National Forest Appreciation Day at Pandapas Pond

National Forest Appreciation Day will be Saturday, June 27, this year. Native shrubs will be our topic. Parking is in the lower parking lot (next to the pond).

In 2017, our chapter president, Mary Rhoades, suggested to the mayor of Blacksburg that the town create a local event to promote the nearby Jefferson National Forest as a place to visit and appreciate. The mayor signed a proclamation (see attached) that the last Saturday in June is National Appreciation Forest Day.

NFA Day is a special educational outreach our Chapter hosts each year at Pandapas Pond.  We choose a different subject each year, and then put up a table and talk to whoever shows up that day and is curious to learn about our topic. Unlike other outreach efforts, it is not about promoting VNPS, and people who help out that day usually learn as much as our visitors do.  Some of our past topics have been:  Fruits of the Forest, Galls, insects and Ferns.