Photo: Janet Quinn, Invasive plants Saturdays, July 16 and 30, August 13 and 27, 2022 9:00-11:00am Dyke Marsh, Alexandria Haul Road Trail directions and parking information – click here. (GPS coordinates: 38.777739, -77.050540) For more events and information click here. Help protect native plants by pulling and clipping invasive plants. FODM will train volunteers to identify […]
Photo: Courtesy of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service Saturdays July 16 and 23, 2022 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM Eakin Park 8515 Tobin Road, Annandale 22003 For more information and to sign up click here. Help with habitat restoration by removing exotic invasive species from the trees and ground within this neighborhood park.
Photo: Courtesy of Plant NOVA Natives, Mourning Cloak Butterfly Every Friday, April-October, 2022 8:30am-12:00pm Various locations: Meadowood Recreation Area10406 Gunston Road Lorton, VA, 22079 Occoquan Bay NWR13950 Dawson Beach Road Woodbridge, VA, 22191Metz Wetlands15875 Neabsco Road Woodbridge, VA, 22191Occoquan Regional Park9751 Ox Road Lorton, VA, 22079Registration is required, to learn more and to register, click here.Butterfly […]
Photo by Rick Reynolds on dwr.virginia.gov Saturday, August 13, 2022 7:30-9:30pm Blue Ridge Center for Environmental Stewardship, Purcellville 11661 Harpers Ferry Road Purcellville, VA 20132 United States + Google Map Registration required. Learn more and register here. Loudoun Wildlife Conservancy is excited to present Bat Night led by The Bat Lady, Dr. Susanne Sterbing, world-renowned bat expert and research professor […]
Photo: FMN Kate Luisa Saturday, August 6, 2022 8:00-10:00pm Izaak Walton League Chapter House, Leesburg 19237 Mountain Spring Lane Leesburg, VA 20175 + Google Map For more information and to register, click here. Join Dr. Adamski, PhD, member of the Department of Entomology for the National Museum of Natural History, for his presentation on these most abundant of all […]
Photo: FMN Ron Grimes Thursday, July 28, 2022 12:00pm For more information and to register, click here. This webinar is part of the Ask the Alliance series hosted by the Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay. Curious what birds are flying around your local landscapes? Emily Broich, Pennsylvania Green Projects Coordinator for the Alliance, will share how […]
Photo courtesy of the Fairfax County Park Authority Thursday, August 4, 2022 12:00 pm For more information and to register, click here. This webinar is part of the Ask the Alliance series hosted by the Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay. Bees are all the buzz. Join Savannah Lightcap, Green Infrastructure Projects Assistant for the Alliance, […]
Photo by J. Quinn Below is a list of Stream Monitoring Citizen Science, Workshops, and other monitoring opportunities in the area for July and August. *NVSWCD Workshop Pohick Creek Stream Monitoring Workshop When: Sunday, July 17, 10:00am-12:30pm Where: Hidden Pond Nature Center, Springfield This is the workshop site of a recently-retired stream monitor and is currently […]
Image: Courtesy of the Fairfax County Park Authority Latino Conservation Week is from July 16-24, 2022. Fairfax County will be celebrating the Latino community’s love of nature. Modeled after the Hispanic Access Foundation’s Latino Conservation Week, the Fairfax County Park Authority together with Providence District Supervisor Dalia Palchik, Defensores de la Cuenca, Northern Virginia Soil […]
Image: Courtesy of The Clifton Institute Saturday, July 23, 2022 9:00am – 3:00pm Where: The Clifton Institute 6712 Blantyre Road, Warrenton, VA Cost: Free For more information and Registration click here. Every year community scientists help count the butterflies in 15-mile-diameter circles all around the country and contribute their data to the North American Butterfly […]