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CHAPTER NEWS & PROJECTS

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Chapter Begins Stewardship Project at Montpelier

Old Rag Chapter began a long-term stewardship commitment to James Madison's Montpelier with an inaugural garlic mustard pull in the Old Growth forest.     .... more 

Project Montpelier

The site is one of the few existing Old Growth Forests on the east coast which, over the years, invasive plants have encroached upon.     .... more 

Forestry Field Trip

The Chapter visits Jim Ballard's 100-acre wooded tract.     .... more 

Chapter Trainees Learn About Stream Monitoring

On October 13, 2007, the current class of trainees for the Old Rag Master Naturalist Chapter attended a field trip to learn about stream assessment.     .... more 

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Sunlight filters into the forest
  Photo by Richard Lykes.

Volunteer Projects

Our chapter, working with our sponsors and partners, is developing a list of potential projects in which our members can choose to participate. All projects must be approved by the chapter to count toward the volunteering commitment of the participating member. The following projects have been approved, and more are being developed:

  • Adopt-an-Outcrop
  • Appalachian Trail Annual Water Resources Sampling
  • Appalachian Trail Invasive Removal
  • Big Meadow Invasives Management (Save the Meadow)
  • Bluebird Box Monitoring
  • Butterfly Count
  • Chapter Outreach
  • Chestnut ID - PATC
  • Clean Streams Day
  • Cornell's Project Feeder Watch
  • Frogwatch
  • Montpelier/James Madison Landmark Forest Invasive Management Program
  • Rain Barrel Workshop
  • Rain Garden
  • Rappahannock Elementary Junior Naturalists
  • Rockfish Gap Hawk Watch
  • Rural Madison Macro-Invertebrate Stream Monitoring
  • Rural Madison Tree Identification at Hoover Ridge Nature Trail
  • Smith Bluebird Trail
  • Stream Watch
  • Upper Rappahannock River Watershed Stream Monitoring Program
  • Virginia Cooperative Extension – Madison Office
  • What Makes Trillium Happy?
  • Whitney State Forest Plant Survey
  • Wildlife Action Plan and Wildlife Mapping - DGIF
  • Wildlife Habitat Open House

Volunteer Opportunities with State Agencies

For a document that outlines some of the many possible projects available with the state agencies that are sponsoring this program, click here.

 

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Chapter Events

Master Naturalist Training. 2008-03-04 — The next course will be held in the fall of 2009.  

Wildlife Habitat Open House. 2009-02-07 — One-stop shopping for habitat information! Saturday, Feb. 7, 10 a.m.–3:30 p.m. 

Articles

Chapter Begins Stewardship Project at Montpelier. 2008-05-23 — Old Rag Chapter began a long-term stewardship commitment to James Madison's Montpelier with an inaugural garlic mustard pull in the Old Growth forest. 

Project Montpelier. 2008-02-11 — The site is one of the few existing Old Growth Forests on the east coast which, over the years, invasive plants have encroached upon. 

Forestry Field Trip. 2007-11-10 — The Chapter visits Jim Ballard's 100-acre wooded tract. 

Chapter Trainees Learn About Stream Monitoring. 2007-10-13 — On October 13, 2007, the current class of trainees for the Old Rag Master Naturalist Chapter attended a field trip to learn about stream assessment. 

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