New Member April 2021
Prior to our monthly Board of Directors meeting on April 12th, Mike Butler was sworn in as a new member by chapter president Ray Powell. The swearing … Read more
Prior to our monthly Board of Directors meeting on April 12th, Mike Butler was sworn in as a new member by chapter president Ray Powell. The swearing … Read more
The April 2021 issue of our monthly Chapter newsletter is available for download at S-N IWLA Blue Heron Times April 2021 Newsletter.
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On Saturday, March 27th, the chapter participated in the Hampton Roads area clean-up. The event was hosted by Hampton Roads in partnership with Keep America … Read more
The March 2021 issue of our monthly Chapter newsletter is available for download at S-N IWLA Blue Heron Times March 2021 Newsletter.
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Submitted by: Tim Doxey, Treasurer, Chair of Awards, SOS/Clean Water Liaison, Media Outreach, Awards, and Budget committees; Source Credit: ncwildlife.org
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has created an informational webpage dedicated to what to do if you have purchased aquatic moss balls in the past month. DESTROY! DON’T DUMP! … Read more
Article Submitted by Chapter Ike Rob Carpenter (board member, chair of archery and outdoor ethics committees, and youth coordinator).
Since Spring Turkey Season starts next month, I thought it would be a good idea to talk about some of the safeties you should be aware of while hunting Gobbler. Season … Read more
According to the Suffolk News Herald, the Keep Suffolk Beautiful recycling event held on Saturday, February 20th was one of the busiest recycle events seen in Suffolk. Wayne Jones, from the Public Works Litter Control Office, was quoted as saying that there were 370 vehicles that participated during the 3 … Read more
Article submitted by Chapter Ike Ken Dugan
Here are some links posted by Dr. Sara Via of the University of Maryland that I found very interesting:
Link to the video of the talk on Feb. 24, 2021: https://umd.hosted.panopto.com/Panopto/Pages/Viewer.aspx?id=6b69b88c-5b9a-435d-9240-acda00201622
Links to a couple of other recent talks:
Climate change and native … Read more
On Thursday, February 4th, 2021, Chapter Ikes Mike Lane, Ray Powell, and Tim Doxey met at the chapter park to begin work on clearing trees from the dam’s backside slope in accordance with our DCR (Department of Conservation and Recreation) agent’s specific requirements for us to control erosion and maintain dam … Read more
The morning of Thursday, February 25th brought forth warm temperatures and sunshine. Chapter Ikes Mike Lane, Claudia and Ray Powell teamed up to dig up a few mountain laurels from the chapter park dam and to re-transplant them near the front gate.
While transplanting the mountain laurel, Mike named … Read more