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13 Mar
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Book Review: Frostbite by Nicola Twilley

Posted by Steve Allen Books & Publications, Habitat Herald

Volume 30 Issue 1, Winter 2025 Review by Steve Allen The wheel, the internal combustion engine, the telephone, penicillin, and

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Winterberry
13 Mar
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NoVA Native: Winterberry

Posted by Steve Allen Habitat Herald, Native Plants

Volume 30 Issue 1, Winter 2025 by Kim Strader and Sheila Ferguson There aren’t many plants that look beautiful in

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13 Mar
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Evergreens in Disguise

Posted by Steve Allen Habitat Herald, Native Plants
Volume 30 Issue 1, Winter 2025 by Julie Borneman Evergreen plants are popular with property owners who are looking for
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Greenlin Park vicinity map for proposed data center
13 Mar
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Greenlin Park Data Center Application

Posted by Sheila Ferguson Action Alerts/Advocacy

The rezoning application for Greenlin Park was approved at the February 19, 2025 Board of Supervisors business meeting. Despite known

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11 Mar
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This Give Choose, Choose Wildlife Through March 25

Posted by Tom Kercheval Fundraising, Highlights

Give Choose is an annual day of online giving sponsored by the Community Foundation for Loudoun and Northern Fauquier Counties,

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Eastern Towhee with berry
10 Mar
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Twenty-eight Birders and 44 Species of Birds at Banshee Reeks

Posted by Sheila Ferguson Field Trips, Wildlife News
Twenty-eight birders attended the March 8 Banshee Reeks bird walk hosted by Loudoun Wildlife Conservancy. Michael Sciortino, John Denice, Carol
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Sheryl Weitzel
07 Mar
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Volunteer of the Quarter: Sheryl Weitzel

Posted by Steve Allen Habitat Herald, Volunteers

Volume 30 Issue 1, Winter 2025 by Kim Strader, Volunteer Coordinator “I love nature. I love to be outdoors. The

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American Wigeon in flight
05 Mar
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Winter Walk at Gilbert’s Corner Finds 37 Species of Birds

Posted by Sheila Ferguson Field Trips, Wildlife News

Nineteen people showed up on a beautiful winter morning for the joint Loudoun Wildlife Conservancy/NOVA Parks bird walk on March

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Ring-necked Ducks flying
27 Feb
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Wild About the Dulles Wetlands IV: The Birds of the Dulles Wetlands

Posted by Sheila Ferguson Habitat, News & Events

In celebration of the 30th anniversary of the Dulles Greenway Wetlands Mitigation Project, Loudoun Wildlife Conservancy invites you to learn

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25 Feb
0

Volunteer Spotlight: Steve Allen

Posted by Sheila Ferguson Volunteers

This year marks the 10th anniversary of Steve volunteering with the Habitat Herald, a Loudoun Wildlife Conservancy newsletter that is

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