February 2016 Guest Speaker

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Our  February member’s meeting guest speaker was Robert (Bob) Lane. Bob is an Extension Specialist with the Virginia Seafood Agriculture Research and Extension Center which is a Virginia Cooperative Extension of Virginia Tech. He specializes in Engineering, Process Applications, Energy and Resource Management associated with seafood processing.

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N2 Sponsored Raffle benefits Chapter

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On Tuesday January 26th, N2 publishing sponsored a community event at the Planters Club in northern Suffolk. N2 publishing creates magazines focused on specific neighborhoods and associated businesses. The magazine includes personal articles about both residents and businesses in order to aid in their efforts to transform neighborhoods into communities.

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New Chapter Members, January 2016

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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

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

As a convenience, if you wish to receive our monthly newsletters on a continuing basis, please consider adding your email address to our monthly email Newsletter distribution list, using the handy  Read more →

Volunteers needed to help restore Sleepy Hole Park

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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

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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 →