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By SHARON KILPATRICK
Rappahannock News Staff Writer
When Rappahannock County decided to employ a gypsy moth coordinator to participate in a federal study, it was lucky to find Mary Dobrovir.
Mrs. Dobrovir, with a bachelor’s degree in biology from Brynn Mawr, a master’s degree in genetics from Indiana University, and experience working with the* Agency for International Development on environmental projects, had moved to Rappahannock County with her husband William to be nearer to their horses, which were boarded here for foxhunting with the Rappahannock Hunt.
Since coming, besides building a house, she got involved with a neighbor in studying and banding kestrels (sparrow hawks). When she saw the advertisement for the gypsy moth coordinator, Mrs. Dobrovir said, it job sounded like yet another opportunity close to home which would take advantage of her background.
Only the southern third of the county is included in the federal Appalachian Integrated Pest Management study, Mrs. Dobrovir explained. The project, which is designed to study the migration of the gypsy moth on its journey south, covers the Appalachian area of Virginia and West Virginia.
She is not sure why the rest of the county was left out, but she is grateful that she isn’t responsible for the entire county. After a day of training in Harrisonburg, she was ready to do her part for the AIPM field study.
Using three of the U. S. Geological Survey maps which covered the
See DOBROVIR, p. 16
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