(VA) (Potomac Conservancy) Join Potomac Conservancy and Latino Outdoors for Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service trash cleanup at Daingerfield Island/Four Mile Run Park (VA). Make a huge difference for the Potomac River as we turn to the water for a safe, healthy place to recreate outdoors and celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. legacy.
(MD) (Montgomery Parks) Want to join the 45 million other bird-watching Americans, but don’t know where to start? We’ll start with the basics of bird identification and go over how to select and use binoculars. Then we’ll go do some birding! If you have your own binoculars, please bring them along. And be sure to dress for the weather. Meet ...
(MD) (Montgomery Parks) Save the trees and honor the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. during the MLK Weekend of Service Join Ellen, Weed Warrior Supervisor, for a non-native, invasive plant removal workday in Maydale Conservation Park in Colesville, MD. We will be focusing on non-native, invasive vines and shrubs, including porcelainberry (Ampelopsis glandulosa var. brevipedunculata), wintercreeper (Euonymus fortunei), ...
(DC) (Rock Creek Conservancy) Join Rock Creek Conservancy, the National Park Service, and Weed Warrior Leader Liz Crafford 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.
(VA) (Arlington Parks) Help us with improving Glencarlyn Park. Each Saturday we will have stewardship projects like weed pulling, raking, trail maintenance and trash pick-up. Your hard work will make the park a better place for both people and nature. Teens ages 12 to 17.
(VA) (Arlington Parks) Join us for a presentation to learn more about how our local owl species find mates and how they build nesting sites to raise their babies. Then come meet our resident owl! Adults.
(DC) (Ward 8 Woods) Join Ward 8 Woods every second Saturday of the month to restore Shepherd Parkway by removing trash and invasive vines that are smothering the trees. Since 2011, over 2,000 volunteers have removed over 200 tons of trash from the woods and cut invasive vines from over 500 trees, but much work remains to be done.
(DC) (Ward 8 Woods) Join Ward 8 Woods every second Saturday of the month to restore Shepherd Parkway by removing trash and invasive vines that are smothering the trees. Since 2011, over 2,000 volunteers have removed over 200 tons of trash from the woods and cut invasive vines from over 500 trees, but much work remains to be done.
(MD) (Montgomery Parks) Start 2024 off with a peaceful naturalist-led stroll through nature. We’ll take our time while quietly taking in the sounds, scents and sights of the winter forest.
(DC) (Rock Creek Park) Join Rock Creek Conservancy and the National Park Service 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 for a thriving native understory.
(VA) (Arlington Parks) All are welcome to join us on a leisurely-paced hike through a park. There are restrooms at the nature center. This fun hike will be on paved trails in the forest, where we will examine and explore whatever we find along our route. The trails are accessible, smooth and shaded, but may have some hills. There will ...
(VA) (NOVA Parks) Join us for a class that’s your intro to camping! Never been before and want to learn some of the basics? Or just want to pick up some new tips and tricks? Come and pitch a tent, make some handy knots, and build a campfire with us while we enjoy some smores! $12 per participant for ages ...
