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August 2019
Stauffer’s Marsh Nature Preserve Volunteer Workday
PVAS is seeking volunteers to lend a hand at Stauffer’s Marsh Preserve! PVMN Volunteer Service Hours We have some clippers but if you can bring any additional tools, it would be greatly appreciated! Please bring your work gloves, a refillable water bottle and any accessories that will help you stay warm and comfortable. 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…
Find out more »September 2019
Eidolon Nature Preserve Volunteer Workday
Join KC for a fun-filled workday at beautiful Eidolon Nature Preserve! PVMN Volunteer Service Hours Please bring your work gloves, a picnic lunch, a refillable water bottle and any accessories that will help you stay warm and comfortable. 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 »Natural History Workshop: Art to Earth; An Ecopsychology Workshop
Workshop Instructor: Susan Loonsk PVMN Contining Education Eligible Registration is required. Please register below. Join Susan Loonsk for this unique workshop where participants will engage in Ecopsychology concepts through nature and art activities. Students will experience many concepts of Ecopsychology by connecting self to nature through expressive activities. Participants can expect to gain an understanding of Ecopsychology ideas , and participate in guided meditations, earth walks and an indoor art project. This workshop is open to the public and no…
Find out more »The Monarch Alliance’s Fall Milkweed and Native Plant Sale
The Monarch Alliance (TMA) - a program of PVAS - has once again joined with Sunny Meadows Garden Center for their Fall Milkweed and Native Plant Sale. They'll be offering a variety of plants to attract Monarch butterflies and other pollinators to your garden. TMA will be offering four milkweed varieties this year: Butterfly Weed, Swamp Milkweed, Whorled Milkweed, and Common Milkweed. In addition to milkweed, there will also be a large selection of native plants and cultivars for sale.…
Find out more »September Field Trip to Native Residential Meadow
Field Trip Leader: Rita Hennessy PVMN Continuing Education Eligible Registration is required and limited to 15 participants. Please register below. Join Rita for an educational morning at her residential native meadow. Stroll around her meadow paths and learn about pollinators & butterflies as well as managing invasives. She will focus on the establishment of her meadow, the meadow cycle through the seasons and how it has evolved over the past six years. Rita’s property includes a two acre open meadow,…
Find out more »Monarch Tagging at Antietam National Battlefield
Co-Director of The Monarch Alliance, Sandy Sagalkin, along with NPS Ranger Chris Tawney will lead a Monarch butterfly tagging event. The Monarch butterfly's migration to Mexico began in early August, near Winnipeg, Manitoba. The migration peaks in our area the third week in September, so this is a perfect time for Monarch tagging! This is a family-friendly event open to everyone, although children should be accompanied by an adult. Participants should meet Sandy and Chris at the parking area near…
Find out more »The Potomac Valley Audubon Society’s Monthy Program: Vulture: The Private Life of an Unloved Bird
Presenter: Katie Fallon PVMN Continuing Education Eligible This event is free and open to the public. Join the Potomac Valley Audubon Society at our Monthly Program as we welcome Katie Fallon, vulture expert and author, for a fascinating presentation on the natural history and biology of the amazing vulture. Vultures are often overlooked, underappreciated, and unloved, despite the vital role they play healthy ecosystems. Worldwide, vultures are more likely to be threatened or endangered than any other group of raptor,…
Find out more »Monarch Discovery Day at Briggs Animal Adoption Center
PVMN Continuing Education Eligible This event is free and open to the public, however, registration is strongly encouraged. Please register using the form found below. September is the month that most monarchs will migrate through our region on the way to Mexico where they will spend the winter. The Monarch Alliance, a program of the Potomac Valley Audubon Society, is partnering with Briggs Animal Adoption Center to provide educational, hands-on Monarch events and tagging. This is a fabulous family event!…
Find out more »Stauffer’s Marsh Nature Preserve Volunteer Workday
PVAS is seeking volunteers to lend a hand at Stauffer’s Marsh Preserve! This workday will be led by volunteer land manager, Steve Hartmann. He will offer a pre-workday bird walk starting at 7am. PVMN Volunteer Service Hours We have some clippers but if you can bring any additional tools, it would be greatly appreciated! Please bring your work gloves, a refillable water bottle and any accessories that will help you stay warm and comfortable. Please register below so we know…
Find out more »October 2019
Potomac Valley Audubon Society Monthly Program: Is that a Sinkhole? Climate and Geology of the Eastern Panhandle; Focusing on Karst and Human Impact
Presenter: Jim Cummins PVMN Continuing Education Eligible This event is free and open to the public. The Potomac Valley Audubon Society welcomes Jim Cummins. Jim will present “Is that a sinkhole? Climate and Geology of the Eastern Panhandle; Focusing on Karst and Human Impacts". Mr. Cummins is an ecologist with a natural interest in natural and human history and how they interplay. His geographic area of expertise is the Potomac watershed. The Potomac River, the Appalachian Mountains and the Shenandoah…
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