PVAS was recently featured in The Journal. Head to this link to read all about the exciting projects we have planned!
by K.C. Walters, Conservation and Land Manager New Year’s resolutions are so hard! Spring sprang, time slipped away from me, and I nearly ditched my greening blog. But fear not, I have not given up my primary objective of making small changes and taking steps toward being a few shades greener. These last two months I have given a lot […]
In case you haven’t heard the news, Cool Spring Preserve is now solar-powered. We welcome you to monitor our solar production through Solar Edge. Below is the backstory on how the solar panels came to be… On an ordinary December day, the extraordinary happened: Bill Anderson of Milestone Solar flipped the switch and made the Cool Spring Nature Center solar-powered! […]
by KC Walters, PVAS Conservation & Land Manager In recent years, my dad, grandmom and I have started taking a winter vacation. Last month, we flew to Wyoming, spent a few days in Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks and then went skiing in Jackson Hole. It was amazing! My camera was glued to my side as I scouted out […]
On February 27th, Deb Hale led a morning bird walk on Virginius Island in Harpers Ferry. Deb wrote the following report after the walk, which yielded many sightings. The report has been lightly edited. The promise of mild weather brought folks out this morning, but guess what? Despite the relatively late start time of 8:30, the cold air lingered, temps never […]
by KC Walters, PVAS Conservation & Land Manager When I was 16, I attempted to ferment food waste to produce ethanol as an alternative fuel. This project took me all the way to victory with a shiny blue ribbon in chemistry at the Virginia State Science Fair. Years later, I realized all I had produced was glorified moonshine. However, this […]
PVAS has a new app! Our new progressive web application (PWA for short) allows users to conveniently access our website from their phone, without opening a browser and typing in the web address every time. Use the PWA as shortcut to stay up to date with our calendar of programs and access other website features. Once the PWA is installed, […]
Alex Tsiatsos’s well-written and beautifully-illustrated article on birding with PVAS offers a glimpse into the allure of the practice. Featured are anecdotes of PVAS-affiliated birders like William Telfair, who has had a lifelong interest in birds and has taken birding trips around the world. PVAS is pleased to count bird walk leaders Christine Densmore and Beth Poole among the ranks […]
The Migration: September is here and the fall migration is about to start. Since August 15, newly eclosing monarchs were in sexual diapause, putting off reproduction until next spring. Some monarchs that eclosed prior to mid-August, were still depositing their eggs, but we are near or at the end of that generation This is probably the fourth generation of monarchs, starting […]
Our newsletter, Valley Views, is published 4 times a year. Our archive of newsletters is below, listed by most to least recent. Please note, the most recent newsletter is available to PVAS members only, as a member benefit. To become a member, please click here. Newsletters will be added to our website after publication for the general public. Valley Views Archive [...]
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