Image: Courtesy of the Clifton Institute Friday, May 17, 2024 8:00 – 9:30PM The Clifton Institute 6712 Blantyre Rd Warrenton, VA 20187 Cost: FREE Registration is REQUIRED. Join the Clifton Institute for a night-time exploration of their trails and vernal pools while participants listen for frog calls, look for insects, and see what animals swimming […]
Image: Courtesy of The Clifton Institute, Box Turtles Saturday, May 11, 2024 1:00 – 4:00PM The Clifton Institute 6712 Blantyre Rd Warrenton, VA 20187 Cost: FREE Registration is REQUIRED. In 2022, The Clifton Institute started a research project to study what habitats Box Turtles use at different times of year. This will help inform researchers […]
Photo: Courtesy of ASNV, Garlic Mustard Saturday, April 20, 2024 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM Occoquan Bay NWR 14050 Dawson Beach Road Woodbridge, VA, 22191 This program is part of the Stretch Our Parks initiative, in partnership with the staff of Occoquan Bay National Wildlife Refuge. On Saturday, April 20, help remove invasive garlic mustard from […]
Photo: Carolina Wren, David Smith/Audubon Photography Awards Tuesday, April 23, 2024 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM Virtual Seminar ASNV Member ticket: $10 (Non-member ticket: $20) Registration required! Did you know you don’t even need binoculars to explore the big world of birds? Often it is faster and easier to identify a bird by its song […]
Photo: Courtesy of Fairfax County Park Authority Clean up Registration for the annual Fairfax County Spring Watershed Cleanup in partnership with The Nature Conservancy and Fairfax County Park Authority is now available at www.nature.org/fairfaxcleanup. This year’s cleanup will take place over several dates at over 20 Fairfax County Park locations. Nearly 600 volunteers are needed to help […]
Photo: Sycamores at Riverbend Park by Ana Ka’ahanui Thursday, April 18, 2024 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM Virtual Presentation ASNV Member ticket: $15 (Non-member ticket: $25) Registration is REQUIRED. Aquatic ecosystems in the Northern Virginia area are subject to a variety of stresses, most related in some way to urban/suburban land use. Professor Jones will […]
Tuesday, March 26, 2024 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM Virtual Presentation ASNV Member ticket: $15 (Non-member ticket: $25) Registration is REQUIRED. We’ve all heard amazing facts about bird migration—the long distances that birds travel and the ways that they navigate. But did you ever wonder how we figured all of this out? While working […]
Photo: Plant NOVA Trees Wednesday, March 20, 2024, 7-9 pm 7:00-9:00 pm No registration is required. Kings Park Library Conference Room 9000 Burke Lake Rd, Burke, VA, 22015-1683 Questions: [email protected] Come to this informative event to hear three experts in the field talking about tree care. Information tables will be set up to visit before and […]
Saturday, March 9, 2023 9 am Free Speaker: Sam Hoadley, the Manager of Horticultural Research at Mt. Cuba Center Registration required. Join Sam Hoadley, the Manager of Horticultural Research at Mt. Cuba Center, as he highlights knockout native species and cultivars from their trials. Top performers and favorites of Monarda, Phlox, Echinacea, wild hydrangea, Carex represent some of the best native plants for […]
Photo: FMN Janet Quinn, Hidden Pond stream monitoring *NVSWCD Workshop* Wolftrap Creek Stream Monitoring Workshop When: Saturday, March 2, 9:00am-12:00pm Where: Wolftrap Creek Stream Valley Park/Foxstone Park, Vienna Join NVSWCD for our first stream monitoring workshop of the spring season. This site features a small, shallow stream which usually has a good number of beetles. […]