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"Underlying the beauty of the spectacle of nature there is meaning and significance that sends us again and again into the natural world."

- Rachel Carson



 

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- Discussion Forum
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- Science Fair Winners
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- LWC in the News
- LWC Internship Program
- Meet the Interns

Habitat Restoration
- Phillips Farm November 2008
- Round Hill Purple Loosestrife 2008
- Phillips Farm March 2008
- Rust Santuary 2007
- Frazier Park 2006
- Catoctin Clean-up 2005
- Catoctin Tree Planting 2005
- Ida Lee Tree Planting 1999
- Gardening for Wildlife Plant List
- Native Plants and Your Habitat
- Do I have to Mow All That?
- Benefits of Preserving Habitat
- Ecology Begins at Home
- Try and Animal's Perspective
- Elements of Habitat

Programs and Field Trips

Nature Camp

Loudoun's Great Places
- Algonkian Park
- Balls Bluff
- Bles Park
- Banshee Reeks
- Blue Ridge Center for Environmental Stewardship
- Claude Moore Park
- Red Rock Park
- Rust Sanctuary

Issues and Action Alerts
- Banshee Reeks and Woods Road
- Vultures of Hamilton and Middleburg
- Shadowbrook Farm
- Zoning Ordinance
- Western Zoning
- Dulles South CPAM
- Power Lines
- Ridgewater CPAM
- Send a Letter
- Public Input Sessions
- LWC Speaks Out
- VA Species of Concern
- Rare Plants List
- Rare Animals List
- Endangered By Sprawl
- Loudoun County Environmental Report

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 Citizen Science (Monitoring, Counts, Surveys)
Stream Monitoring
- Why We Monitor
- Economic Benefits of Protecting Floodplains
- What is Needed for Healthy Streams
- Human Impacts on Watersheds
- Floodplains Better Left Natural
- Forests, Our Last Defense
Bluebird Nestbox Monitoring
- Public Trails
- Home Trails
- Nestbox Building
- Loudoun Bluebird Trails Map
- Dulles Wetlands Trail Setup
- Monitoring Protocol
- Why We Monitor
- Importance of Good Records
- The Nestbox System
- Nestbox Challenges
- Nestbox Cleaning
- Monitoring Supplies
- Bluebird Books and Resources
- Weekly Data Collection Form
- End of Season Form
- Bluebird Quick Tips
Amphibian Monitoring
- Program Goals
- Frog Call Survey
- Site Survey
- Migration Mapping
- Build a Frog Pond
- Help Amphibians
- Make a Toad Abode
- Amphibian Volunteer Sign-up Form
- Frog Call Route Creation Form
- Frog Call Data Collection Form
- Site Survey Site Description Form
- Site Survey Data Collection Form
- Migration Mapping Scouting Route Form
- Migration Mapping Site Description Form
- Migration Mapping Data Collection Form
- Amphibian Monitoring Poster Contest 2007

Bird Atlas Project

Christmas Bird Count
- About CBC
- CBC Count Circle
- CBC Report 2005
- CBC Report 2006
- CBC Report 2007
- CBC Summary of Past Data
- Backyard Birding
- Checklist for a Bird Friendly Backyard

International Migratory Bird Day (IMBD)
- Birdathon
- Prizes
- Sign Up Form
- Pledge Form
Butterfly Count
- Butterfly Count Circle
- Butterfly Count Report 2005
- Butterfly Count Report 2006
- Butterfly Count Report 2007
- Butterfly Count Summary of Past Data
- Butterflies of Loudoun Checklist
- Monarchs Need our Help
- Create a Monarch Waystation
- Certify a Waystation

 
Educational Resources
Habitat Herald Archives

- 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 Land Use on Biodiversity
- Claude Moore Park
- 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: Master of the Air
- Song of the Wood Thrush
- Winters Roadside Raptors
- Fall Wildflowers
- Butterfly Weed
- Jewelweed
- Cicadas Brood X
- Lady Bug, Lady Bug
- Widow Skimmer Dragonfly
- Millipede
- Woolly Bears
- Paper Wasps
- Living With Wildlife
- Spring Tips
- Summer Wildlife Calendar
- Feeding Winter Birds
- Backyard Birding
- Give Wildlife A Break
- The Impact of Pets on Wildlife
- Winter Tips
- Backyard Wildlife: The Downside
- In Harmony With Nature
- Hazardous Roads
- Wildlife Encounters: Bears and Snakes
- Wildlife Encounters: Winter Guests
- Wildlife Encounters: Infant & Fledgling Birds
- Antlers
- Opossum
- Fox Squirrel
- Springtails
- Feed the Birds
- American Crow
- Bats of Loudoun
- Butterfly Activity
- Chipmunk
- Flying Squirrels
- Gray Catbird
- Irruptions
- Kestrel
- Mayfly
- Red-bellied Woodpecker
- Streams and the Building Boom
- Stream Valleys
- Turkey Vulture
- What Good Is A Stream?
- Colorful Cardinal
- Great Blue Heron

Adventures of Zoom And Compass
- Eggs at the Pond
- Butterflies Escape
- Spiders...Oh My!

 - Help Our Local Amphibians
- Leave Wild Mothers Alone
- Build a Beaver Baffle
- 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 for Wildlife
- Leave that Messy Yard
- Have Your Own Habitat
- Inviting Wildlife Into Your Garden1
- Inviting Wildlife Into Your Garden2
- Inviting Wildlife Into Your Garden3
- Inviting Wildlife Into Your Garden4
- Bringing in the Butterflies
- Hummingbird Plant List
- Adapting to Winters 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: Butterflies
- Migration Sensation: Dragonflies
- Migration Sensation: Fish
- Winter Weather Ways
- Plant Life in the Cold
- Feathers
- Protecting Wetlands
- Wood Turtle
- Water Boatman
- Cardinal Flower
- Weavers of the Web: Spiders
- Create a Monarch Waystation
- Striped Skunk
- Common Housefly
- Skunk Cabbage
- Joe Pye Weed
- Milkweed Beetle
- Owls of Loudoun
- More the Merrier: Winter Flocking
- Spicebush
- Family Activities for Winter
- Big Spring Creek
- Brush Pile
- Colorful Cardinal
- Dragonfly Survey
- Dung Beetle
- American Holly
- Luna Moth
- Northern Bayberry
- Riparian Buffers
- Spring Tips 2007
- Trumpet Vine
- Violets
- Winter Streams
- Damselfly
- Vanishing Vernal Pools
- Camel Cricket
- Poison Ivy
- Not Quite an Island
- Muskrats
- Thistle
- Don't Get Rattled
- Loudoun's Woodpeckers - Part 1
- Cicadas
Books and Resources

- Books and Resources: Amphibians and Reptiles
- Books and Resources: Birds
- Books and Resources: Birds, Chimney Swifts
- Books and Resources: Birds, Bluebirds
- Books and Resources: Birds, Raptors
- Books and Resources: Birds, Vultures
- Books and Resources: Night Skies
- Books and Resources: Wildlife Rehabilitation
- Books and Resources: Gardening

 - Books and Resources: Streams
- Books and Resources: Insects
- Books and Resources: Butterflies
- Books and Resources: Moths
- Books and Resources: Dragonflies
- Books and Resources: Mammals
- Books and Resources: Mammals, Bats
- Books ans Resources: Mammals, Beavers
- Music with a Nature Twist