Applications are being accepted for the 2017 training program. Classes are led by experts and meet two Saturdays a month from September 2017 through April 2018. Each class will cover one or two topics such as local plants, mammals, birds,
Come out and see John C Magee Speak on native plants and also learn about the VCAP program! See you on October 3rd!
Bryan Henson shared George Deatz's post to the group: Virginia Master Naturalist-Banshee Reeks Chapter.
'The Painted Lady Butterfly: This Year’s Poster Child for Insect Migration' by Chris Helzer for The Prairie Ecologist (Sept 20, 2017): Migrating painted lady butterflies are stealing some of the attention from the annual monarch butterfly migration.... Thousands upon thousands of painted ladies are fluttering around flowers and trees.... present a great opportunity to remind people that other insects besides monarch butterflies rely on long-distance migrations. Learn more, click here> prairieecologist.com/2017/09/20/the-painted-lady-butterfly-this-years-poster-child-for-insect-mig... --GD The Garden Word
