New Chapter Members, January 2016

During the January member’s meeting, the chapter welcomed several new members and their families. The chapter gained three additional family memberships and increased one existing membership to include family members.

Pictured is Chapter President Ray Powell swearing in our newest chapter members, Patrick Rouse and grandson, … Read more

January 2016 Issue of the Blue Heron Chapter Newsletter

Prior year issues of our monthly Chapter newsletter are available for download from the S-N IWLA Blue Heron Times newsletter archives.

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Volunteers needed to help restore Sleepy Hole Park

The Nansemond River Preservation Alliance is seeking volunteers to spend a couple of hours this month restoring a 100-foot buffer adjacent to North Suffolk’s Sleepy Hole Park’s new 300-foot pier and kayak/canoe launch. The water access project is almost complete and is expected to open to the public later this … Read more

Coyote Sterilization Program in N.C. Protects Red Wolves

A sterilization program to stop coyotes from hybridizing with the only wild population of red wolves in the world has been successful so far, according to new research.  “Coyote genes are under 4 percent in the red wolf genome, so that’s good,” said Eric Gese, a research wildlife biologist with … Read more

December 2015, City of Suffolk Green Infrastructure Planning Meeting

On December 9th, 2015 the City of Suffolk, the Green Infrastructure Center and students from the University of Virginia hosted a community forum in the City Council Chambers. The meeting was well attended and the audience was composed of many interested and engaged members of the local community. Included, among … Read more

Delmarva Fox Squirrel Removed from Endangered Species List

“One of the first subspecies to be listed as federally endangered over 45 years ago has made its way back from the brink of extinction, thanks in large part to collaborate conservation efforts between state and federal agencies as well as private landowners.

On November 13 the U.S. Fish & … Read more