Thursday, January 21, 202112-1pmPlease register for the free event here. It will be recorded. Join Capital Nature and well-known local naturalist Alonso Abugattas, the Capital Naturalist, for a fascinating talk on trees during the winter months. Evergreens like American Hollies and the Eastern Cedar provide life-sustaining food and shelter for birds and other wildlife, and […]
Online Tuesday, February 23 – Saturday, February 27, 2021Register here. Taking Nature Black is an event, an opportunity, a time to pause for the cause. It’s a regional and national environmental lovefest. And it’s a Black healing, welcoming, organizing, celebrating, networking space. The theme is Call and Response: Elevating our Stories, Naturally! This year the […]
Photo from City Nature Challenge Invented by citizen science staff at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County (Lila Higgins) and California Academy of Sciences (Alison Young). The City Nature Challenge is an international effort for people to find and document plants and wildlife in cities across the globe. It’s a bioblitz-style competition where […]
Photo by CHUTTERSNAP on Unsplash Fairfax County Regional Science and Engineering Fair Online judging is scheduled during the week of March 13-20, 2021Register on the category judge website Mount Vernon High School, 8515 Old Mt Vernon Rd, Alexandria VATuesday, February 2 to Saturday, February 6, 2021Judges will have several days to review student videos, evaluating the work with […]
Want to connect with other environmental educators? The Virginia Association for Environmental Education (VAEE) is offering a virtual mini conference series! Each day will highlight one of Virginia’s different regions, seasonal changes, and the educators that work within that area. February 20 – Winter in the WestJuly 17 – Summer on the ShoreOctober 23 – […]
Photo and article by Plant NOVA Natives When developers build a neighborhood, they almost always add some shrubs against the foundations of the houses to soften the lines of the buildings. Just as they paint all the interior walls white, they use just a few conventional plant species for a uniform look until all the […]
Photo by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Wednesday, January 27, 20216:30 -7:30 pmHosted by the Great Falls Group of the Sierra ClubLearn more and register. Richmond-based journalist Stephen Nash has been looking into proposals to reintroduce red wolves, Canis lupus rufus, to Virginia. In the 1970s, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service caught the last […]
Reviewed by Michael Reinemer In the midst of an accelerating mass extinction where we are losing species much faster than science can identify them, this is an engrossing look at taxonomy, or how we organize life on earth. Yoon laments our disconnects from nature. A child living among the Indigenous Tzeltal Maya people in Mexico […]
Article by Joe Gorney; Photo by Ann Fossa on Unsplash The use of salt during the winter provides benefits, such as making roads and sidewalks safer and keeping businesses and services open. However, winter salt use also impacts the following: • Drinking water (which is especially challenging for people on salt-restricted diets)• Infrastructure and property (through corrosion)• Freshwater […]
Article and photos by Barbara J. Saffir (c) Don’t hibernate! Winter is for nature lovers. You can glimpse Bald Eagles nesting, self-heated skunk cabbage wildflowers that resemble Georgia O’Keefe paintings, perky kinglets that pop up their ruby-red crests when they’re excited, sly foxes hunting for a mate, and many other winter wonders mentioned below. It’s enough […]