Weed Warrior Workday at Sligo Creek
(MD) (Montgomery Parks) Join Montgomery Parks & Friends of Sligo Creek at a volunteer park cleanup & weed warrior workday! Help beautify your community green spaces and save the trees! Ages 16 +
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Sligo Creek Stream Valley Park Silver Spring, MD, United States
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Habitat Restoration at Gulf Branch
Gulf Branch Nature Center & Park 3608 Military Rd, Arlington, VA, United States(VA) (Arlington Parks) Join us at Gulf Branch to Improve habitat, meet fellow do-gooders, get exercise, and learn about native plants and wildlife all while making a difference in the great outdoors! Adults, teens, and families ages 8 and up. If you have your own garden gloves and tools, please bring them along. Ages 9 and up.
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Mussel Maintenance with AWS
Bladensburg Waterfront Park 4601 Annapolis Rd, Blaidensburg, MD, United States(MD) (Anacostia Watershed Society) Help AWS maintain freshwater mussel baskets at the Bladensburg Waterfront Park. During this workday we will be counting and organizing hatchery-raised mussels in culturing baskets as well as cleaning and maintaining the baskets. In 2018 AWS started this mussel propagation project to enhance populations and increase their water filtration capacity to help clean the Anacostia River. ...
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Summer Bird Walk at the Arboretum
US National Arboretum 3501 New York Ave NE, Washington DC, United States(DC) (Friends of the National Arboretum) Join us for a summer bird walk through the U.S. National Arboretum led by experienced guides from the DC Bird Alliance. The Arboretum's 451 acres of green space provide a unique ecosystem within the city to find a variety of birds. On this bird walk, you'll not only spot birds — you'll also learn ...
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Beatrix Farrand’s Dumbarton Oaks
Dumbarton Oaks Park Lover's Lane and R Street NW, Washington, DC, United States(DC) (National Park Service) Beatrix Farrand is considered the first commercially successful woman landscape architect in the United States. Dumbarton Oaks Park in Georgetown is one of her enduring legacies. Come explore her creation with park rangers and learn how her design philosophy and unique vision helped shape this landscape, how that vision was nearly lost, and how the NPS ...
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Invasive Plant Removal at Piney Branch
Piney Branch Oasis 3499 Mt Pleasant St NW, Washington, United States(DC) (Rock Creek Conservancy) Join Rock Creek Conservancy, the National Park Service, and Weed Warrior Leader, Keith Krosinsky for this invasive plant removal restoration event in Rock Creek Park. Invasive plants are a major threat to our fragile forests, and stopping their spread helps allow native plants to thrive in the understory.
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Sound Mapping at Rock Creek Park
Rock Creek Nature Center 5200 Glover Rd NW, Washington, United States(DC) (National Park Service) Slow down and experience the park in a whole new way! In this fun, hands-on activity for kids and adults, participants will create a sound map by using their sense of hearing to explore the natural world. Listen for birds, insects, rustling leaves, flowing water, and other sounds that reveal what's happening around you. By focusing on listening ...
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Art in Nature: Journaling for Kids
Locust Grove Nature Center 7777 Democracy Blvd, Bethesda, MD, United States(MD) (Montgomery Parks) Kids love being out in nature and through journaling they can learn how to connect with nature even more. Join a naturalist to learn how to truly observe nature around you and how to get those observations and thoughts on paper. After a guided session, you will have the opportunity to create a nature journal entry on ...