By: David Clark The cabin at Hank’s Haven is the site of the current Blue Ridge Mountaineer program. This is the 25th anniversary of the relocation of the cabin at Hank’s Haven to our Reservation. The current structure started in…
Why join the Campmaster Corps? By: Lori Kendrick I had a friend who was a “campmaster”. I wasn’t sure what that was, but he spoke of being at camp with few people around, being in nature, and he took lots…
By: Kevin G. Bezy, PhD, Member of the Southwest Piedmont Virginia Master Naturalist chapter Michelle Prysby, Senior Extension Specialist and Virginia Master Naturalist Program Director As a member of the Scouting organization, I have felt that we are the premier…
A great deal of research has been conducted and continues to be conducted on best practices in the outdoors. Many of the practices that we were taught decades ago have been shown to be more harmful to the outdoor environment…
