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Savage Neck Dunes Natural Area Preserve Stewardship Work Day
On Monday November 3rd, volunteers (ESMNS Jim McDaniel, Rose-Marie Roessler, and Tom Young and James Roessler) joined DCR staff (Will Mears and Jennifer Madden) to manually remove invasive species at Savage Neck Dunes NAP. English Ivy was snipped around the bases of affected trees, with large vines cut and treated with herbicide by DCR staff.…
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š§¤ Natural Area Preserve Stewardship Days – Savage Neck Dunes NAP
Please join us to remove invasive species at DCR Natural Area Preserves in November. Jennifer and Will are going to be there and take the lead on these, focusing on invasive species removal and treatment (the latter only by DCR staff). There will be no RSVP forms supplied, we’ll just hope for anywhere from 2…
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Magothy Bay and Savage Neck Dunes Natural Area Preserves Maintenance and Clean-up
Each spring, chapter members work alongside DCR Natural Heritage Stewardship staff to trim back vegetation encroaching on the trail through an area of the preserve that was restored by planting thousands of native shrubs in 2009 and 2010. This year, onĀ Thursday May 22nd, four DNH staff andĀ sevenĀ volunteers were able to ensure safe traverse of the…
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š”Member CE: Savage Neck Dunes Natural Area Preserve Walk with A.L.L.
Savage Neck Dunes Natural Area Preserve Instructor: Rose-Marie Roessler (Rosemarie.a.roessler@gmail.com) This 298-acre preserve contains outstanding Chesapeake Bay beach, dune, and maritime forest communities, migratory songbird habitat, and the largest population of the globally rare federally protected northeastern beach tiger beetles (Habroscelimorpha dorsalis dorsailis). The adults are active along the intertidal zone (the area between high…
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ESMN and DCR Lead Interpretative Walks
For the second consecutive spring, Eastern Shore Master Naturalists and Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation National Heritage Stewardship staff led interpretative walks at local nature preserves in collaboration with the Academy for Lifetime Learning (ALL). ALL is an all-volunteer organization of individuals who share their interests and life experiences to provide a rich and…
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PlantingĀ Beachgrass at Savage Neck Dunes Natural Area Preserve
With 24 flats of American Beachgrass (Calamagrostis breviligulata) to plant we formed a circle as our leader Eastern Shore Master Naturalist Chapter Advisor and Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) Coastal Region Steward and Regional Supervisor, Shannon Alexander, had us briefly introduce ourselves and described both the best beachgrass planting techniques as well as why we were all there in the first place. Our goal was to help with dune restoration…
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*** THIS EVENT IS FULL *** Continuing Ed: Savage Neck Dunes Natural Area Preserve Walk
*** THIS EVENT IS FULL *** REGISTRATION REQUIRED/SPACE IS LIMITED More information here. Join ESMN members Rose Marie Roessler and Maggie Long on a guided walk of SND. The group will be given a brief history of the Savage Neck Dunes Natural Area Preserve area and the transition from fields to upland woodland. The preserve…
Eastern Shore Master Naturalists
Managing and preserving the Eastern Shore of Virginiaās natural resources and natural areas through education, outreach, citizen science, and stewardship.