Charitable Tax Incentives Critical for Conservation
Since 2006, an enhanced charitable income tax deduction has allowed family farmers, ranchers, and forest land owners to … Read more
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Public Forum on Community Green Infrastructure Planning
Suffolk was one of eleven counties, cities and towns across Virginia that have received technical assistance grants to map, River Watershed to inventory the City’s natural assets and develop data to aid future land use decisions. Thanks to funding provided by the Southern Region of the U.S. Forest Service, grant recipients … Read more
Parks and Recreation Master Plan Update Meetings
The City of Suffolk Parks and Recreation Department is in the final phases of updating the department’s master plan. The objective of this plan is to translate the … Read more
November 2015 Eagle Scout Service Project
On Saturday, November 21st, several members of local Boy Scout Troop #1 and their troop leaders spent the day installing canoe storage racks at our park. These canoe racks were designed, built and installed as an Eagle Scout’s Service Project by a member of Troop#1.
2015 Chapter Pancake Supper Photo Gallery
We offer a hearty THANK YOU to all Chapter Members who volunteered to help make our annual all-you-can-eat pancake supper fundraiser a success; we appreciate all that you do!
America Recycles Day Plastic Bag Drive
On Saturday, November 14th, 2015, from 10AM til 2PM, both the Suffolk Morgan Memorial and North Suffolk libraries will be holding a Plastic Bag Drive recycling event.
In addition to plastic bags, they will be collecting cell phones, ink cartridges, and batteries. And, there is a story time for children … Read more
October 2015 Search and Rescue training exercise
On October 24th, access to our park was restricted to allow … Read more
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