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Blue Ridge Discovery Center
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Exploring, Discovering, and Sharing the natural history of the Blue Ridge.
Appalachian Black Locust Timber
Check this video out to learn about one of Appalachia's sturdiest and most beautiful native timbers- black locust! BRDC executive director, Aaron Floyd, discusses the benefits of this wood- from decking to bridges to wildlife habitat!
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January 2021 Schoolhouse Walkthrough
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Blue Ridge Discovery Center Schoolhouse tour- a walkthrough highlighting the completion of Phase 1 of construction. #BlueRidgeDiscoveryCenter #BRDC #SWVA #HistoricSchoolhouse #ExploreDiscoverShare #Update #Construction #NaturalHistory #NatureCenter #ChestnutBuilding
Dr. Nancy Lee Adamson - Pollinators and Native Plants
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Dr. Nancy Lee Adamson is an entomologist with the Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation and USDA NRCS where she supports habitat protection and enhancement using Farm Bill Programs. She became interested in ecological restoration while serving with the Peace Corps in Tunisia (North Africa). She worked for wetlands mitigation and native wildflower seed companies, a native plant arboretum ...
Ashley Peele - Virginia Breeding Bird Atlas 2 Workshop
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Dr. Ashley Peele is an Avian Ecologist at the Conservation Management Institute, Dept of Fisheries and Wildlife Conservation at Virginia Tech. She has 15 years of field and research experience working on a variety of wildlife field research, including studying desert owls in Utah, community ecology in central Florida, and feather microbial communities of marsh-breeding sparrows. She received he...
Dr. Kevin Hamed: Salamanders of the Appalachian Region
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Dr. Kevin Hamed serves as Collegiate Assistant Professor of Wildlife Conservation in the Department of Fish and Wildlife Conservation at Virginia Tech. He is widely respected among his peers in the scientific community as a leading expert on Appalachian salamanders and celebrated as a champion for experiential learning. Prior to his current position, Dr. Hamed served as a Professor of Biology a...
Dr. Steven Hopp - Life History of the Carolina Wren
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Dr. Steve Hopp teaches at Emory & Henry College in Environmental Studies. He has studied vireo’s and various aspects of their natural history, their vocal communications and became very interested in the evolution of their vocal systems. In this video, he is going to share the life history of the Carolina wren to include interesting information regarding their vocalizations.
Insects with Shawn Kurtzman
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Shawn Kurtzman is a biologist at the Conservation Management Institute at Virginia Tech. There he conducts surveys for reptiles and amphibians, point count surveys for the Virginia Breeding Bird Atlas, acoustic and aerial netting of Virginia bat species, and aquatic surveys of freshwater mussels, fish, and invertebrates. He is a lead investigator for pollinator and other insect surveys, as well...
Konnarock Formation with Megan Holland
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An Environmental Science and Geology Major at Appalachian State University, Megan Holland presents her spring Geology project to Blue Ridge Discovery Center! Megan interned with BRDC last summer and convinced her professors to let her focus on the Konnarock Formation which is the geologic layer under our Center.
Suzanne Stryk - Recording Observations through Art
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You may be aware of Suzanne Stryk’s nature paintings, but maybe you didn’t know she keeps field notebooks that she uses not only to record her observations in the natural world but also as a resource for her other artworks. She’s on sketchbook #49 now, and she’s here to tell you about her process of keeping daily observations in pencil, ink, and watercolor. In the early 1980s, she worked as a s...
MRNR Backyard Edition kick off with Aaron Floyd and Cade Campbell
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Our first ever remote Mount Rogers Naturalist Rally!
MRNR Backyard Edition iNaturalist Training with Allen Boynton
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Mount Rogers Naturalist Rally Backyard Edition iNaturalist Training with wildlife biologist Allen Boynton. Webinar.
New River Expedition 2018
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Our 4day/3night kayak expedition down the New River each summer! You can sign up for the camp here: blueridgediscoverycenter.org/new-river-expedition/ Many thanks to VA Department of Game and Inland Fisheries, Paddleyax Kayaks, Great Outdoor Provisions Company, Foster Lake and Pond Management, and private landowners for supporting this program!
BRDC Birding Trip to OBX!
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Blue Ridge Discovery Center takes a youth group on a birding trip to the Outer Banks, Pea Island NWR, Oregon Inlet, Bodie Lighthouse, Alligator River NWR, and Mattamuskeet Lake. We saw 85 species of birds including White Pelicans, Tundra Swans, King Rail, Nelsons Sparrow, Bald Eagle, Osprey, American Oyster Catchers and many more. We were also lucky enough to see a black bear and a red wolf! Th...
Primitive Technology - Galax After School
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Primitive Technology - Galax After School
Pumpkin chunkin catapult is on it's way!
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Pumpkin chunkin catapult is on it's way!
Flintknapping with Galax Enrichment Students
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Flintknapping with Galax Enrichment Students
Bald Eagle Nest discovered along New River in Grayson County, VA
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Bald Eagle Nest discovered along New River in Grayson County, VA
Bald Eagle along the New River in Grayson County, VA
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Bald Eagle along the New River in Grayson County, VA
Grayson Highlands, National Fishing in the Schools
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Grayson Highlands, National Fishing in the Schools
Or you are from the Ozarks... Its a first secession wood because it fixes its own nitrogen. You could also use Osage Orange which would also not rot, it also really doesn't get wood bugs either.
Where did you source your lumber? Thanks
Wish I could've heard the video. Interesting topic. I've been using locust wood for years. Appalachian Gold I call it. Beautifull flooring and tough as nails. No tougher actually. Doing experiments at home with end grain block flooring in round and square block. I've got coppias ammounts of seasoned cull fence posts and hop poles.
It’s rather prevalent here in Arkansas along with honey locust, nasty dangerous trees, but still have their uses, if you can control them.
Which would last longer in a four season region, non stained black locust decking or composite decking?
I know nothing of composite but would never ever use it. But I don't use any "manufactured" building materials. Except tar paper. Oh I'm a timber framer contractor. I have used locust for about thirty years. I'm removing some fencing of locust on my property that was installed 30 years ago and will save to recycle. I'll probably document and post on my channel. There is a video on there that shows a bull rescue a top a locust feed crib. If you can get locust wood for your project , do yourself a favor and do it. Like larch wood demand will increase and so will the price. I'm charging $ 2 a bf right now for locust and it was $1 dollar five years ago. Don't ask , I don't have any to sell, lol.
I’m looking to mill some of my locust, pre I ate your vid
Hi there, greetings from New Zealand, acacia melonoxolyn, we call it robinia here, you may not realize, it is and was a highly prized wood for bowmaking, by some your indian tribes and by current U.S. bowmakers. I myself am a bowmaker and have been trying to find it here for some time, anyway, I have just come across a guy here who has milled some and I'm looking foward to getting some and making a black locust(robinia) bow out of it, just thought you might be interested, Cheers..
You're talking about Blackwood. It's not Robinia. It's a completely different species and not associated in any way.
If I could ship it there cheap I would. It is heavy dense wood and being an oversized item it would cost a fortune. I have loads of this wood on my land. I selected a few specimens, but one has some especially thick early wood and should make an excellent bow.
Locust is my go-to wood for outside. I do a lot of handrails and bridges out of it. I want something that will last a while if I'm gonna put the time and effort into the craftsmanship of building something nice outside.
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Oops ...thought it was Mother's Day weekend....failed to see it started May 1. So glad you have recorded your info for us.
Dont suppose yall happened to record how many hellbenders yall found? Friend at Roanoke College here is doing research on em' and I've been trying to find a solid spot so we can get some field info
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