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Giving Tuesday is November 30

Giving Tuesday is November 30

Nov 16, 2021

Loudoun Wildlife Conservancy is a membership-based, volunteer driven nonprofit organization committed to preserving, protecting, and restoring wildlife habitat in Loudoun...

Distinguishing Macros from Debris at Dry Mill Branch Site

Distinguishing Macros from Debris at Dry Mill Branch Site

Nov 15, 2021

Newly certified monitors Tracy and Cooper Niess.Photo by Amy Ulland Loudoun Wildlife’s Stream Team welcomes newly certified stream monitors Tracy...

An Abundance of Hermit Thrushes Found at Banshee Reeks

An Abundance of Hermit Thrushes Found at Banshee Reeks

Nov 15, 2021

Photo by Lisa Streckfuss Because 28 people showed up for our regular  bird walk at Banshee Reeks Nature Preserve on...

New Monitoring Site at Goose Creek Receives Indeterminate Rating

New Monitoring Site at Goose Creek Receives Indeterminate Rating

Nov 12, 2021

On a chilly Saturday morning, a team of seven volunteers from Loudoun Wildlife Conservancy, River Creek Confluence Park Committee, and...

Landfill or Vernal Pool at JK Black Oak?

Landfill or Vernal Pool at JK Black Oak?

Nov 9, 2021

On November 6 Loudoun Wildlife Conservancy, together with the Lucketts Ruritan Club, held the first trash clean-up day at JK...

Harvest: Celebrating the Season with Writing in Nature

Harvest: Celebrating the Season with Writing in Nature

Nov 9, 2021

Photo by Candy Bostwick Four participants, three returning, joined the third session of Writing in Nature on a chilly fall...

Girl Scouts Learn About Endangered Animals

Nov 9, 2021

Peregrine FalconPhoto by Liam McGranaghan On November 5, a group of excited six-year-old Girl Scouts in Ashburn working on an...

Bald Eagles Return to Dulles Greenway Wetlands

Bald Eagles Return to Dulles Greenway Wetlands

Nov 4, 2021

On November 4 the Dulles Greenway announced that its pair of resident Bald Eagles have returned to the Dulles Greenway...

Two Stream Monitoring Locations Added Along the North Fork

Two Stream Monitoring Locations Added Along the North Fork

Nov 2, 2021

Loudoun Wildlife’s Stream Team added two stream monitoring locations along the North Fork of the Catoctin Creek to collect baseline...

Black Branch Tributary Contains Pollution-tolerant Macros

Black Branch Tributary Contains Pollution-tolerant Macros

Nov 1, 2021

Newly certified monitors, Kris Jarvis and Aleta Daniels.Photo by Amy Ulland In October Loudoun Wildlife Board Member Colette Berrebi hosted...

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