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Volunteer Spotlight: Malvika Shrimali

Volunteer Spotlight: Malvika Shrimali

Aug 28, 2021

How long have you volunteered with Loudoun Wildlife Conservancy and how did you hear about us? Malvika Shrimali Malvika just...

Gray Treefrog is the Favorite of the Amphibian Monitoring Season

Gray Treefrog is the Favorite of the Amphibian Monitoring Season

Aug 27, 2021

Adult Gray Treefrog.Photo by Jenny Erickson As we near the end of our first season of our Amphibian Monitoring Program...

4259 Reasons to Love Hot Weather

4259 Reasons to Love Hot Weather

Aug 25, 2021

By Anne Ellis Butterfly Count Coordinator This year marked the Loudoun Wildlife Conservancy’s 25th annual butterfly count. Twelve teams were...

Harrison Street Pollinator Meadow Project (2018 – present)

Aug 12, 2021

Monarch butterfly on Aster in meadow.Photo by Michael Myers The Harrison Street Pollinator Meadow is an ongoing habitat restoration project...

Get Outdoors and Play at Blue Ridge Center

Get Outdoors and Play at Blue Ridge Center

Aug 4, 2021

Photo by Spring Ligi On July 17, the Youth and Family Program helped celebrate the grand re-opening of the nature...

July Work Days at JK Black Oak

July Work Days at JK Black Oak

Aug 2, 2021

Under the leadership of Gerco Hoogeweg, two work days were scheduled at JK Black Oak Wildlife Sanctuary in July.  Unusually...

Junior Play Rangers Excel in Mud Play

Junior Play Rangers Excel in Mud Play

Jul 30, 2021

Photo courtesy of St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church On July 21, Youth and Family Program Coordinator, Meghan Goldman, enjoyed an afternoon...

Amphibian Walk at JK Black Oak Finds Two Frog Species

Amphibian Walk at JK Black Oak Finds Two Frog Species

Jul 30, 2021

Juvenile Garter Snake.Photo by Amy Ulland The July 24 night walk led by Jenny Erickson at the JK Black Oak...

A Tree Swallow Brings the Species Total to 42 at the Blue Ridge Center

A Tree Swallow Brings the Species Total to 42 at the Blue Ridge Center

Jul 27, 2021

Fourteen birders joined Joe Coleman and Michael Sciortino for the July 24 walk at the Blue Ridge Center for Environmental...

Volunteer Spotlight: Anne Ellis

Volunteer Spotlight: Anne Ellis

Jul 27, 2021

How long have you volunteered with Loudoun Wildlife Conservancy and how did you hear about us? Anne Ellis Anne has...

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