Explore our impact

Natural resources information

Getting into nature

• Brush Mountain Park

• Blue Ridge Discovery Center

• Claytor Lake State Park

• George Washington and Jefferson National Forests

• Mountain Lake Biological Station

• Mountain Lake Conservancy

• Buffalo Mountain Natural Area Preserve

• Ellett Valley Recreational Area

• H.L. Price Trail

• Pandapas Pond Day Use Area

• Price House Nature Center

• Blue Ridge Discovery Center

• Glen Alton Day Use Area

• Cascades National Recreation Trail

• Heritage Community Park and Natural Area

• Grayson Highlands State Park

• New River Trail State Park

• Blue Ridge Parkway

• Virginia Natural Heritage sites and preserves

Museums

• Museum of Geosciences at Virginia Tech

• Museum of the Middle Appalachians

• Radford University Museum of Earth Sciences

• Virginia Museum of Natural History

• Science Museum of Western Virginia

Conservation

• Appalachian Trail Conservancy

• Nature Conservancy in Virginia

• New River Land Trust

• Virginia Native Plant Society

• Flora of Virginia Project

• Virginia Big Trees

• Virginia Herpetological Society

• Virginia Bluebird Society

• Virginia Society of Ornithology

• North American Mycological Association

• New River Valley Mushroom Club

Nature journaling

• What is nature journaling?

• Sketching in nature

Sponsoring agencies

• Virginia Cooperative Extension

• Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation

• Virginia Department of Environmental Quality

• Virginia Department of Forestry

• Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources

• Virginia Museum of Natural History

• VIMS Center for Coastal Resources Management

Virginia Master Naturalist Program

• Virginia Master Naturalist Program