Margaret Fisher, Plant NOVA Natives Are you seeking a groundcover that is both beautiful and friendly to the ecosystem? Try looking beyond the old standbys to the new trend in gardening circles: native Virginia plants. Bare ground in a garden is an invitation to weeds and erosion. The conventional landscaping solutions are either to pile […]
Do you have a great idea for how to improve habitat for birds and other wildlife, but don’t have the funds to do it? Audubon Society of Northern Virginia has funds available that can help your idea come true. They have budgeted $3,300 for conservation grants for this year, and applicants may apply for all […]
National Wildlife Federation 11100 Wildlife Center Drive, Reston, VA 20190 Thursday, 9 May 2019 7-9 pm Join the Audubon Society of Northern Virginia (ASNV) for a FREE workshop to prepare for the longest running annual spring bird count in this area. The class will include an overview of WMBD, the Lower Potomac River Important Bird […]
Photo (c) by Barbara J. Saffir Due to the weather and flooding this past Saturday, cleanups at four parks have been rescheduled to this coming Saturday, April 27. Over 100 volunteers are needed to finish up this year’s Fairfax County Watershed Cleanups with The Nature Conservancy and Fairfax County Park Authority. If you can help at any […]
Norma Hoffman Visitor Center, Huntley Meadows Park 3701 Lockheed Blvd., Alexandria Virginia 22306 Wednesday, 15 May 2019 7:30 pm FODM will host an informal social gathering at 7:00 p.m. before the event. Join the Friends of Dyke Marsh to hear Geoffrey Sanders, a National Park Service (NPS) biologist, give a presentation on the impact of sea […]
Localities, pond management personnel and the general public are asked to look for a new species of Water Chestnut (genus Trapa) recently found in the Potomac Watershed. It has been spreading since 1995 so you may have already encountered this floating aquatic vegetation growing over the surface of a pond, lake or other fresh waterbody. […]
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 […]