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19 Sep
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Stream Monitoring Video 1: Introduction

Posted by mmyers Surveys and Counts

In this video, Meg Findley provides an overview of our stream monitoring protocol.  httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oAqLj3rHuLU The summer cicadas were really loud

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19 Sep
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Stream Monitoring Video 2: The Equipment

Posted by mmyers Surveys and Counts

In this video, Meg provides an overview of the equipment used in stream monitoring. httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59ftiITxpEc Remember to turn up the volume

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19 Sep
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Stream Monitoring Video 3: Sampling the Stream

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In this video, Otto Gutenson and David Ward demonstrate how the stream sampling is done while Meg describes what they

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19 Sep
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Stream Monitoring Video 4: Examining the Net

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In this video, Meg, Otto and David take a look at the creatures that were collected during the sampling and

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19 Sep
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Stream Monitoring Video 5: The Data

Posted by mmyers Surveys and Counts

In this video, Meg talks about the data that we collect and what we do with it. httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7TOdi_K3NY Remember to

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16 Sep
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Monarch Migration!

Posted by mmyers Community Science, Monarchs, Surveys and Counts

When you see Monarch Butterflies this time of year there’s a sense of seriousness to their behavior and flight. No

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15 Sep
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Black Bear Wanders Through Yard

Posted by mmyers The Archives

This just in tonight from Joe Coleman, near Bluemont! I’m excited to tell all of you that a young black

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15 Sep
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LWC Podcast – Episode 8: Eastern Box Turtles

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In this episode we talk all about Eastern Box Turtles and answer that question …. why did the turtle cross the road? Box Turtles are great wild neighbors with every encounter being a special one. Their populations are in serious decline however, so it’s up to us to help them.

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14 Sep
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Birding Banshee – Field Trip Report

Posted by mmyers Field Trips

The highlights of this past Saturday’s morning walk, co-sponsored by the Loudoun Wildlife Conservancy & the Friends of Banshee Reeks, and

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28 Aug
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Butterfly Count 2008 Report

Posted by Jill Miller Community Science, Surveys and Counts

Our 12th Annual Butterfly Count was an amazing success! Going into the count, many of us felt as though butterfly

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