Saturday, 10 March from 3.00 – 5.00 pm Pohick Regional Library 6450 Sydenstricker Road, Burke, VA Come learn how a favorite songbird, the Eastern Bluebird, lives and breeds right in our community and how volunteers have helped this bird come back. There are about 80 bluebird trails which house at least three bluebird houses each, […]
Thursday, 8 March, 7-9 pm Dolley Madison Library, 1244 Oak Ridge Ave, McLean, VA 22101 Sponsored by the Virginia Native Plant Society, this program is free and open to the public. Rod Simmons is a plant ecologist, with a background in biology and geology, who has extensively surveyed the flora and natural communities of the mid-Atlantic region, […]
Saturday Feb 24, Kutner Park – 1-2.30pm – 3901 Jermantown Rd, Fairfax, VA 22030 (Sign up here: https://www.meetup.com/Accotink/events/247996570/ Monday, Feb 26, Old Colchester Park – 9.30am-12pm – 10721 Old Colchester Rd, Mason Neck, VA 22079 (200 feet before the entrance gate to the Fairfax Yacht Club) Sign up here: https://www.meetup.com/Accotink/events/247997608/ Vernal pools are seasonal wetlands, […]
Learn about the behavior of Canada geese, effective goose management techniques (egg oiling, border collies, exclusion techniques), community case studies and regulations. Volunteers should plan to make a commitment to survey a minimum of one park during the egg laying season. Thursday, 8 March 2018 10-11.30 am Fairfax County Animal Shelter Training Room Limited to 40 […]
Meet at the nursery in Springfield (6100 Cloud Drive in Franconia Park) at 10 am on Sunday, 18 Febrary. You’ll be spreading gravel, weeding and preparing soils for germinating woody plants. If it rains or the temperature dips into low 40 degrees, the workday will be cancelled. The Wild Plant Nursery is a resource for ecological […]
Saturday, 10 March 2018 9.15 am to 3.30 pm University of Richmond Ryland Circle Richmond, VA 23173 Building Number: Jepson Hall (Website Campus Map #17) Please join the Virginia Native Plant Society for a one-day workshop that celebrates Virginia’s trees and woodlands. The workshop will begin with a review of tree biology and ecology and […]
8-14 April 2018 Great Smoky Mountains National Park 10-16 June 2018 Southwest Virginia’s Balsam Mountains The Virginia Native Plant Society is planning two extended field trips for your wildflower viewing. Sign up for a heavenly week-long excursion – either in April, for a trip to the Great Smokies; or in June for a trip to Virginia’s Balsam […]
There are several volunteer opportunities coming up to help control invasive plants at Salona Meadows in McLean. Alan Ford, president of the Potomack Chapter of the Virginia Native Plant Society, leads the Saturday cleanups on the following dates: Feb. 17, Mar. 3, Mar. 17, and Mar. 31. Volunteers will work from 11 a.m. to about […]
The Virginia Association of Soil and Water Conservation Districts annually offers several $1,000 scholarships to graduating high school seniors for college study. The scholarships support studies related to natural resource conservation. Fairfax County students must submit their applications to the Northern Virginia Soil and Water Conservation District, which will select one student for consideration by […]
For over 35 years, the Virginia Association of Soil and Water Conservation Districts has sponsored a week long summer conservation camp in July for Virginia high school students on the campus of Virginia Tech. The camp provides a week of learning about Virginia’s natural resources from conservation professionals and university faculty. Youth Conservation Camp is […]