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August 2018 Guest Speaker

By Tim Doxey | August 17, 2018 - 4:28 pm |August 19, 2018 Conservation, Education

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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 was … Read more →

August 2018 Adopt-A-Road Cleanup

By Tim Doxey | August 17, 2018 - 2:07 pm |August 17, 2018 Community Projects, Conservation

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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 →

2018 Clean the Bay Day

By Tim Doxey | June 6, 2018 - 3:09 pm |June 13, 2018 Community Projects, Conservation

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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 up various … Read more →

April 2018 Spring Road Cleanup

By Tim Doxey | April 19, 2018 - 7:38 pm |April 19, 2018 Community Projects, Conservation

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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 →

Spring 2018 Nansemond River Cleanup

By Tim Doxey | March 25, 2018 - 7:26 pm |April 10, 2018 Community Projects, Conservation

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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 →

September 2017 Pond Management Sampling

By Tim Doxey | October 5, 2017 - 5:24 pm |October 5, 2017 Conservation, Park & Range, Wildlife

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On September28th, Department of Game and Inland Fisheries biologist, Chad Boyce, and his partner Jared, collected representative fish samples from our pond. This consisted of electro-fishing (shocking), collecting the fish and then counting, weighing and measuring each species. This information will be used to formulate recommendations to assist our chapter … Read more →

August 2017 Guest Speaker

By Tim Doxey | August 17, 2017 - 6:14 pm |September 10, 2017 Conservation, Education

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The Chapter’s guest speaker for the August member’s meeting was Chris Lowie. Chris is the Great Dismal Swamp (GDS) Refuge Manager and has previously … Read more →

July 2017 Guest Speakers

By Tim Doxey | July 23, 2017 - 9:33 pm |August 5, 2017 Conservation, Education, Guest Speakers, Park & Range

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Our chapter’s guest speakers for the July 2017 dinner meeting were Bryan Branch and Chad Boyce. Bryan is the Recreational Safety Coordinator, Region 1 Agency Outreach with the Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries (VGIF).

Chad is a Fisheries Biologist with Region 1 of the VGIF. Bryan (pictured at left) … Read more →