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January 2020
C&O Canal Winter Bird Survey
Trip Leader: Bill Telfair This event is free and open to the public, however, registration is strongly encouraged. Please register below. For over 20 years, birds along the entire 185 miles of the C&O Canal have been counted. This survey, which had been coordinated by the District of Columbia Audubon Society, is designed to provide a snapshot count of birds present on the C&O Canal. Join Bill Telfair for this bird survey walk along a 3 miles stretch of the…
Find out more »Potomac Valley Master Naturalist Annual Meeting, Potluck and Silent Auction
The Potomac Valley Master Naturalist Annual Meeting, Potluck Lunch and Silent Auction is Saturday, January 25 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. The purpose of the gathering is to briefly conduct PVMN business, honor our new graduates, and recognize Master Naturalists who have achieved 5-year and 10-years of active membership as well as socialize with others and, of course, eat. Registering for this event helps us plan accordingly, please register below. **Bring a dish to share as well as your…
Find out more »February 2020
Winter Bird Walk at USGS Fish Health Lab
Trip Leaders: Christine Densmore and Beth Poole This event is free and open to the public, however, registration is strongly encouraged. Please register below. Join PVAS on a Winter Bird Walk at the USGS Fish Health Lab property! Our expert birders are offering regular walks at the Fish Health Lab property and are excited with what it has to offer! The size is not excessively large, but the bird species are diverse and the quality of the wetland is excellent.…
Find out more »Winter Nature Walk at Stauffer’s Marsh
Trip Leader: Steve Hartman This walk is free and open to the public, however registration is strongly encouraged. Please register below. Winter Nature Walks are an excellent way to get outside and enjoy some winter fresh air and Stauffer's Marsh Nature Preserve offers many treasures this time of year! Participants will meet in the parking area at the north end of the Marsh at 9:00 a.m. The Preserve is located in Back Creek Valley, one-half mile south of Shanghai, on…
Find out more »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 »‘Third Wednesday’ Bird Walk at Cool Spring Preserve
PVAS Trip Leader: Beth Poole This event is free and open to the public, however, registration is strongly encouraged. Please register below. Join Beth Poole on her regularly scheduled ‘Third Wednesday’ bird walk at Cool Spring Preserve. The trails at Cool Spring preserve have a lot to offer! From well maintained foot paths to gorgeous views, the preserve’s 12 acres is home to much wildlife. Please meet by 7:00 am in the front parking lot of Cool Spring Preserve, the…
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
PVAS Members Field Trip to the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Archives at NCTC
This event is a field trip offered for members of the Potomac Valley Audubon Society. If you are interested in becoming a member, there is an option provided in the registration form below. Registration is required, limited to 20 participants and will close on Tuesday, February 25. PVMN Continuing Education Re-Cert Eligible 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…
Find out more »Bird Walk at USGS Fish Health Lab
Trip Leaders: Karli Rogers and Doug Pifer This event is free and open to the public, however, registration is strongly encouraged. Please register below. Join PVAS on a Bird Walk at the USGS Fish Health Lab property! Our expert birders are offering regular walks at the Fish Health Lab property and are excited with what it has to offer! The size is not excessively large, but the bird species are diverse and the quality of the wetland is excellent. The…
Find out more »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 »‘Third Wednesday’ Bird Walk at Cool Spring Preserve
PVAS Trip Leader: Beth Poole This event is free and open to the public, however, registration is strongly encouraged. Please register below. Join Beth Poole on her regularly scheduled ‘Third Wednesday’ bird walk at Cool Spring Preserve. The trails at Cool Spring preserve have a lot to offer! From well maintained foot paths to gorgeous views, the preserve’s 12 acres is home to much wildlife. Please meet by 7:00 am in the front parking lot of Cool Spring Preserve, the…
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…
Find out more »Early Spring 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 early spring sun low in the sky each day? Join us at Cool Spring Preserve for a morning of field journaling, gathering these…
