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  • CE: VMN Webinar – The Ins and Outs of Rain Gardens

    Virtual

    Registration is required for live event. Recording will be available later on VMN CE website. Description (from VMN): Rain gardens are probably the most commonly used stormwater management practice in residential landscapes. Join Dr. Laurie Fox, Horticulture Associate with Virginia Tech, for an in depth look at how to design, install and maintain a rain […]

  • 💡CE: Leopold’s Preserve: A Model for Wise Land Use (VMN Webinar)

    Virtual

    Next Webinar: Leopold’s Preserve: A Model for Wise Land Use Date: Monday, June 24, 12:00 pm Pre-registration required. Description: Leopold’s Preserve, a 380-acre park with more than 7 miles of trails located in Haymarket, Virginia, was created as part of a housing development project. The developer acquired a 500-acre parcel of land, carved out a slight […]

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    💡 CE: Virginia Master Naturalist Statewide Conference and Volunteer Training 2024 (Virtual)

    Conference Theme – Connections: Humans, nature, and their mutual impacts Our 2024 Virginia Master Naturalist conference theme focuses on the role that VMN volunteers can play in building positive connections between people and the rest of the natural world in which we exist. Research shows that time spent in nature has positive benefits for human […]

  • 💡CE: Invasion Biology Wrap-Up with Jacob Barney

    Virtual

    VMN Continuing Education Webinars – Joint Webinars with Extension Master Gardeners NOTE: For our VMN CE Webinar series in December, we have two webinars that are being organized jointly with the Extension Master Gardener Program. The EMG program is handling logistics, so please contact emgoffice@vt.edu with questions. Date: December 3, 2:00 pm Register for the […]

  • 💡CE: Webinar from Virginia Tech and Project FeederWatch: Making FeederWatch Inclusive

    Virtual

    Description: Presenters will share summaries of virtual discussions about increasing inclusivity in the bird feeding participatory science project Project FeederWatch. Project FeederWatch staff will also present on next steps they plan to take based on what they have learned. There will be time for Q&A. Pre-registration required Log your time under Better Impact Category 2: […]

  • 💡CE: Invasive Plants, Restoration and the Sound of Urban Streams with Gabrielle Ripa

    Virtual

    VMN Continuing Education Webinars – Joint Webinars with Extension Master Gardeners NOTE: For our VMN CE Webinar series in December, we have two webinars that are being organized jointly with the Extension Master Gardener Program. The EMG program is handling logistics, so please contact emgoffice@vt.edu with questions. Date: December 19, 2:00 pm Description: In this […]

  • 💡VMN CE Webinar: Virginia Gray Fox Project

    Virtual

    Description: This webinar will include reasoning for, methodology, and preliminary results of the Virginia Gray Fox Project (VGFP). The VGFP is a collaborative project between Virginia Tech and Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources. The project consists of a statewide remote camera trap survey to establish the current distribution of gray foxes and exploration of historical data […]

    Free

  • 💡Member CE: VMN Webinar: Butterfly population trends in America north of Mexico and their most likely drivers

    Virtual

    Description: Mounting evidence shows that insects are declining world-wide, leading to the so-called “insect apocalypse”. Unfortunately, this is also true for butterflies in America and Canada. Leslie Ries will present the evidence showing patterns and trajectories of butterfly declines here in American north of Mexico. She will also summarize a recent study examining the most […]

    Free

  • 💡 CE: Virginia Master Naturalist Statewide Conference and Volunteer Training 2025

    Westin Richmond 6331 West Broad Street, Richmond, VA, United States

    Registration required. Overview​WhenThe 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. […]