Virginia Master Naturalists (VMN) are volunteer educators, citizen scientists and stewards helping Virginia conserve and manage natural resources and public lands. Our Chapter serves Culpeper, Fauquier, Greene, Madison, Orange and Rappahannock counties.
ORMN Annual Members Meeting -- June 24th!
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Date: June 24, 2023 Time: 1:00 – 4:00 pm Location: Barn at Stony Brook Farm, 3101 Old Blue Ridge Turnpike, Syria, VA 22727 We welcome all members for our annual meeting at beautiful Stony Brook Farm. Our speaker, Patrice Nielsen, Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies at Trinity Washington University in D.C., will share how to connect our love of nature with broader audiences and the next generation. Read more about Patrice HERE. We will enjoy a potluck meal, celebrate the graduates of ORMN Class 12 and elect new ORMN board members for the coming year. Our "exchange table" -- members bring/take items (ORMN clothing, books, etc. of interest to master naturalists) -- will also be part of the fun. |
Patrice Nielsen, Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies at Trinity Washington University in D.C.; Photo: Patrice Nielsen
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ORMN Educational Projects
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For CE credits, watch:
The Cleopatra Project: Poisonous and Venomous Animals in Virginia Presenters: Kathleen Aucoin and Bonnie Beers, Old Rag Master Naturalists and Christopher Holstege, M.D., University of Virginia School of Medicine Recorded: 8 May 2023 Watch the video The Socrates Project-Second Edition
Presenters: Christopher Holstege, M.D., (University of Virginia School of Medicine and Blue Ridge Poison Center), Alfred Goossens, Don Hearl, William Birkhofer (VMN volunteers in the Old Rag Chapter) Recorded: 10 February 2021 Watch the video |
ORMN In The News:
Virginia's Natural Wonders -- Charlene Uhl, June 2023
Waterfalls and Wildlife -- Charlene Uhl, May 2023
Big Four: ORMN Members Become VASOS Trainers -- Kris Jarvis, April 2023
Spring Ephemerals: Here Today and Gone Tomorrow-- Charlene Uhl, April 2023
Bluebirds Were on the Brink of Extinction -- Charlene Uhl, March 2023
Be Careful Out There -- Charlene Uhl, ORMN, February 2023
Waterfalls and Wildlife -- Charlene Uhl, May 2023
Big Four: ORMN Members Become VASOS Trainers -- Kris Jarvis, April 2023
Spring Ephemerals: Here Today and Gone Tomorrow-- Charlene Uhl, April 2023
Bluebirds Were on the Brink of Extinction -- Charlene Uhl, March 2023
Be Careful Out There -- Charlene Uhl, ORMN, February 2023
Nature Photos by Members...
click here to submit photos--and be sure to include the date, caption, location and photographer!
click here to submit photos--and be sure to include the date, caption, location and photographer!
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The Old Rag Master Naturalists chapter is organized as a non-profit §501(c)(3) organization under the Internal Revenue Service Code.