💡 CE: Virginia Master Naturalist Statewide Conference and Volunteer Training 2025
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💡 CE: Virginia Master Naturalist Statewide Conference and Volunteer Training 2025
Registration required. OverviewWhenThe 2025Virginia Master Naturalist Statewide Conference and Training will be Friday, September 5 through Sunday, September 7. Pre-conference field trips and activities will take place during the day on Friday and the main event will run Friday evening through Sunday mid-day. WhereOur Pocahontas and Riverine Chapters welcome VMN volunteers from across Virginia to the Richmond region. […]
💡 CE: Proper Native Tree Planting for Long-Term Success (Virtual – Penn State Extension)
The success of newly planted trees depends on more than proper planting techniques—site selection and follow-up care are just as essential for ensuring healthy, long-term growth. Join the Master Watershed Steward program and a Community Tree Specialist from the Bureau of Forestry to learn how to choose the right planting location for your native trees […]
🧤 Volunteer: Catch the King Data Collection Training
Catch the King is an annual community science initiative that mobilizes volunteers to map the extent of tidal flooding during perigean spring tides, also known as “king tides.” These tides represent the highest astronomical tides of the year, occurring when the gravitational forces of the Moon and the Sun align, and the Moon is at […]
💡 Fall Migration Bird Walk at the Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge.
Meet at the Toms Cove Visitor Center. We’ll look for migrating songbirds and shorebirds. For birders of all levels and all ages. Hosted by the National Park Service, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service and the Eastern Shore Master Naturalists. Log your hours in Better Impact under Category 2 – Continuing Education.
💡 CE: Birding Field Trip – Brinkley Preserve
FIELD TRIP, Saturday, Sept. 13, Meet at 8:30 AM at the Edward S. Brinkley Preserve, 20199 Seaside Road, at Cobbs Station Road. Join Joette Borzik and Maggie Long in search of fall migrants: waders and waterfowl in the pond, warblers and other passerines in the woods and thickets, and shorebirds from the overlook. Register with […]