The Eastern Shore Chapter of Virginia Master Naturalists welcomed 14 new members upon their completion of the Chapterβs Basic Training Course on November 6th: Pedro Baez, Kate Dodson, Hartmut Doebel, Airlia Gustafson, Susan Logan, Dawn Miller, Nina Moring, Brian Murray, Laurie Quail, Randy Reed, Nancy Schneider, Dana Simson, Ash Skydancer, and Kathy Sturgis.
The Virginia Master Naturalist Program develops and supports a statewide corps of well-informed volunteers providing education, outreach, and service dedicated to the beneficial management of natural resources and natural areas within their communities. Chartered in 2007, the Eastern Shore Chapter has 118 members serving as volunteer educators, citizen scientists, and stewards helping conserve and manage the Eastern Shoreβs abundant natural resources and public lands.
Year-to-date the group has contributed over 8,000 hours of volunteer service to projects including stewardship of state Natural Area Preserves and the Edward S. Brinkley Nature Preserve in Northampton County, welcoming visitors to the shoreβs National Wildlife Refuges, combatting invasive plant species and planting natives, leading elementary and high school educational trips, monitoring seaside water quality, and restoring oyster and sea grass habitats. With nearly 100 volunteer activities, the chapter has opportunities for any one interested in their mission.
The Chapterβs Basic Training Course combined classroom instruction and field trips throughout the Eastern Shore. Locations included The Nature Conservancy Brownsville Preserve, Mutton Hunk Fen and Savage Neck Dunes Natural Area Preserves, UVAβs Coastal Research Center in Oyster, and the Virginia Institute of Marine Science Eastern Shore Laboratory in Wachapreague. Experts provided instruction in topics such as barrier island and coastal ecology, botany, herpetology, and mammalogy to prepare trainees to be Virginia Master Naturalists.
Completion of the Basic Training Course is required for membership. It is typically offered annually each fall. More information is on their website at https://www.esmn.org/volunteer/.
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