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is piece is dedicated to the
memory and spirit of Morgan
Renea Funk, not a relation
but an inspiration, both to
me and to all those working
on behalf of wildlife and the
natural world.
A
by William H. Funk
6
Ron Messina
nno Domini 1666. While across the ocean
the Great Fire was leveling the wooden
London of Chaucer and Shakespeare, that
city's royal representative, Sir William Berkeley, His
Majesty's Governor of the sprawling Colony of Virginia,
dispatched a reconnaissance team of 14 settlers guided by
14 Natives to survey the unknown territory beyond the
thickly wooded Blue Ridge Mountains, then fully ablaze
in the splendor of autumn. Sixty years before Alexander
Spotswood and his fabled Knights of the Golden Horseshoe crossed over Swift Run Gap, these initial agents of the
Crown descended the steep western slopes and beheld an
Edenic panorama: a verdant valley laced with rushing waterways, cradled on the far side by a still greater mountain
range and stretching away to the northeast and southwest
as far as their eyes could follow.
Already the explorers could see that this lovely vale
was home to plentiful wildlife, with droves of mighty herbivores ranging the valley floor. Deer browsed the riparian
tree line and immense, shaggy wood bison grazed on lush
bunches of switchgrass and big bluestem. A sharp-eyed
Indian pointed out a pack of wolves lazing in the sunshine
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Virginia Wildlife Demo
Contents
Return of a Native: The Virginia Elk
Wild Light
Fly-Fishing Memories
Wild Rebound: A Tale of Golden Eagles
Amelia on the Appomattox: A Historical Retreat
Creating a Quail Quilt
Rattles Inthewilderness
A Quest for Snakeheads
“it’s Your Nature”
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Virginia Wildlife Demo - Return of a Native: The Virginia Elk
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Virginia Wildlife Demo - Wild Rebound: A Tale of Golden Eagles
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Virginia Wildlife Demo - Amelia on the Appomattox: A Historical Retreat
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Virginia Wildlife Demo - Creating a Quail Quilt
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Virginia Wildlife Demo - A Quest for Snakeheads
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Virginia Wildlife Demo - “it’s Your Nature”
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