(MD) (DC) (Anacostia Watershed Society) The Anacostia River watershed is home to an incredible number of species, and it takes a village to get out there and document them. The goal of our Bioblitz is to educate the public about the watershed’s natural heritage and the use of the application is optional during our public events. The Bioblitz will be ...
(MD) (Anacostia Watershed Society) Join the Anacostia Watershed Society for an Anacostia River Discovery Series boat tour on the Anacostia River to explore the ecological and historical changes that have occurred in the river and in the communities around the river. We will have the opportunity to witness some of the restoration of river habitats and how it has caused ...
(MD) (Montgomery Parks) Join us for a sunset cruise aboard the pontoon boat. We’ll search for beaver lodges and feeding sites, and hopefully see some beavers! As the sun sets, we’ll use our bat detector to help us find feeding bats. Please register and pay for all participants. You may want to bring a jacket or sweater as it is ...
(VA) (Friends of Dyke Marsh) Join Deborah Hammer, an educator with Bat Conservation and Rescue of Virginia, and learn about our local bats. Walking will be minimal and this event is accessible for all. We will identify bats by listening to their echolocation, using sonar detectors If you have an iPhone or Android phone and would like to try one out ...
(Aldo Leopold Foundation) What do you see when you look at a rock? A mountain? A sandy beach? For geologists, they are surprisingly active figures in a long and tumultuous earthly history that is still unfolding. Learning to see this way, Bjornerud contends, is one key to becoming a better environmental citizen. Join us as geologist and author Marcia Bjornerud—author of Turning ...
