 1
2024-12-01 00:00 - 2025-01-01 23:59
Please send your $20 check or money order to:
Marlene Richard, PO Box 216, Franktown, VA, 23354.
The payment should be made out to “Eastern Shore Master Naturalists.” At this time we do not use any online payment methods.
Thank you.

💡CE: Invasive Plants, Restoration and the Sound of Urban Streams with Gabrielle Ripa
2024-12-19 14:00 | Virtual
VMN Continuing Education Webinars – Joint Webinars with Extension Master Gardeners
NOTE: For our VMN CE Webinar series in December, we have two webinars that are being organized jointly with the Extension Master Gardener Program. The EMG program is handling logistics, so please contact emgoffice@vt.edu with questions.

Date: December 19, 2:00 pm
Description: In this presentation, Gabrielle will present her PhD work on acoustic monitoring of stream ecosystems and the impact invasive species have on the acoustic landscape.
Presenter: Gabrielle Ripa is a PhD student at Virginia Tech who is studying how to limit invasive plants on stream restoration projects in the Chesapeake Bay watershed. Because of her background in wildlife ecology, Gabrielle is also seeking to connect the changes to the stream environment, due to invasion and restoration, to the animal community through acoustic monitoring. She hopes her work can inform the design of restoration projects that are better at recovering both plant and animal communities.
Register for the Dec 19 webinar here

Log your hours under Category 2: Continuing Education.
See more VMN Continuing here.

Audubon Christmas Bird Count - Nassawadox
2024-12-21 00:00 - 23:59
Contact compiler directly to participate (all birding levels are accepted)
Nassawadox, Saturday, December 21: Compiler Joette Borzik, vabirdmom@gmail.com
Chincoteague, Sunday, December 29: Compiler Kevin Holcomb, kevin_holcomb@fws.gov
Cape Charles, Saturday,December 30:Compiler Ellison Orcutt, Mr.ellyo@gmail.com
