Article and photo by Sarah Mayhew As part of FMN Chapter Project at Mason Neck State Park, FMN budgeted funds in 2023 to assist the Park maintain its pollinator gardens. The Park requested that we use the funds to purchase equipment that will assist with that mission. We delivered a gorilla garden cart, a Stihl battery-operated weed […]
Photo of Wild Rice by Mr. Nelson DeBarros Sunday, March 3, 2023 3:00 PM No registration is required. This is an in-person program (no remote option). Join this presentation on the native plants of Northern Virginia’s freshwater tidal marshes by Nelson DeBarros, a vegetation ecologist with the Fairfax County Park Authority. The talk will cover several […]
Photo: FMN Margaret Fisher, Trees being engulfed by invasive plants Various dates and times Various locations Join these efforts to remove invasive species, repair trails, and otherwise beautify natural spaces! Visit the links below to learn more. Invasive Plant Removal & Native Plant Rescues – Friends of Accotink Creek – various dates and locations Invasive Plant Removal – Friends […]
Photo: FMN Jennifer Pradas, Pollinator garden Wednesday, February 14 & Thursday, February 15, 2024 9:00 am – 3:50 pm In-Person OR Virtually, via Zoom In-Person Tickets: $100/day or $180 for a 2-day ticket (includes light breakfast, lunch, afternoon snack and all-day hot beverage service) Virtual Tickets: $55/day or $100 for a 2-day ticket (includes access to […]
Image: Courtesy of the Clifton Institute February 22, 2024 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm **This is a virtual program** FREE Registration is REQUIRED. As mostly visual creatures, we often take sound for granted, but there is a whole incredible world of vibrations going on around us. In this Zoom program, Co-Director Eleanor Harris, Ph.D., will explain how […]
Image: Courtesy of The Clifton Institute February 13, 2024 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm The Clifton Institute 6712 Blantyre Rd Warrenton, VA 20187 FREE Registration is REQUIRED. Once a year, salamanders leave their homes in the woods and head toward vernal pools, temporary ponds created by spring rains and melting winter snow. The conditions must be just […]
Image: Courtesy of The Clifton Institute February 3, 2024 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm The Clifton Institute 6712 Blantyre Rd Warrenton, VA 20187 FREE Registration is REQUIRED. Cost: Free! iNaturalist is a powerful tool for people to learn about nature and to contribute to science, but there are lots of people who are not sure how to use […]
Photo: William Young, Great Horned Owlet February 8, 2024 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM Virtual Seminar ASNV Member ticket: $15 (Non-member ticket: $20) Registration details Most birds have some growing up to do before they start to breed. Despite reaching full size within weeks or months of hatching, some species will not raise offspring for […]
Photo: FMN Jerry Nissley Thursday, January 25, 2024 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM Virtual Presentation FREE, but registration is required! Join Greg Butcher, Audubon Society of Northern Virginia (ASNV) board member and retired migratory species coordinator for the U.S. Forest Service International Programs, for an introduction to waterfowl identification. Get to know many of […]
Photo by FMN Ana Ka’ahanui. Saturday, February 3, 7:00 AM – Sunday, February 4 – 2:00 PM Various locations FREE, but registration is required! The Winter Waterfowl Count is a citizen science effort organized by Audubon Society of Northern Virginia (ASNV) to track data about winter waterfowl. This survey complements the Christmas Bird Count, and […]