Photo: By FMN Jerry Nissley, Hidden Oaks Nature Center The Hidden Oaks Nature Center staff are looking for volunteers to fill these two positions. Volunteer on Duty – Weekdays and Sundays If you love nature and enjoy talking to people, consider volunteering at Hidden Oaks Nature Center’s front desk. You will welcome visitors, orient them […]
Photo by Kit Sheffield, The floodplain at Riverbend Park gets a different mix of species from the upland areas. Tuesday, March 25, 2025 11:00am – 1:30pm Virtual Webinar is free but registration is required. Discover how communities across Northern Virginia are transforming their parks through powerful community-government collaborations. This program is presented by Northern Virginia […]
Photo: Hudsonian Godwit – David Seidensticker/Audubon Photography Awards Tuesday, March 18, 2025 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM Virtual FEE: $15 member; $25 non-member REGISTRATION Event Sponsored by the Northern Virginia Bird Alliance (NVBA) Between 2019 and 2022, the speaker completed five field trips in search of Hudsonian Godwits. Beehler visited stop-over sites through the Great […]
PHOTO: Osprey, Doug German/Audubon Photography Awards Tuesday, March 11, 2025 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM Virtual FREE TICKETS Ospreys are a fish-eating bird of prey that can be found all over the world. Did you know that the osprey is one of the greatest environmental success stories? Osprey numbers crashed in the early 1950s […]
Photo: Courtesy of Plant NOVA Natives: Aromatic Aster, Muhly Grass, Rough Goldenrod Saturday, March 29th, 2025 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM PAY WHAT YOU CAN REGISTRATION (The suggested registration cost is $95 (or $76 for FONA members), but please pay what you can to attend starting at $50.) U.S. National Arboretum Washington, D.C. Dear […]
Photo Courtesy of the Virginia Master Naturalist Program Article by FMN Debbie McDonald As a member of our Fairfax Master Naturalist Chapter, and the Dean’s Advisory Council for the College of Natural Resources and Environment at Virginia Tech, I am excited to share an easy and incredible program to support our Virginia Master Naturalist program […]
Photo: Courtesy of Northern Virginia Bird Alliance, Spotted Salamander Thursday, February 27, 2025 7:00pm – 8:00pm EST Virtual Event Tickets $10.00 Members of the NVBS; $29.00 Non-NVBA Members (General Public) Registration here. Presentation of the Northern Virginia Bird Alliance (NVBA) Spotted Salamander by Judy Gallagher This talk will cover the common species in Northern Virginia […]
Image Courtesy of the Northern Virginia Bird Alliance Thursday, January 30, 2025 7:00pm – 8pm EST Virtual Event Tickets $15.00 Members of the NVBS; $25.00 Non-NVBA Members (General Public) Registration here. Presentation of the Northern Virginia Bird Alliance (NVBA) Birds are visible, vocal sentinels that alert us to environmental harms through their declining numbers or […]
Saturday, April 12, 2025 9:00 am to 4:00 pm Town Hill Colonial Avenue &, Washington Ave, Colonial Beach, VA 22443 Photo: Courtesy of the National Park Service, Osprey Virginia Osprey Festival in Colonial Beach The 7th Annual Virginia Osprey Festival in Colonial Beach, hosted by the Virginia Osprey Foundation will be held on Saturday, April […]
Image: Courtesy of the Winter Symposium & CVNLA Short Course Wednesday, February 12 & Thursday, February 13, 2025 9:00 am – 3:55 pm In-Person OR Virtually, via Zoom Click here for more session information and ticket/registration details. Presented by Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden, Central Virginia Nursery and Landscape Association, and Virginia Cooperative Extension Explore […]