The Environmental Quality Advisory Council will hold its annual public hearing on the environment on Wednesday, January 10, 2018. The public hearing will be held at 7:30 PM in Conference Rooms 9 and 10 of the Fairfax County Government Center, 12000 Government Center Parkway, Fairfax, VA. All interested parties are encouraged to sign up to […]
The Potowmack Chapter of the Virginia Native Plant Society Saturday, November 18, 2017 10 am to 1 pm Fraser Preserve 101 Springvale Road Great Falls, VA 22066 VNPS programs are free and open to the public. Space is limited on walks, so please register at https://vnps20171118.eventbrite.com Join Margaret Chatham for a tour of the Trees […]
The Potowmack Chapter of the Northern Virginia Plant Society (http://vnps.org/potowmack) cordially invites you to: A Talk by Dr. Ashley Egan Sunday, November 12, 2017 12:30 pm to 3:00 pm Green Spring Gardens 4603 Green Spring Road Alexandria, VA VNPS programs are free and open to the public The Talk will follow a short business Annual […]
Cornell Ornithology Lab and The Nature Conservancy have joined together to create Habitat Network (http://content.yardmap.org), the first citizen science social network. Habitat Network is a citizen science project designed to cultivate a richer understanding of wildlife habitat, for both professional scientists and people concerned with their local environments. They collect data by asking individuals across […]
On November 15 the Friends of Dyke Marsh will present Dr. Kim de Mutsert, George Mason University’s Department of Environmental Science and Policy, who will give a presentation on the ecology and challenges of Hunting Creek. Dr. de Mutsert heads GMU’s research that monitors water quality and the biological communities in the Hunting Creek area. Her studies […]
The eighth annual RVA Environmental Film Festival (RVA EFF), to be held February 5-11, 2018, has started its planning. The week-long event will showcase films designed to raise awareness of environmental issues relative to all residents of our planet. As part of it, the RVA EFF Committee is pleased to announce that the Sierra Club Falls […]