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April 2020
Cancelled – Art Inspired by Nature: Japanese Stab Binding Field Journal & Printing with Plants
This event has been cancelled in an effort to stop the spread of Covid-19. We are working to reschedule for sometime in the fall. Instructor: Liz Goins PVMN Assistant: Joy Bridy PVMN Continuing Education Eligible This book binding workshop is open to the public, regardless of your experience; however, registration is required. Please register below. Join the Field Journal Group in a special workshop to make a hand-bound field journal with Charles Town book artist, Liz Goins. Each student will…
Find out more »Cancelled – Spring Field Journaling
This event has been cancelled in an effort to stop the spread of Covid-19. We are working to creatively continue ‘virtual group’ journaling and to reschedule this monthly gathering in the fall. Field Journaling Guide: Joy Bridy Everyone is welcome to join this group, regardless of their journaling experience. However, registration is required; please register below. PVMN Continuing Education Eligible With spring in full swing, do you love to notice the details of spring ephemerals in bloom, and the bright…
Find out more »CANCELLED – Potomac Valley Audubon Society’s Monthly Program: West Virginia Invasive Insects, Fungi, and Pathogens
Our April Monthly Program has been cancelled due to the Covid-19 outbreak. Presenter: Anne Wakeford PVMN Continuing Education Eligible This event is free and open to the public. The Potomac Valley Audubon Society welcomes Anne Wakeford as she discusses West Virginia Invasive Insects, Fungi and Pathogens. Invasive insects and fungi have impacted agricultural crops, killed native trees and are beginning to impact amphibians and reptiles. In this talk participants will learn about some of the most common crop insect pests, tree…
Find out more »CANCELLED – Natural History Workshop: Birding 101
This workshop has been cancelled in an effort to stop the spread of Covid-19. Classroom Sessions: Thursday evenings April 9, 16, 23 & 30. Field Trips: Saturday mornings April 11, 18, 25 & May 2. Registration is required, please register below. PVMN Continuing Education Eligible Birding 101 is tailored for beginning birders. It utilizes both classroom sessions and field trips to teach everything from bird identification and field etiquette to birding techniques and resources. The course is taught by local…
Find out more »CANCELLED – Spring Wildflower Walk at Yankauer Nature Preserve
This event has been cancelled in an effort to stop the spread of Covid-19. Wildflower Walk Leaders: Mary Duke, Wanda Miller and Kathy Bilton PVMN Continuing Education Re-Cert Eligible This two-hour walk is free and open to the public; however, registration is strongly encouraged. Join Mary Duke, Wanda Miller and Kathy Bilton, for a spring ephemeral wildflower walk at Yankauer Nature Preserve! This Wildflower Walk, which is held to coincide with the peak of the spring wildflower season, will offer…
Find out more »POSTPONED – Climate Watch Training
This event has been postponed in an effort to stop the spread of Covid-19. Please check our website calendar for a rescheduled date. Become a part of National Audubon's community science project, Climate Watch! According to the National Audubon Society's 2019 climate report 'Survival by Degrees,' two-thirds of North American birds are at increasing risk of extinction from climate change. Help build a better world for birds by joining Climate Watch to test and improve climate models. You can find…
Find out more »Spring Wildflower Walk
Wildflower Walk Leader: Rodney Dever PVMN Continuing Education Re-Cert Eligible This two-hour walk is free and open to the public; however, registration is strongly encouraged. Join Rodney Dever, President of the Eastern Panhandle Chapter of the WV Native Plant Society, for a spring ephemeral wildflower walk! Meet Saturday, April 18th at 10:00 a.m. along the C&O Canal, near the Route 34 (Rumsey) Bridge across from Shepherdstown, on the Maryland side of the Potomac River. Click here for the exact meeting…
Find out more »Bird Walk at Claymont
Trip Leader: Joette Borzik Meeting Location: Mansion entrance road, where a wetland meets the access driveway (please note: this is a different location than the Big Barn entrance road). Park in the parking area before the gate. Open to anyone with an interest. Free of charge, but registration is required; please register below. Join Joette Borzik for a bird walk at the historic Claymont Mansion property! Joette will lead a 3-mile walk looking for early migrants passing through our area,…
Find out more »May 2020
Weed Warrior Training
Be a PVAS "Weed Warrior"! If you want to volunteer at our nature preserves, but can’t make it to the scheduled volunteer workdays, this training is for you! Our Land & Conservation Manager - KC Walters - will lead the first PVAS Weed Warrior Certification training. Certified Weed Warriors will be given the knowledge and the tools needed to tackle invasive species at the preserves on their own schedules. Plus, they will be connected with other Weed Warriors to work…
Find out more »Mushrooms and Microscopy (Mycology) Workshop
Instructor: Dr. Laura Robertson PVMN Continuing Education Eligible The workshop is open to the public, however, registration is required. Please register below. Please join Dr. Laura Robertson for her workshop on mushrooms and microscopy at the Byrd Science Center at Shepherd University! This workshop will begin with a brief overview of mushrooms and fungi, including the general growth, appearance, and life cycles of fungi and some examples of interesting fungi. Participants will then observe structures of mushrooms and other fungi…
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