Welcome to the Augusta Springs Website


Welcome to Augusta Springs! We are an electronic commons created for volunteers and visitors to Augusta Springs, a popular U.S. Forest Service wetlands and conservation education center on the North River Ranger District, George Washington National Forest. The purpose of this site is to help students of all ages learn about the role that forests, particulary the National Forests, play in protecting and enhancing our most precious resource- clean water.

Volunteers are needed to lead learning stations for elementary students during the fall and spring semesters. Please consider the schedule below and visit our learning stations to view the assignments and resources we have ready for you when you volunteer at the site.

Finally, please consider adding your own content to the web site. All of us can benefit by what we learn and discover at the Wetlands. To learn about adding your own content, contact Sandy Greene (Sandy.Greene@va.nacdnet.net 540-248-6218 ext 3).


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A splendid dragonfly, one of the high school volunteers, at Augusta Springs






Directions:
Augusta Springs is 8 miles south of Buffalo Gap on Rt. 42. On your right, look for a US Forest Service sign with binoculars, which says "Watchable Wildlife". The parking lot pull off is 1/4 mile beyond that on the right.



Thank you to all the partners involved in creating this website and continuing efforts to bring students to Augusta Springs Wetlands: Dan Dunlap and National Science Foundation, Va Coop Ext and Jeff Kirwan, Sandy Greene with Headwaters SWCD, North River Ranger Dis. (USFS), Dpt of Game and Inland Fisheries (DGIF),VA Dpt of Forestry, Virginia Tech Department of Computer Sciences, Christina Issem, and Melanie Nichols.




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