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 »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
This is our 19th Annual "This Race is for the Birds"! Please visit www.raceforthebirds.org to register and find further information. This Race is for the Birds offers a professionally timed 10K run, 5K walk/run and a free kids' fun run. Race for the Birds is excited for participants to once again experience Broomgrass’s beautiful trails. The gorgeous property offers a fantastic fit for our community of runners and walkers. Participants will follow the non-technical course along gently rolling trails, gravel…
Find out more »April 2020
Exploring Nature through Expressive Arts Workshop
Workshop Instructor: Susan Loonsk PVMN Continuing Education Eligible This workshop is open to the public and no prior meditation or art making experience is needed; however, registration is required. Please register below. Creative processes such as art can help us to understand and experience nature in a rich and meaningful way. Explore and connect your Inner Nature to the Natural World through Expressive Arts and nature-based activities. Concepts, Practices, and Projects will be rooted in Ecopsychology Principles. Even if you have…
Find out more »Potomac Valley Audubon Society’s Monthly Program: West Virginia Invasive Insects, Fungi, and Pathogens
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 insect pests, fungi and insect tree diseases, fungi tree diseases and amphibian,…
Find out more »Natural History Workshop: Birding 101
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 birding experts Wil Hershberger, Lynne Wiseman, Nancy Kirschbaum and Carol Winckler. An impressive collection…
Find out more »Spring Bird Walk at USGS Fish Health Lab
Trip Leaders: Heather Walsh and Doug Pifer This event is free and open to the public, however, registration is strongly encouraged. Please register below. Join PVAS on a Spring Bird Walk at the USGS Fish Health Lab property! Our expert birders are offering regular walks at the Fish Health Lab property and are excited with what it has to offer! The size is not excessively large, but the bird species are diverse and the quality of the wetland is excellent.…
Find out more »‘Third Wednesday’ Bird Walk at Cool Spring Preserve
PVAS Trip Leader: Beth Poole This event is free and open to the public, however, registration is strongly encouraged. Please register below. Join Beth Poole on her regularly scheduled ‘Third Wednesday’ bird walk at Cool Spring Preserve. The trails at Cool Spring preserve have a lot to offer! From well maintained foot paths to gorgeous views, the preserve’s 12 acres is home to much wildlife. Please meet by 7:00 am in the front parking lot of Cool Spring Preserve, the…
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 under 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 »May 2020
Potomac Valley Audubon Society’s Monthly Program: 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 »Spring Bird Walk at USGS Fish Health Lab
Trip Leaders: Karli Rogers and Beth Poole This event is free and open to the public, however, registration is strongly encouraged. Please register below. Join PVAS on a Spring Bird Walk at the USGS Fish Health Lab property! Our expert birders are offering regular walks at the Fish Health Lab property and are excited with what it has to offer! The size is not excessively large, but the bird species are diverse and the quality of the wetland is excellent.…
Find out more »‘Third Wednesday’ Bird Walk at Cool Spring Preserve
PVAS Trip Leader: Beth Poole This event is free and open to the public, however, registration is strongly encouraged. Please register below. Join Beth Poole on her regularly scheduled ‘Third Wednesday’ bird walk at Cool Spring Preserve. The trails at Cool Spring preserve have a lot to offer! From well maintained foot paths to gorgeous views, the preserve’s 12 acres is home to much wildlife. Please meet by 7:00 am in the front parking lot of Cool Spring Preserve, the…
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…
Find out more »June 2020
‘Third Wednesday’ Bird Walk at Cool Spring Preserve
PVAS Trip Leader: Beth Poole This event is free and open to the public, however, registration is strongly encouraged. Please register below. Join Beth Poole on her regularly scheduled ‘Third Wednesday’ bird walk at Cool Spring Preserve. The trails at Cool Spring preserve have a lot to offer! From well maintained foot paths to gorgeous views, the preserve’s 12 acres is home to much wildlife. Please meet by 7:00 am in the front parking lot of Cool Spring Preserve, the…
Find out more »July 2020
‘Third Wednesday’ Bird Walk at Cool Spring Preserve
