Resources by Michelle Prysby
Title | Available As | Summary | Date | ID | Author |
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Sustaining America's Aquatic Biodiversity - Crayfish Biodiversity and Conservation | Of the approximately 500 crayfishes (some
times called crawdads or crawfish) found on
earth, about 400 crayfish species live in waters
in North America, and about 353, nearly 70 percent
of the world’s total species,
inhabit waters in the United States. |
Mar 24, 2020 | 420-524 (CNRE-82P) | ||
Virginia Master Naturalist | The Virginia Master Naturalist program is a statewide corps of volunteers providing
education, outreach, and service dedicated to the beneficial management of natural
resources and natural areas within their communities. |
May 1, 2018 | 465-300 (ANR-307NP) | ||
Virginia Master Naturalist, American Naturalists | Jared Diamond (2005), in his book,
“Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail
or Succeed,” defines landscape amnesia as
one of the primary mechanisms for the
decline and ultimate collapse of societies.
This phenomenon occurs when people
lose knowledge of how the natural world
once was, with each succeeding generation
accepting a degraded environment as the
status quo. Carried to its end, a society
remains unconcerned until it reaches the
point of no return. |
Jun 19, 2015 | 465-312(ANR-20NP) | ||
Virginia Master Naturalist, Basic Training Course, Botany | Plants can be defined as multicellular,
photosynthetic organisms with reproductive
structures that are more complex than
single cells. By this definition, algae are not
considered plants because they are either
unicellular or their reproductive structures
are essentially unicellular. Fungi, too, are
excluded because they are not photosynthetic.
At least 400 million years of diversification
have resulted in a wide diversity
of taxonomically distinct major groups of
plants. Some of the most important groups
of plants found in Virginia are described
below. |
Jul 19, 2019 | ANR-10NP (CNRE-62NP) | ||
Virginia Master Naturalist, Basic Training Course, Botany (Introductory Version) | Plants can be defined as multicellular
photosynthetic organisms with reproductive
structures that are more complex than
single cells. By this definition, algae are not
considered plants because they are either
unicellular or their reproductive structures
are essentially unicellular, and fungi,
too, are excluded because they are not
photosynthetic. |
Jul 19, 2019 | ANR-12NP (CNRE-63NP) | ||
Virginia Master Naturalist Program Strategic Planning Report 2015-2020 | This report summarizes the findings from a strategic planning process conducted by the
Virginia Master Naturalist program in 2013-2014. The process involved three steps: a
comprehensive needs assessment to identify program needs, strategic planning workshops
to identify initiatives for addressing those needs, and online voting to prioritize
proposed initiatives. |
Apr 9, 2015 | ANR-137NP | ||
What is a Virginia Master Naturalist? | Jan 20, 2017 | ANR-242 | |||
Safety and Risk Management for Virginia Master Naturalist Volunteers | Nov 12, 2020 | CNRE-124NP |