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

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

2015 Divisional Chapter Efficiency Award

For the second consecutive year, our Chapter has been awarded First Place in the VA Division for Chapter Efficiency, for Chapters having less than 500 members.

This award determination is based on several criteria including, but not limited to, adherence to proper bookkeeping procedures, preparation of annual budgets, sustained/or increasing membership counts, … Read more

Member Advisory – Please Volunteer to Help Plant Native Plants

To: All S-N IWLA Members

From: Wanda Gerard

Subj: RSVP requested to assist planting native plants in our Park this coming Sunday, November 1, 2015, starting at 2:00PM, at the Park Pavilion, we will have a small introduction over what we are planting, where, why, etc., then, we will move out … Read more

NRPA River Talk Program October 20, 2015

Mark your calendars – October 20th, 7:00 pm is the NRPA River Talk Program at the CE&H Ruritan Community Hall.

NRPA (Nansemond River preservation Alliance) was launched in 2010 with the mission to restore and protect Suffolk’s waterways for current and future generations. Below is an editorial that was published recently in the … Read more

2015 Chapter Banquet Dinner Photo Gallery

At the September, 2015 Chapter Banquet Dinner Meeting, our Members and their Guests enjoyed a catered meal, and afterwards, our Members introduced themselves and their guests, including several prospective Members interested in joining our Chapter, new Member Scottt Gurley was sworn in, and we enjoyed a presentation on the Clean … Read more

VA DEQ Clean Power Plan Listening Session

The Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) is conducting a Listening Session regarding the Clean Power Plan on October 6th, 2015 from 5pm until 8pm at the Tidewater Community College campus, 120 Campus Drive, Portsmouth, VA.  A reminder, our S-N IWLA Chapter Members are encouraged to attend this Listening Session, … Read more