The articles below are from the Habitat Herald, our quarterly publication sent to all Loudoun Wildlife Conservancy members. You are welcome to use these articles as long as you credit the Loudoun Wildlife Conservancy or other sources noted in the articles. Copyright remains with Loudoun Wildlife Conservancy.

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	Habitat Highlights
	Suburban Bles Park Offers a Welcome Retreat Vernal Pools: A Wetlands Conservation Decade Riparian Buffers Protecting Wetlands What Is Habitat? Grassy Fields Our Native Grasslands Watching Over Our Waters Vernal Pools Vanishing Habitat Forests: Our Last Defense Floodplains Better Left Natural Floodplains and Pollution Trading Floodplains for Athletic Fields Impact of Landuse on BioDiversity Claude Moore Park Water Quality at Big Spring Creek Stream Valleys: Corridors of Life Loudoun Streams and the Building Boom What Good Is A Stream
	Featured Friends
	Jefferson Salamanders Golden Eagles White Nose Syndrome Disease in Bats Northern Ringneck Snake More on Chipmunks Eastern Box Turtle Loudoun's Woodpeckers - Part 1 Loudoun's Woodpeckers - Part 2 Don't Get Rattled Muskrats Great Blue Heron American Crow American Kestrel Bats of Loudoun - Part 1 Bats of Loudoun - Part 2 Red Bellied Woodpecker Chipmunk Fox Squirrel Owls of Loudoun Virginia Opossum Striped Skunk Wood Turtle Beavers: Wetland Specialists Beavers Slow Comeback Groundhogs Amphibians of Loudoun Return of the Hummingbirds Batty About Bats Spring Peepers: Heralds of Spring Snake Tales Hawks: Masters of the Air Song of the Wood Thrush Winters Roadside Raptors Gray Catbird Colorful Cardinal Turkey Vulture Flying Squirrels
	Native Plants
	Staghorn Sumac Virginia Creeper Lichens Persimmons Poison Ivy Thistle American Holly Trumpet Vine Violets Northern Bayberry Spicebush Joe Pye Weed Skunk Cabbage Cardinal Flower Fall Wildflowers Butterfly Weed Jewelweed
	Insect Id
	Six Spotted Tiger Beetle Long Live the Monarch Eastern Yellowjacket Bee Acquainted Humble Bumblebee Mourning Cloak Butterfly Camel Crickets Cicadas Damselfly Dung Beetle Luna Moth Mayfly Springtails Milkweed Beetle Weavers of the Web: Spiders Common Housefly Water Boatman Cicadas: Brood X Lady Bug, Lady Bug Widow Skimmer Dragonfly Millipede Woolly Bears Paper Wasps
	Living with Wildlife
	Build A Brush Pile Spring Tips 2007 Antlers Feathers Living With Wildlife Beaver Baffles Spring Tips Summer Wildlife Calendar Feeding Winter Birds Backyard Birding Give Wildlife a Break The Impact of Pets on Wildlife Winter Tips Help Our Local Amphibians Leave Wild Mothers Alone Backyard Wildlife: The Downside In Harmony With Nature Hazardous Roads Wildlife Encounters: Co-existing with Bears & Snakes Wildlife Encounters: Forestalling Unwanted Winter Guests Wildlife Encounters: Infant and Fledgling Birds
	Adventures of Zoom and Compass
	Hoo is Out There? Bats The Case of the Dancing Lights Worms are the Best! Too Cold for a Red Bird? Spiders...Oh My! Butterflies Escape Eggs at the Pond
	Animal Activities
	Build a Beaver Baffle Butterfly Activity: Rotting Fruit Dragonfly Survey Feed the Birds Family Activities in Winter Building Bat Houses Build a Frog Pond Make a Toad Abode Seven Steps to Save Your Streams Bird Treat Fall Gourd Fun Spare That Brush
	Gardening Tips
	Gardening for Wildlife Create a Monarch Waystation Leave That Messy Yard Have Your Own Habitat Inviting Wildlife Into Your Garden: Birds and Butterflies Inviting Wildlife Into Your Garden: A Sheltered Space Inviting Wildlife Into Your Garden: Providing Water Inviting Wildlife Into Your Garden: Thinking of Perennials Bringing in the Butterflies Hummingbird Plant List
	Other Topics
	Citizen Science is Thriving in Loudoun County Not Quite an Island Irruptions: A Special Kind of Migration Life in Winter Streams The More the Merrier: Flocking in Winter Adapting To Winter's Challenge Saving Nature Tracks and Traces Turn Off the Lights Endangered Species Act West Nile Virus Protecting Our Resources Snowbirds Migration Sensation: Birds Migration Sensation: Mammals Migration Sensation: Bats Migration Sensation: Fish Migration Sensation: Butterflies Migration Sensation: Dragonflies Winter Weather Ways Plant Life in the Cold
	Full Issues of Past Habitat Herald Newsletters
	Winter 2009 Vol 14 Issue 4 Fall 2009 Vol 14 Issue 3 Summer 2009 Vol 14 Issue 2 Spring 2009 Vol 14 Issue 1 Winter 2008 Vol 13 Issue 4 Fall 2008 Vol 13 Issue 3 Summer 2008 Vol 13 Issue 2 Spring 2008 Vol 13 Issue 1 Winter 2007 Vol 12 Issue 4 Fall 2007 Vol 12 Issue 3 Summer 2007 Vol 12 Issue 2 Spring 2007 Vol 12 Issue 1 Winter 2006 Vol 11 Issue 4 Summer 2006 Vol 11 Issue 2 Spring 2006 Vol 11 Issue 1 Winter 2005 Vol 10 Issue 4 Fall 2005 Vol 10 Issue 3 Summer 2005 Vol 10 Issue 2 Spring 2005 Vol 10 Issue 1 Fall 2004 Vol 9 Issue 3 Spring 2004 Vol 9 Issue 2 Winter 2004 Vol 9 Issue 1 Fall 2003 Vol 8 Issue 4 Summer 2003 Vol 8 Issue 3 Winter 2003 Vol 8 Issue 1 Summer 2002 Vol 7 Issue 3 Spring 2002 Vol 7 Issue 2 Winter 2001 Vol 7 Issue 1 Spring 2001 Vol 6 Issue 2 Fall 2000 Vol 5 Issue 4 Summer 2000 Vol 5 Issue 3 Winter 2001 Vol 5 Issue 2 Winter 2000 Vol 5 Issue 1 Fall 1999 Vol 4 Issue 4 Spring 1999 Vol 4 Issue 2 Winter 1999 Vol 4 Issue 1 Summer 1998 Vol 3 Issue 3 Spring 1998 Vol 3 Issue 2 Winter 1998 Vol 3 Issue 1 Fall 1997 Vol 2 Issue 3 Winter 1997 Vol 2 Issue 1 Fall 1996 Vol 1 Issue 2 Spring 1996 Vol 1 Issue 1