Resources

Better Impact (For Members)

• MyImpact Page Login
• Volunteer On Your Own!
• Approved Activities (As of July 27, 2025. This document includes two lists. The first is all activities by category. The second is all activities by type – Admin, CE, Citizen Science, Stewardship. For detailed information see Better Impact.)
• New Project Proposal Form (08/22/2025) – MS Word
• New Project Proposal Form (08/22/2025) – PDF

Continuing Education

To earn credit, Continuing Education activities must meet VMN requirements.

• VMN Continuing Education
• VMN Statewide Conference
• Academy for Lifetime Learning

Guidance

• ESMN Chapter Bylaws
• VMN Program Volunteer Policy Handbook And Other Program Info
• VMN Biweekly Emails

Public Lands

• Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge (CNWR)
• Eastern Shore of Virginia National Wildlife Refuge (ES NWR)
• Edward S. Brinkley Nature Preserve
• Kiptopeke State Park
• Virginia Natural Area Preserves (VA NAPs) (DCR)
• Virginia Wildlife Management Areas (DWR)

Maps and Guides

• NEW! DWR Explore the Wild
• Explore Our Seaside
• Virginia Water Trails

Some of Our Partners

• Barrier Islands Center
• The Nature Conservancy – Brownsville Preserve
• Virginia Coast Reserve Long-Term Ecological Research Program (LTER)
• Virginia Eastern Shore Land Trust (VESLT)

Organizations

• Birding Eastern Shore
• Coastal Virginia Wildlife Observatory (CVWO)
• Extension Master Gardeners Eastern Shore Chapter
• Plant Eastern Shore Natives
• Virginia Native Plant Society

Sponsors

• Sponsors Page

Wildlife Rehabilitators

• Accomack County
• Northampton County
• Marine Stranding Response Hotline (sea turtles/marine mammals)