Photo: Huntley Meadows ducks by FMN Ana Ka’ahanui Saturday and Sunday, February 11-12, 2023 7:00 AM – 2:00 PM Where: To be Announced Members: FREE Non-members: FREE Registration required. The Winter Waterfowl Count is a citizen science effort organized by Audubon Society of Northern Virginia to track data about winter waterfowl. This survey complements the […]
Image: Courtesy of the NVSWCD Saturday, January 14, 2023 9:00AM Virtual Event Did you know that many (if not most) of our medically important antibiotics are derived from soil organisms? With antibiotic-resistant “super bugs” becoming an increasingly common and worrying problem, researchers are digging through the soil again in the hopes of discovering the next […]
Image: Courtesy of the Clifton Institute Saturday, February 25,2023 9:00 am – 4:00 pm The Clifton Institute 6712 Blantyre Road Warrenton, Virginia 20187 Cost: $30 ($25 for Friends of the Clifton Institute) Registration is REQUIRED Come dig a little deeper into Fauquier County (and beyond) in the 2nd annual Geology Tour guided by The […]
Image: Courtesy of the NVSWCD This spring internship position will support the Northern Virginia Soil and Water Conservation District’s (NVSWCD) award-winning spring outreach programs. NVSWCD programs reach thousands of people and have a deep impact on many youth and adults. The spring intern will support the volunteer stream monitoring and storm drain labeling programs, represent NVSWCD […]
Photo: Mason Neck Wetlands by Stephen Tzikas Wednesday, March 1, 2023 7:00 pm Online Zoom program Join the Friends of Dyke Marsh (FODM) on March 1, 7 p.m., for an online Zoom program, when Dr. Colin Rees, a zoologist and biodiversity expert, will discuss nature’s dynamics throughout the seasons in a freshwater tidal marsh. He […]
Photo: A Dyke Marsh inlet by Ned Stone. Help collect trash along the Potomac River shoreline and in Dyke Marsh on Martin Luther King Day of Service, January 16, at 10 a.m. to 12 noon. Register at https://forms.office.com/g/rPAPXU4DLV On January 16, go to one of two check-in stations: one near the Belle Haven Park south parking lot […]
Photo: Earth Sangha Join the Friends of Dyke Marsh (FODM) at 10 a.m. on these dates and help tackle invasive plants: January 7 and 16, February 4 and 18 and March 4 and 18. Meet at the Haul Road Trail entrance bulletin board. Bring water, gloves, hand clippers and a lopper, if you have one. […]
Photo: FMN J. Quinn, Huntley Meadows Park Wetland at Dusk Walk Saturday , December 17, 2022 4:15 – 5:45 PM Cost: $10.00 Activity details and registration information. Join park naturalists for a relaxing stroll through the park’s forest and wetland paths. Look and listen for wildlife settling down or waking up during the transition of […]
Image: Courtesy of The Clifton Institute Saturday, January 28, 2023 1-3 pm The Clifton Institute 6712 Blantyre Road Warrenton, Virginia 20187 Cost: $10 ($5 for Friends of the Clifton Institute) Registration is required! Winter is a great time of year to learn how to identify trees and to practice looking at bark and twigs. In […]
Image: Courtesy of The Clifton Institute Friday, January 27, 2023 7-8 pm Virtual event Cost: Free Registration is required! Join Executive Director Bert Harris to hear the latest on American Kestrel research. The researchers have been studying these declining falcons for two years and they have learned so much about the habitats the Kestrels use […]