Photo: Ana Ka’Ahanui Saturday, November 2 9:30 AM -12.30 PM 8814 Jeffery Road, Great Falls, VA 22066 Want to become a volunteer at Riverbend Park or Scott’s Run? Attend the Fall Volunteer Orientation to learn about opportunities, projects, and events. Positions for Animal Care Volunteers and Program Volunteers are currently open! If you want to get […]
Photo: Lori Scheibe November 22, 2019 9:00 am – 02:00 pm Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute 1500 Remount Road, Front Royal, Virginia Category: Workshops Join Virginia Working Landscapes for an informative workshop to learn how to optimize your property to promote habitat for native biodiversity through our coldest winter months! The morning will include lectures from: […]
Photo: Ana Ka’Ahanui From President Joe Gorney to Chapter Members, As a volunteer organization, our chapter succeeds based on the collective efforts of many people participating in an array of service activities. The same is true of the management of our chapter. At the end of this year, we will have a significant number of people […]
Clean-up events run throughout the Fall at park locations around the county. The sites include: Saturday, October 5: Ossian Hall Park, 8-11 am Saturday, October 12 Huntley Meadows Park, 9-11:30 am Lake Accotink Park, 9 am-noon Lake Fairfax Park, 9 am-noon Riverbend Park, 10 am-noon Scott’s Run Nature Preserve, 9-11:30 am Friday, October 18: Providence […]
From David B. Spears, State Geologist to Va Master Naturalists Virginia Master Naturalists, Since 1998, the American Geosciences Institute (AGI) has sponsored earth science week (ESW) during the month of October (www.earthscienceweek.org). This year, earth science week will be October 13-19. The theme of this year’s event is “Geoscience is for Everyone”, an exciting theme […]
From Laura DeWald, Forest Genetics Specialist: I am at the University of Kentucky (Dept. Forestry and Natural Resources), where I am developing a genetics improvement program for white oak (Quercus alba) to address sustainability of the white oak resource into the future. The eventual goal of the project is to have a sustainable supply of […]
Jerry Nissley On September 11, 2019, Friends of Dyke Marsh (FODM) hosted speaker Will Hershberger, co-author of The Songs of Insects (2007). The evening presentation was given in the visitor’s center at Huntley Meadows Park, followed by a night walk through Huntley Meadow’s woods and wetland to actually hear the calls, chirps, tics, and trills […]
Marilyn Kupetz So the bare facts are these: Harriet is a wood turtle (Glyptemys insculpta) who lives in a terrarium at Riverbend Park. Roughly 10 inches long beak to tail, she has the brown eyes of a female and “a rough carapace and pyramid-like raised scutes” (Abugattas, 2017, p. 42). She’s of a certain age, but […]
Rare Center for Behavior and the Environment 1310 N. Courthouse Road, Suite 110, Arlington, VA, 22201 Email: [email protected] Phone: 703.522.5070 October 16 & 17, 2019 9:00 am–5:00 pm Register now Want the key to unlocking greater impact from your environmental programs? Environmental and conservation organizations have deep expertise in the natural sciences. But if human […]
Jerry Nissley When is a jewel not a gem? When it’s a weed—at least that’s what I thought at first. Alas, the common jewelweed. So what, then? Jewelweed is a common widespread plant that occurs in most moist, semi-shady areas throughout northern and eastern North America. Some people may call it an invasive native plant. […]