(MD) (Casey Trees) Join us as we care for young trees at Hyattsville Duck Pond! Your help with weeding, mulching and watering these vulnerable trees will give them a leg up in becoming an important part of our growing tree canopy. Also, learn more about tree maintenance and pruning. We provide all the necessary tools and supplies to care for ...
(DC) (Friends of the Mount Vernon Trail) We will be improving the trail near Trollheim Bridge/Theodore Roosevelt Island. This may include: Using pruners and loppers to cut vegetation Using hand saws to cut tree branches Sweeping or using a leaf blower Hauling away vegetation Picking up trash The work area is on the Mount Vernon Trail north of the wooden ...
(DC) (City Blossoms) Join City Blossoms in the Eastern garden! Tasks for this workday will include garden maintenance activities such as washing pots, weeding, and spreading soil and pathway mulch. Eastern is home to half our year-round, garden-based Youth Entrepreneurship Cooperative program. At the core of the program is a youth-led business called Mighty Greens. Through this business, Youth Staff ...
(DC) (Touchstone Gallery) Explore the November exhibitions at Touchstone Gallery with live music, wine, and art! In their solo exhibitions, Anne Stine and Gale Wallar both present bodies of work that relate nature and their connection to humanity. Stine's Call for Sweet Water reflects on local waterways and their rejuvenation and conservation, while Wallar's Ex Montibus Salus focuses on the altering ...
(VA) (Friends of Dyke Marsh) Join FODM for a bird walk every Sunday at 8 a.m. The Dyke Marsh Wildlife Preserve is a freshwater, tidal marsh on the Virginia side of the Potomac River in Fairfax County. It is a unit of the George Washington Memorial Parkway, U.S. National Park Service.
(VA) (Loudoun Wildlife Conservancy) Join Loudoun Wildlife Conservancy on a search for birds at the Algonkian Regional Park in eastern Loudoun County. This bird walk takes place each month except December. With extensive frontage along the Potomac River, its rich bottomland forests, extensive wetlands and grassy areas combine to make it Loudoun’s top birding hotspot. Bring binoculars if you have ...
(MD) (Nature Forward) Our fall birding series visit natural areas under an hour’s drive from DC where a variety of habitats – including field, forest, and wetland – provide good opportunities for the observation and ID of birds in autumn, On the earliest walks, we’ll hope to catch some southbound migrants – including those “confusing fall warblers.” As the season ...
(VA) (Four Mile Run Conservatory) Join us in collecting litter along the streambank of Four Mile Run, during our fall kayak clean-up events. Registration opens 2-3 weeks before each event.
