Help celebrate our annual Ruth Ann Dean Memorial Birdathon by participating in the Top Birder Competition! Our goal is to raise funds for our Habitat Stewardship Programs while supporting a friendly birding competition between Matt Orsie, Bob Dean and Wil Hershberger. Sponsor your favorite “pro-birder” to help them earn birding privileges to perform at their best while they conduct a...
Help celebrate our annual Ruth Ann Dean Memorial Birdathon by participating in the Community Collaborative Count! Our goal is to, as a community, collaboratively observe and count at least 100 different bird species within PVAS’s four-county service area of Jefferson, Berkeley, and Morgan counties in WV and Washington County, MD. Here’s how to join the fun: Gather your team (you...
We still have trees and shrubs remaining from our Fall 2020 Native Tree and Plant Sale! PVAS Land and Conservation Manager, KC Walters, has been busy nursing a variety of native trees/shrubs for you to purchase and give loving forever homes! Click here for photos and more information about the trees and shrubs we have available. All proceeds from the...
Wil Hershberger – the mind behind songsofinsects.com – leads a Singing Insect Walk for PVAS each year. This year’s walk was held on July 31st at Cool Spring Preserve. Because attendance was more limited than usual due to COVID-19, and because Wil has such a way with words, we’d like to share his post-walk write-up: “We walked the northern portion...
May is Birdathon month! Help celebrate our annual Ruth Ann Dean Memorial Birdathon by participating in the Community Collaborative Big Day. This is a free community activity – though donations are always welcome – and everyone in our service area is invited to participate. Our goal is to, as a community, collaboratively observe and count at least 100 different bird species within...
This program has been cancelled in our efforts to prevent the spread of Covid-19. It may be rescheduled for late summer. Please stay tuned for further information. Join Griffin Bosserman, one of our Environmental Educator AmeriCorps, in this environmental writing workshop. Griffin’s passion for environmental writing was sparked during his time at college, where he focused on the “humanities side”...
This event has been cancelled in an effort to stop the spread of Covid-19. You Can Be a Hero of the Environment! Each year when students are home for spring break, we host “Passport to Nature” library programs at five different public libraries in Jefferson and Berkeley counties. This year’s theme is “Environmental Heroes.” Throughout the week of April 6-10,...
This event has been cancelled in an effort to stop the spread of Covid-19. Hero of Kenya – Wangari Maathai Each year when students are home for spring break, we host “Passport to Nature” library programs at five different public libraries in Jefferson and Berkeley counties. This year’s theme is “Environmental Heroes.” Throughout the week of April 6-10, children can...
This event has been cancelled in an effort to stop the spread of Covid-19. Hero of the Jungle – Jane Goodall Each year when students are home for spring break, we host “Passport to Nature” library programs at five different public libraries in Jefferson and Berkeley counties. This year’s theme is “Environmental Heroes.” Throughout the week of April 6-10, children...
This event has been cancelled in an effort to stop the spread of Covid-19. Heroes of the Oceans – Ken Nedimyer & Eugenie Clark Each year when students are home for spring break, we host “Passport to Nature” library programs at five different public libraries in Jefferson and Berkeley counties. This year’s theme is “Environmental Heroes.” Throughout the week of...
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