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Vickie Shufer has been living in Virginia Beach since 1979, conducting nature programs and working as a consultant to various state and local environmental agencies. She leads workshops and field training sessions for teachers, naturalists, and others interested in the outdoors as well as creating educational materials for public distribution. She is the editor of The Wild Foods Forum quarterly newsletter that is distributed nationwide and is the co-author of the Wild River Guide to the North Landing River. and Dismal Swamp Water Trails. |
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Educational Experience: Certified Instructor for the Virginia Department of Game & Inland Fisheries, 8/24/2003 Field Ethnobotany with Dr. James Duke, Humboldt Field Research Institute, Maine, 9/2000 Advanced Medical Botany Mini Course with Dr. James Duke, University of Maryland, College Park, 1/1997 Pharmacy From the Rainforest Workshop, Amazon, Peru, 10/1994 Virginia Wildflower Symposium Workshops, Wintergreen, Va. Virginia Association for Environmental Education (VAEE) Workshops Nature Scope Workshop Facilitator Training, National Wildlife Federation Project Wild, Aquatic Wild, Project Learning Tree Workshops Dismal Swamp Tour Guide Program Training, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA. Interpretive Training, 1980, Virginia State Parks. B.S. Degree in Outdoor Recreation, University of Louisville, Ky. 1979, emphasis on Nature Studies. Work Experience: Environmental Education Consultant Field Trip Leader/ Eco Tour Guide Speaker/Resource Person - Edible and Medicinal Plants Wilderness Skills Instructor - Plant Uses Publications: Editor/Publisher: The Wild Foods Forum newsletter since 1994 Co-Authored The Wild River Guide to the North Landing River and its Tributaries, 2001 and The Wild River Guide to Dismal Swamp Water Trails, 2004. Author of Wild Healing Herbs with excerpts from the Edgar Cayce Readings, 2004. Scientific Paper Presented and Published: Dismal Swamp Ethnobotany, Dismal Swamp Symposium, Old Dominion University, 1998 Developed trail guides, brochures and other educational materials for Hoffler Creek Wildlife Preserve Contributing Writer: "Your Backyard Classroom," Virginia State Parks Author/Illustrator: A Coastal Ecology Coloring Book, A Naturalist's Field Guide to Coastal Communities |