The 2020 Spring class of Virginia Master Naturalists (VMN) graduated, finally, in a Zoom ceremony on Dec. 14. The 10 graduates from across northern Virginia are now prepared to conduct and participate in area environmental service projects and programs sponsored by the State-wide organization. An additional nine members of the class will complete their elements in coming months. Noting the “great resilience exhibited by the graduates,” Ron Grimes, Fairfax Chapter Vice President, commented on the numerous disruptions caused by the pandemic which extended the Spring class, intended to end in May, well into the Fall.
Graduates completed 12 three-hour classes in earth sciences, four day-long field trips to local parks, offered group presentations, and successfully completed a 100-question final examination to complete the course. Final certification as a Master Naturalist requires 40 service hours and 8 continuing education hours, normally completed within six months of course com
schumer had a better game plan than he did. it turns out that republicans let senator mcconnell handle things. the president kept out of sight this weekend. speaker ryan kept out of sight for the most part. i don t call that a pass. they won this round against the democrats. that doesn t mean the fight is over. but they were smart. go ahead, rich. david is underestimating paul ryan s achievement the past year. this is someone who seriously thought about whether he wanted to be speaker or not because the house majority was so dysfunctional it was border line ungovernable. and basically everything he set out to do he has done. he passed the obamacare repeal passed the tax reform. passed c.r. which as david appropriately says i think really helped put chuck schumer in a tough spot. because if republicaning hadn t got that on the house the whole thing would have been on them. instead they put the on us and senate democrats. on grimes, look he would. heart of hearts paul ryan is
passing the grimes bill? that s an interesting question. let s talk about it. rich lowry the editor of the national review. and the assist editor of washington post . senator lindsey graham is responding to the white house declaring that the graham/flake/durbin immigration proposal is dead and arrival. he told our reporter tonight. he said this. one thing i said say to the white house, you better start telling us what you re for rather than what you re against and in all honesty, the senate is moving. dotes he have a point rich lowry. yeah injury the white house needs to figure out how much is the value of the wall, which is an important political promise the president and how much is the value of things i would consider more substantiatesive and important immigration policy going forward. what. i would do the e verify system before the wall. where you have the employers make them confirm this their employees are legal. got it. which would help cut off the
instead they put the onus on senate democrats. on grimes, look he would. heart of hearts paul ryan is with lindsey graham not donald trump but he realizes as a working politician that the center of gravity shifted on immigration within the party after trump s victory. i ve got to get this question in because i want to switch to another important subject house intel chairman devin nunes drafted a memo aching the fbi of using surveillance tools against the president. democrats say it s misrepresenting the truth. nunes got access to classified information to write the memos with paul ryan s support. is ryan playing both sides of the fence here, rich? well, look, i m if favor of disclosure and information. so maybe this memo is as alarming as a lot of republicans say. maybe it s as empty as democrats say. let s see it and have open debate. on the whole russia think i want more facts more disclosure as much transparency as possible. david? yeah, i think transparency is best.