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February 2020
Potomac Valley Audubon Society’s Monthly Program: Habitat Stewardship Programs
Presenter: Katelyn (KC) Walters, PVAS's Land Manager PVMN Continuing Education Eligible This event is free and open to the public. Join us for the February monthly program where our land manager, KC, will break down PVAS’s Habitat Stewardship programs. The three programs, Grassland Birds Initiative, Protected Pollinator Patch, and Wildlife Habitat aim to help landowners learn about and implement best management practices on their own properties. She will cover the primary objectives of each program, the benefits of utilizing best…
Find out more »Winter Field Journaling
Field Journaling Guide: Joy Bridy Everyone is welcome to join this workshop, regardless of their journaling experience. However, registration is required; please register below. PVMN Continuing Education Eligible Do you love to walk the fields and trails and notice the details of buds forming on trees and perennials, footprints in the snow, or the pathway of the winter sun low in the sky each day? Join us at Cool Spring Preserve for a morning of field journaling, gathering these observations…
Find out more »Art Inspired by Nature Workshop: Ceramic Tile Carving
Class Instructor: Joy Bridy PVMN Continuing Education Eligible The Ceramic Tile Carving Workshop is open to the public, however, registration is required. Please register below. All materials will be provided and costs covered through the registration fee. Come to Cool Spring Preserve with some of your favorite things in mind (or join the field journal group before class) and carve a bit of the natural world into a 4.5” tile with guidance by Joy Bridy. Whether your imagination is captured…
Find out more »Eidolon Nature Preserve Volunteer Workday
Join KC for a volunteer workday at beautiful Eidolon Nature Preserve! Bring your work gloves, a refillable water bottle and any accessories that will help you stay comfortable. PVMN Volunteer Service Hours Eligible Please register below so we know how many volunteers to expect. Registering also allows KC to contact volunteers directly in event of a weather cancellation! Fill out my LGL form!
Find out more »Yankauer Nature Preserve Volunteer Workday
Join PVAS for a day of service at Yankauer Nature Preserve! Bring your work gloves, a refillable water bottle and any accessories that will help you stay comfortable. PVMN Volunteer Service Hours Eligible Please register below so we know how many volunteers to expect. Registering also allows KC to contact volunteers directly in event of a weather cancellation! Fill out my LGL form!
Find out more »PVAS’s Public Program in Morgan County: American Chestnuts
Presenter: Mark Double PVMN Continuing Education Eligible This event is free and open to the public. The Potomac Valley Audubon Society welcomes Mark Double, President of the West Virginia chapter of The American Chestnut Foundation. Join Mark Double as he discusses the history of the American chestnut, it’s relation to the State of West Virginia and how to identify various chestnut species. Double also will discuss the three approaches being utilized by The American Chestnut Foundation to combat the chestnut…
Find out more »March 2020
Winter Tree Identification Field Trip
Winter Tree ID Field Trip Leader: Herb Peddicord PVMN Continuing Education Re-Cert Eligible This event is open to the public, however registration is required. Please register below. Join Herb Peddicord for a winter tree-identification field trip on the Ferry Hill Trail across from Shepherdstown. This is a family-friendly event that will teach you how to identify trees by such factors as their shapes, branching habits, twigs and buds, and bark. Participants will meet at 10:00 a.m. at Ferry Hill. Ferry…
Find out more »This Race is for the Birds Volunteer Workday!
Help PVAS prep the trails for This Race is for the Birds! Bring your work gloves, a refillable water bottle and any accessories that will help you stay comfortable. PVMN Volunteer Service Hours Eligible Please register below so we know how many volunteers to expect. Registering also allows us to contact volunteers directly in event of a weather cancellation or changes! Fill out my LGL form!
Find out more »This Race is for the Birds Volunteer Workday!
Help PVAS prep the trails for This Race is for the Birds! Bring your work gloves, a refillable water bottle and any accessories that will help you stay comfortable. PVMN Volunteer Service Hours Eligible Please register below so we know how many volunteers to expect. Registering also allows us to contact volunteers directly in event of a weather cancellation or changes! Fill out my LGL form!
Find out more »Master Naturalist Field Trip to the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Archives at NCTC
This event is a field trip offered for Certified Master Naturalists and students actively working towards their Master Naturalist Certification. PVMN Continuing Education Re-Cert Eligible Registration is required, limited to 20 participants and will close on Tuesday, March 10. The NCTC Archives has half a million objects that tell the centuries old history of wildlife conservation ranging from Rachel Carson’s typewriter to a black-footed ferret brought back from the edge of extinction. Mark Madison, who will be leading this guided…
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