Over the Memorial Day weekend, the Nansemond-Suffolk Chapter of the Izaak Walton League of America awarded two $1,000.00 college scholarships to local conservation minded students. Chapter Scholarship Committee Chair, David … Read more
The chapter’s guest speaker for the August member’s dinner meeting was Joel Wiedel. Joel is a Virginia Conservation Police Officer. Officer Wiedel is a Virginia native born and raised … Read more
The guest speaker for the June member’s dinner meeting was Ethan Ferguson. Ethan presented a slide show presentation of his recently completed Eagle Scout project. Ethan’s project was to build and install Wood Duck nesting boxes on the Nansemond Indian Tribe property along the Nansemond River and around the pond … Read more
The guest speaker for our April 17th member’s dinner meeting was Heather Lockwood. Heather works for the Chesapeake Bay Foundation as their Virginia Oyster Restoration … Read more
On Saturday, March 30th, chapter volunteers turned out to participate in the Keep Suffolk Beautiful spring river cleanup. The event was a city wide event with volunteers … Read more
The guest speaker for the chapter’s August dinner meeting was Jammica Boone. Jammica is the Hampton Roads Marketing Representative for “Recycling Perks”. The topic of her presentation … Read more
Chapter volunteers worked up an appetite by showing up prior to the August 15th chapter dinner meeting to pick up trash. 18 bags of trash were collected from along the chapter’s adopted section of Kings Fork Road and Providence Road. Volunteers who took part in this event were eligible for … Read more
Chapter members participated in this year’s Clean the Bay Day on Saturday, June 2nd. Ten members joined in along with approximately 160 other local volunteers to clean … Read more
The chapter held the spring road cleanup on April 18th. The cleanup was scheduled just prior to the monthly members dinner meeting. Volunteers collected 41 bags of trash from along Kings Fork Road and the newly adopted section of Providence Road from the community house to Route 460. Members that … Read more
Despite unusually chilly spring temperatures and a slight breeze, 33 volunteers turned out Saturday morning, March 24th, for the chapter’s third spring river clean up. … Read more
