Walker Nature Center, 11450 Glade Dr., Reston VA Saturday, 18 May 2019 10:30 am-12:30 pm Ellanor C. Lawrence Park, 5040 Walney Rd., Saturday, 25 May 2019 10 am-12 pm Rain barrels purchased from retail sources can be expensive. As part of a regional initiative, Northern Virginia Soil and Water Conservation District offers build-your-own rain barrel […]
Photo (c) by Barbara J. Saffir Brion’s Grille 10621 Braddock Rd., Fairfax VA Saturday, 11 May 2019 8:30 am Thinking about the “wild” spaces in and around a busy metropolitan area can be difficult, but we are fortunate to have several wildlife refuges at our fingertips. How did these areas become protected and what’s next […]
Belle Haven Park, Alexandria VA Saturday, 20 April 2019 10 am – 12 pm Friends of Dyke Marsh, Secret Gardens Birds and Bees, and the National Park Service will “host” live raptors. Free. Learn more.
James S. Long Park, 4603 James Madison Hwy (Rt. 15) Haymarket, VA 20169 Parking: Old Library parking lot (first right past the horse field) Sunday, 28 April 2019 12-2:30 pm Join Elaine Wilson, one of the District’s pioneer/certified monitors and her team for a spring monitoring at this beautiful site in Catharpin Creek in the […]
Blake Lane Park 10033 Blake Lane, Oakton Saturday, April 27th 11 am – 3 pm You are invited for a day filled with fun! Family and friends are welcome. What to expect: Games for young and old. Nature walk by naturalist Laura Beaty of the Virginia Native Plant Society scheduled for 12 o’clock in the afternoon. […]
St. Dunstan’s Church 1830 Kirby Rd., McLean, VA Sunday, 19 May 2019 2-4 pm All are welcome to join our Fairfax Master Naturalist chapter for a brief chapter meeting, a chance to win door prizes, celebrate our Spring 2019 graduating class, and enjoy Christine Harris’s presentation on Permaculture Design. Bill Mollison coined the term permaculture in […]
Virginia Master Naturalist Continuing Education, for everyone! Thursday, 18 April 2019 12 pm Meeting Number: 673-006-772 Link to join: Join Webinar Link for recordings of this and past webinars: VMN Continuing Education Webinar page This webinar focuses on research to evaluate biological control options for the invasive tree-of-heaven (Ailanthus altissima). It is an invasive tree […]
Various locations Saturday, 1 June 2019 9 am-12 pm Each year, on the first Saturday of June, thousands of Virginians simultaneously descend on the rivers, streams, and beaches of the Chesapeake Bay watershed to remove harmful litter and debris. Thirty-one years strong, Clean the Bay Day is a true Virginian tradition and an annual opportunity […]
Mason Neck State Park 7301 High Point Rd., Lorton, VA 22079 Saturday, 11 May 2019 10 am – 6 pm (Bird walk at 8:30 am, must register) Don’t miss Mason Neck State Park’s 22d annual Eagle Festival! They’ll have live shows all day in the Main Tent, including raptors, reptiles and mammals. The Hartwell Children’s […]
National Wildlife Federation 11100 Wildlife Center Drive, Reston, VA 20190 Tuesday, 4 June 2019 and Tuesday, 11 June 2019 7-9 pm Field trip : 6 July 2019, all day, Outer Banks, NC Marine birds have feathers, and marine mammals breathe air. But in almost every other way, these ocean denizens bear almost no resemblance at […]