PVAS Trip Leader: Beth Poole This event is free and open to the public, however, registration is strongly encouraged. Please register below. Join Beth Poole on her regularly scheduled ‘Third Wednesday’ bird walk at Cool Spring Preserve. The trails at Cool Spring preserve have a lot to offer! From well maintained foot paths to gorgeous views, the preserve’s 12 acres is home to much wildlife. Please meet by 7:00 am in the front parking lot of Cool Spring Preserve, the…
Find out more »Singing Insect Walk
Trip Leader: Wil Hershberger Registration is required and will be limited to 14 participants, ages 14 years and older. Please register below. PMVN Continuing Education Eligible Join Wil Hershberger, local insect expert, for an evening insect walk at Cool Spring Preserve. Listen and learn about all the various insects we hear in the summer and early fall months. Mr. Hershberger is co-author of “The Songs of Insects”, a book and audio CD published by Houghton-Mifflin Company. He is also the instructor…
Find out more »August 2020
‘Third Wednesday’ Bird Walk at Cool Spring Preserve
PVAS Trip Leader: Beth Poole This event is free and open to the public, however, registration is strongly encouraged. Please register below. Join Beth Poole on her regularly scheduled ‘Third Wednesday’ bird walk at Cool Spring Preserve. The trails at Cool Spring preserve have a lot to offer! From well maintained foot paths to gorgeous views, the preserve’s 12 acres is home to much wildlife. Please meet by 7:00 am in the front parking lot of Cool Spring Preserve, the…
Find out more »September 2020
Fall Bird Walk at USGS Fish Health Lab
Trip Leaders: John Young and Lynne Wiseman This event is free and open to the public, however, registration is strongly encouraged. Please register below. Join PVAS on a Fall Bird Walk at the USGS Fish Health Lab property! Our expert birders are offering regular walks at the Fish Health Lab property and are excited with what it has to offer! The size is not excessively large, but the bird species are diverse and the quality of the wetland is excellent.…
Find out more »‘Third Wednesday’ Bird Walk at Cool Spring Preserve
PVAS Trip Leader: Beth Poole This event is free and open to the public, however, registration is strongly encouraged. Please register below. Join Beth Poole on her regularly scheduled ‘Third Wednesday’ bird walk at Cool Spring Preserve. The trails at Cool Spring preserve have a lot to offer! From well maintained foot paths to gorgeous views, the preserve’s 12 acres is home to much wildlife. Please meet by 7:00 am in the front parking lot of Cool Spring Preserve, the…
Find out more »October 2020
‘Third Wednesday’ Bird Walk at Cool Spring Preserve
PVAS Trip Leader: Beth Poole This event is free and open to the public, however, registration is strongly encouraged. Please register below. Join Beth Poole on her regularly scheduled ‘Third Wednesday’ bird walk at Cool Spring Preserve. The trails at Cool Spring preserve have a lot to offer! From well maintained foot paths to gorgeous views, the preserve’s 12 acres is home to much wildlife. Please meet by 7:00 am in the front parking lot of Cool Spring Preserve, the…
Find out more »November 2020
‘Third Wednesday’ Bird Walk at Cool Spring Preserve
PVAS Trip Leader: Beth Poole This event is free and open to the public, however, registration is strongly encouraged. Please register below. Join Beth Poole on her regularly scheduled ‘Third Wednesday’ bird walk at Cool Spring Preserve. The trails at Cool Spring preserve have a lot to offer! From well maintained foot paths to gorgeous views, the preserve’s 12 acres is home to much wildlife. Please meet by 7:00 a.m. in the front parking lot of Cool Spring Preserve, the…
Find out more »Bird Walk at USGS Fish Health Lab
Trip Leaders: Vicki Blazer and Beth Poole This event is free and open to the public, however, registration is strongly encouraged. Please register below. Join PVAS on a Bird Walk at the USGS Fish Health Lab property! Our expert birders are offering regular walks at the Fish Health Lab property and are excited with what it has to offer! The size is not excessively large, but the bird species are diverse and the quality of the wetland is excellent. The…
Find out more »December 2020
‘Third Wednesday’ Bird Walk at Cool Spring Preserve
PVAS Trip Leader: Beth Poole This event is free and open to the public, however, registration is strongly encouraged. Please register below. Join Beth Poole on her regularly scheduled ‘Third Wednesday’ bird walk at Cool Spring Preserve. The trails at Cool Spring preserve have a lot to offer! From well maintained foot paths to gorgeous views, the preserve’s 12 acres is home to much wildlife. Please meet by 7:00 a.m. in the front parking lot of Cool Spring Preserve, the…
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