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ESMN Booth at Exmore “Return to Our Roots” Earth Day Celebration
Exmore’s annual Earth Day Celebration will be held this year at Exmore Town Park on April 25, 2026 from 10:00 to 3:00. Stop by the ESMN booth and check out other activities at this great event including Live Music, Kids Activities, Food Vendors, Guest Speakers, Eco Art Workshops, Blue Catfish Cooking Demonstrations, Health Screenings and…
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💡 CE: Reaching an Audience Where They Are
Description: Do you do tabling at events? Or take programs out to different facilities, organizations, or sites? Then you are involved in what we know as outreach, which can range from informational to interpretive. Learn how to create opportunities for informal or spontaneous interpretation. We’ll also discuss design for signage, pop-up exhibits, and tables as well…
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🧤 Volunteer: TNC Elementary School Field Trips
Also November 13, and maybe 14. Volunteers will guide 5th grade students through forest, high marsh, or low marsh habitats looking for examples of food, shelter, and water through the eyes of different animals and plants that are found living there. Groups of students will number around 25 each. No volunteer would lead a group…
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ESMNs Support STEAM Event
The Education Outreach Committee has completed the first fair of the Autumn season. We attended the STEAM (Science, Technology. Engineering, Agriculture, and Math) event hosted by the Mary N. Smith Alumni Association. The focus of the STEAM fair was a day of discovery and innovation. The ESMN committee created tree ring necklaces and “spinners”…
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Member🧤Volunteer Opportunity: VESLT 2nd Grade Field Trip
Volunteers assist with co-leading a 2nd grade class along the nature trail pointing out habitat, living things and their life cycles, how plants/animals are interdependent with their living and non-living surroundings, and natural resources along the way. Essentially, covering 2nd grade SOLS 2.4, 2.5, and 2.8. There will be a few stations as well throughout…
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Do Waterfowl Need Raincoats?
Rain or snow, sleet or drizzle, no problem: waterfowl are built for foul weather. Their outer feathers have interlocking barbules that hold together like Velcro, blocking out wind and rain. They also secrete from special glands near the tail a waterproofing oil that coats their feathers while they are preening. And don’t forget the down,…
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ESMNs Training to be Flora of Virginia Ambassadors
The Flora of Virginia (FOV) and the Flora App, developed based on research by the Virginia Division of Natural Heritage and the Virginia Botanical Associates, are the definitive botanical catalogs and reference manuals for the state’s native, naturalized, and invasive plants. Virginia Master Naturalists and other organizations have partnered with the Flora Board on an …
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ESMN Education and Outreach Committee Supports Earth and Arbor Day Events
The Eastern Shore Master Naturalist’s Education and Outreach Team has been out and about during the month of April. They set up tables at the Exmore: Return to Our Roots festival and the ANEC’s Arbor Day and customer celebration. Chapter members volunteered at the Plant Eastern Shore Natives, Eastern Shore Bird Club, and ESMN tables. All conveyed the importance…
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🧤 Volunteer: TNC ESVA Juneteenth Celebration Event Assistance
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Volunteer: Eastern Shore Land Trust Student Field Trips
The Eastern Shore Land Trust is seeking volunteers to assist with the following student field trips (Category 15: Eastern Shore Land Trust Children’s Field Trips): May 7th – Metompkin Elementary 2nd grade (3 classes/6 volunteers) May 9th – Metompkin Elementary 2nd grade (2 classes/4 volunteers) May 20th – Kegotank Elementary 1st grade ESL (11 students/1-2 volunteers)…
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.