About Vickie Shufer

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.

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:

• Park Naturalist - False Cape State Park, Virginia Beach, VA
• Environmental Education Consultant
• Field Trip Leader/ Eco Tour Guide
• Speaker/Resource Person - Edible and Medicinal Plants
• Wilderness Skills Instructor - Plant Uses
• Wilderness Survival Program Leader - Virginia State Parks
  
  

Publications:

• Co-Authored The Wild River Guide to the North Landing River and its Tributaries, 2001, Wild River Guide to Dismal Swamp Water Trails, 2004, and Wild River Guide to Coastal Waterways, 2007.
  
• Editor/Publisher: The Wild Foods Forum newsletter since 1994.
• 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.