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June 2022
PVAS Ambassador Training!
Earn your volunteer hours by serving as a PVAS Ambassador! Ambassador Training Hosts: KC Walters, PVAS Land & Conservation Manager and Krista Hawley, PVAS Adult Program Coordinator PVMN Continuing Education Hours Eligible This free, in-person training is to provide you with the inside scoop into all things PVAS and the tools you’ll need to host events, nature walks or represent PVAS at fairs and festivals. Upon completion of training, you will have all the resources available to help you confidently field…
Find out more »Wellness Walk at Shenandoah University Cool Spring River Campus
Wellness Walk Guide: Krista Hawley, PVAS Adult Program Coordinator This event is free and open to the public; however, registration is required. Please register below Let’s get outside and walk the trails together! We will explore a new venue for our June Wellness Walk. The trails at the Cool Spring River Campus are paved, wide trails that offer ample room for 'walking and talking'. Highlights of the morning will include a viewing of the great blue heron rookery as well as…
Find out more »Evening Bird Walk at the USGS Eastern Ecological Science Center
Trip Leaders: Karli Rogers & Cheyenne Simpson This evening bird walk is free and open to the public, however registration is required and limited to 12 participants. Please register below. Join PVAS on an Evening Bird Walk at the USGS Eastern Ecological Science Center property! Our expert birders are offering regular walks at the USGS Eastern Ecological Science Center property and are excited with what it has to offer! The size is not excessively large, but the bird species are diverse,…
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 required (if you can no longer attend, please notify adultprograms@potomacaudubon.org so that others may attend) 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 63 acres is home to much wildlife. Please meet by 7:00 am in the front parking…
Find out more »July 2022
Wellness Walk at Stauffer’s Marsh
Wellness Walk Guide, Krista Hawley, Adult Program Coordinator This event is free and open to the public; however, registration is required. Let's get outside and walk the trails together! With an eye on staying mentally and physically healthy, Krista hopes you will join her on her monthly Wellness Walks at the PVAS Preserves and beyond! If you have been wanting to visit the gorgeous pollinator meadow at Stauffer’s Marsh, July is the time! We will spend some time enjoying the…
Find out more »Mid-Summer Bird Walk at the USGS Eastern Ecological Science Center
Photo Credit, John Young, Research Biologist Trip Leaders: Vicki Blazer and Karli Rogers This event is free and open to the public, however registration is required and limited to 12 participants. Please register below. Join PVAS on a Bird Walk at the USGS Eastern Ecological Science Center property! Our expert birders are offering regular walks at the USGS Eastern Ecological Science Center property and are excited with what it has to offer! The size is not excessively large, but the bird…
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 required and limited to 15 participants. Please register below (if you can no longer attend, please notify adultprograms@potomacaudubon.org so that others may attend) 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 63 acres is home to much wildlife. Please meet…
Find out more »Morgan County Quarterly Program: Coexisting with Beavers; A Dam Worthy Challenge
Presenter: Alison Zak, founder of the Human-Beaver Coexistence Fund (HBCF) PVMN Continuing Education Eligible Everyone is welcome to join this free, in-person presentation. The Potomac Valley Audubon Society welcomes Alison Zak as she presents, “Coexisting with Beavers: A Dam Worthy Challenge”. Join PVAS for their Morgan County Quarterly Program. Alison Zak will discuss a little beaver ecology and behavior, a lot about the benefits beavers provide for people/other species/the environment, and most applicably, how to coexist with beavers! Alison Zak, M.A.…
Find out more »Singing Insect Walk at Cool Spring Preserve
Trip Leader: Wil Hershberger Registration is required and will be limited to 14 participants ages 14 years and older. PMVN Continuing Education Eligible Join Wil Hershberger, local insect expert, for an evening insect walk at Cool Spring Preserve. Listen and learn about the all the various insects we hear in the summer and early fall months. Mr. Hershberger is coauthor of “The Songs of Insects”, a book and audio CD published by Houghton-Mifflin Company. He is also the instructor of…
Find out more »August 2022
Wellness Walk at Blue Ridge Center for Environmental Stewardship
