A compilation of videos created by Cultural History Fellow Barinaale Dube, exploring the lives of three different black and African American families on the Preserve.
Category Archives: Bull Run Mountains
Diary of an Entomologist; from insect identification to circulatory system exploration
VOF Entomologist, Meredith Hart, explores her trials and tribulations of insect identification, and covers some complex questions about insect anatomy.
Volunteer Highlight: Janis Stone’s account of volunteering and the gifts she has received in return
Janis Stone, Potomac Appalachian Trail Club Co-District Manager and dedicated Preserve Volunteer, shares her experience of volunteering in the Preserve and the knowledge she has gained about the natural world.
Insects, the Apocalypse, and Everything In General
VOF Entomologist Meredith Hart treats us to another bug-filled information session, touching on the global significance of entomological work and insect preservation
Filling in the Gaps; African American Genealogical Work in the Bull Run Mountains
A look into some of the methods of uncovering Black family history in Virginia.
Folk Life in the Bull Run Mountains: an Introduction to our Folk History Intern and her approach to studying an iconic mountain figure
Annie Mickum, a native of The Plains, brings her Culture and Media Studies background to the Preserve to research folk history, centering on the life of Jack Dawson.
Pulling Back the Curtain; An Introduction to the Cultural History Fellowship
An introduction to the Cultural History Fellowship and it’s fellow.
July Bug Love: Meredith Hart’s introduction to insects on the Preserve
The Preserve’s Natural Science Fellow gives an introduction to her project and a few of the insects that fascinate her so
2020 Brook trout reintroduction season closes with highest number of releases the Preserve has seen yet
Despite COVID-19 school closures, VOF Staff, teachers, and volunteers were able to safely coordinate the release of over 400 fish into Catharpin Creek
Bull Run Mountains to reopen on June 19
Preserve will continue to require social distancing under Virginia’s Phase One reopening plan in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.