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Webmaster for Suffolk-Nansemond Chapter of the Izaak Walton League of America

March 2016 Guest Speaker

Our guest speakers at the Chapter Members dinner meeting on March 16th were Geoff Payne, President and Lynn Wehner, Vice President of the Southside Chapter of Virginia Master Naturalist.  Note that Geoff retired from Allied Chemical and has been Treasurer of the Suffolk Youth Association for the past 26 years. Also, … Read more →

March 2016 Adopt-A-Road Cleanup

This past March 16th, 23  (twenty-three) Chapter Members showed their support by arriving 2 hours early on dinner meeting night and collecting trash from the roadside ditches alongside Kings Fork Road, an event that we schedule twice each year.

Gary Brown, Chapter Board member, contacted Wayne Jones, Litter Coordinator for City of Suffolk, to … Read more →

LWCF Funds Used to Purchase Dismal Swamp Property from Chapter Member’s Family

LWCF (Land and Water Conservation Fund ) funds Used to Purchase Dismal Swamp Property from Chapter Member’s Family; US Fish & Wildlife Director Visits Jericho Ditch Lane Site While Touring Dismal Swamp NWR (National Wildlife Refuge)

Submitted by Mike Lane, S-N IWLA chapter Board Member and Conservation Committee member.

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Landscaping our Chapter Park with Native Plants

This past Sunday, November 1st, Wanda Gerard, Chapter Ike and Master Gardener, delivered to our Chapter Park 25 (twenty-five) 6″ potted pickerel weed native plants that were donated by Dr. Laurie Fox, as well as goldenrod and black eyed susans dug up from Wanda’s own garden.

About a dozen Chapter Ikes and a half dozen Webelos Scouts from … Read more →

Lake Kennedy Walking Trail

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S-N IWLA Members assisted with the spreading of mulch around the Lake Kennedy Walking Trail located in Suffolk, VA, to create a new walking path, approximately 3/4 mile long, for residents around the perimeter of the facility.   Other volunteers included Westminster Reformed Presbyterian Church and the Virginia Naturalist.