Wellness Walk Guide: Krista Hawley, PVAS Adult Program Coordinator This event is free and open to the public; however, registration is required. Please register below Let’s get outside and walk the trails together! We are excited to explore a shady new venue for our August Wellness Walk. The trails at the Blue Ridge Center for Environmental Stewardship are in great condition and offer plenty of respite from the sun on a hot summer day. The trail we will walk is about…
Find out more »Moonlight Hike at Cool Spring Preserve
Moonlight Hike Guide: Molly Hilldenbrand, PVAS AmeriCorps Volunteer This event is free and open to the public; however, registration is required. Please register below Celebrate the Full Moon with a Moonlight Hike at the Preserve! Let the full moon be our guide on the beautiful summer trails at Cool Spring Preserve. Join Molly Hilldebrand, PVAS AmeriCorps Volunteer, on a moonlit walk around Linda’s Loop. We will keep an eye and ear out for our busy resident beavers and perhaps a muskrat,…
Find out more »Summer Bird Walk at the USGS Eastern Ecological Science Center
Photo Credit, John Young, Research Biologist Trip Leaders: Bob Dean & Heather Walsh This event is free and open to the public, please register below. Join PVAS on a Bird Walk at the USGS Eastern Ecological Science Center property! Our expert birders are offering regular walks at the USGS Eastern Ecological Science Center 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…
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 required. 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 63 acres is home to much wildlife. Please meet by 7:00 am in the front parking lot of Cool Spring Preserve, the walk will last…
Find out more »September 2022
Wellness Walk at Cool Spring Preserve
Wellness Walk Guide: Krista Hawley, Adult Program Coordinator This event is free and open to the public; however, registration is required. Let’s get outside and walk the trails together! During the fall months, the trails at Cool Spring Preserve are teaming with a spectacular assortment of wildflowers. Goldenrod, Aster, Jewelweed, Ironweed, and more are the standouts in September. Join Krista Hawley, PVAS Adult Program Coordinator, on a walk around Linda’s Loop and enjoy some time on the Pollinator Path passthrough as well. With…
Find out more »Early Fall Bird Walk at the USGS Eastern Ecological Science Center
Trip Leaders: Lynne Wiseman & John Young This event is free and open to the public, however, registration is required and limited to 15 participants. Join PVAS on a Bird Walk at the USGS Eastern Ecological Science Center property! Our expert birders are offering regular walks at the USGS Eastern Ecological Science Center 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…
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 required and limited to 15 participants. 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 63 acres is home to much wildlife; including some very active Beavers which have been slowly altering the preserves land and water scape.…
Find out more »October 2022
Potomac Valley Audubon Society’s Monthly Program: Climate Change in our Backyard: An Introduction to USGS Research in Bullskin Run and Streams Across the Region
Presenter: Dr. Nathaniel (Than) Hitt, Research Fish Biologist at the USGS Eastern Ecological Science Center in Kearneysville WV PVMN Continuing Education Eligible This in-person program is free and open to the public. The Potomac Valley Audubon Society welcomes Than Hitt as he presents "Climate Change in our Backyard: An Introduction to USGS Research in Bullskin Run and Streams Across the Region". Join PVAS for their September Monthly Program where Mr. Hitt will address several topics, including but not limited to:…
Find out more »Fall Bird Walk at the USGS Eastern Ecological Science Center
Trip Leaders: Heather Walsh & Beth Poole This event is free and open to the public, registration is required and limited to 15 participants. Join PVAS on a Bird Walk at the USGS Eastern Ecological Science Center property! Our expert birders are offering regular walks at the USGS Eastern Ecological Science Center 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…
Find out more »November 2022
Fall Bird Walk at the USGS Eastern Ecological Science Center
Trip Leaders: Vicki Blazer & Beth Poole This event is free and open to the public, however registration is required and limited to 15 participants. Join PVAS on a Bird Walk at the USGS Eastern Ecological Science Center property! Our expert birders are offering regular walks at the USGS Eastern Ecological Science Center 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…
Find out more »December 2022
Early Winter Bird Walk at the USGS Eastern Ecological Science Center
Trip Leaders: Christine Densmore & Beth Poole This event is free and open to the public, registration is required and limited to 15 participants. Join PVAS on a Bird Walk at the USGS Eastern Ecological Science Center property! Our expert birders are offering regular walks at the USGS Eastern Ecological Science Center 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…
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