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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.

Interested in Becoming a Master Naturalist?

Applications for our Spring 2024 Basic Training Class are open from September 1 - October 15 2023!

To learn more about the program and to apply: Click here!

ORMN Presentation to Rappahannock at Home

ORMN members Bonnie Beers and Kathleen Aucoin provided a Cleopatra Project presentation to Rappahannock at Home on August 17, 2023. The one-hour overview, with an audience of 20 county residents, was held at the Rappahannock County Library in Washington, Virginia.

Bonnie Beers and Kathleen Aucoin; Photo: Joyce Wenger

ORMN's 2023 NABA Butterfly Count Results

Count leader Victoria Fortuna: "We had the same number of species as last year, and just 115 fewer butterflies this year. Based on my non-scientific observation of what I am seeing now, it seems if we had the count this coming weekend, we would have more individuals."

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ORMN Educational Projects

Cover artwork by Trish Crowe

The Cleopatra Project - Poisonous and Venomous Animals in Virginia
A multi-chapter VMN project in partnership with The University of Virginia Health. (Click cover image to view)

Cover artwork by Trish Crowe

The Socrates Project - Poisonous Plants in Virginia
A VMN-ORMN project in partnership with The University of Virginia Health. (Click cover image to view)

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
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The Socrates Project-Second Edition
Presenters: Christopher Holstege, M.D., (University of Virginia School of Medicine and Blue Ridge Poison Center), Alfred Goossens and Bill Birkhofer (former ORMN members) Don Hearl (VMN volunteers in the Old Rag Chapter)
Recorded: 10 February 2021
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Snakebites -- Myths and Reality from UVA Engagement, July 26, 2023

ORMN In The News:

ORMN: Go Native!--Charlene Uhl, September 2023
Everybody Loves Water--Charlene Uhl, August 2023
Nature's Fireworks -- The Firefly -- Charlene Uhl, July 2023

Nature Photos by Members...
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