Virginia Native Plant Society (VNPS)
ORMN Project Contact: Cathy Mayes - cdmayes(at)aol.com
Project Background
The Virginia Native Plant Society is dedicated to the protection and preservation of the native plants of Virginia and their habitats, in order to sustain for generations to come the integrity of the Commonwealth’s rich natural heritage of ecosystems and biodiversity for purposes of enjoyment, enlightenment, sustainable use, and our own very survival. To this end, it advocates and follows practices that will conserve our natural endowment, and it discourages and combats practices that will endanger or destroy it.
The VNPS Jefferson Chapter serves the counties of Albemarle, Fluvanna, Greene, Louisa, Madison, Nelson, and Orange and the city of Charlottesville. It commonly meets at the Ivy Creek Natural Area, 1780 Earlysville Road, Charlottesville, VA 22903. Click for directions.
The VNPS Piedmont Chapter serves the counties of Clarke, Culpeper, Fauquier, Frederick, Loudoun, Rappahannock, and Warren and included cities. It commonly meets at Blandy Experimental Farm, Blandy Farm Ln, Boyce, VA 22620. Click for directions.
There are no specific Old Rag Master Naturalist Activities with VNPS. Opportunities include the following:
The Virginia Native Plant Society is dedicated to the protection and preservation of the native plants of Virginia and their habitats, in order to sustain for generations to come the integrity of the Commonwealth’s rich natural heritage of ecosystems and biodiversity for purposes of enjoyment, enlightenment, sustainable use, and our own very survival. To this end, it advocates and follows practices that will conserve our natural endowment, and it discourages and combats practices that will endanger or destroy it.
The VNPS Jefferson Chapter serves the counties of Albemarle, Fluvanna, Greene, Louisa, Madison, Nelson, and Orange and the city of Charlottesville. It commonly meets at the Ivy Creek Natural Area, 1780 Earlysville Road, Charlottesville, VA 22903. Click for directions.
The VNPS Piedmont Chapter serves the counties of Clarke, Culpeper, Fauquier, Frederick, Loudoun, Rappahannock, and Warren and included cities. It commonly meets at Blandy Experimental Farm, Blandy Farm Ln, Boyce, VA 22620. Click for directions.
There are no specific Old Rag Master Naturalist Activities with VNPS. Opportunities include the following:
ED (Education) Activities with Virginia Native Plant Society (VNPS)
VNPS Native Plant Education
ORMN volunteers assist with VNPS-sponsored presentations or field trips.
ORMN volunteers assist with VNPS-sponsored presentations or field trips.
- Locations: Varies.
- Physical Requirements/Safety Hazards: Involvement in this activity may include exposure to heat, cold, dampness, rain, sun, ticks, poison ivy, snakes and insect bites/stings.
- Special Requirements: Be able to deal with the public. If youth are involved, ORMN volunteers must review the Risk Management policy on the Virginia Master Naturalist website, paying special attention to the “Above Suspicion Policy.”
- Time Commitment: Varies.
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ST (Stewardship) Activities with Virginia Native Plant Society (VNPS)
Maintain Natural Areas
ORMN volunteers help VNPS members maintain natural areas, such as the Marjorie Arundel Trail in the G. Richard Thompson Wildlife Management Area, near Linden, Virginia, or the Ivy Creek Natural Area, in Charlottesville, Virginia.
ORMN volunteers help VNPS members maintain natural areas, such as the Marjorie Arundel Trail in the G. Richard Thompson Wildlife Management Area, near Linden, Virginia, or the Ivy Creek Natural Area, in Charlottesville, Virginia.
- Location: Varies.
- The Marjorie Arundel Trail in the G. Richard Thompson WMA is near Linden. Click for directions. (VERIFY DIRECTIONS! You want parking lot # 7 on Va Rt. 638.)
- The Ivy Creek Natural Area is at 1780 Earlysville Road, Charlottesville, VA 22903. Click for directions.
- Physical Requirements/Safety Hazards: Involvement in this activity may include exposure to heat, cold, dampness, rain, sun, ticks, poison ivy, snakes and insect bites/stings. Walking over flat to moderate terrain may be required.
- Special Requirements: Any special requirements will be announced when volunteers are solicited.
- Time commitment: Varies.
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