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Living With the Spotted Lanternfly

Living With the Spotted Lanternfly

Jul 28, 2025

Volume 30 Issue 3, Summer 2025 by BJ Lecrone, Wildlife Sanctuary Ambassador A spider makes a meal of an early-stage...

Mistakes Were Made …The Challenges and Successes of 2 Habitat Restorations

Mistakes Were Made …The Challenges and Successes of 2 Habitat Restorations

Jun 24, 2025

Volume 30 Issue 2, Spring 2025 by BJ Lecrone and Nan McCarry Goldenrod is a star in BJ’s meadow through...

Dealing With Deer

Dealing With Deer

Jun 24, 2025

Volume 30 Issue 2, Spring 2025 by Nan McCarry Everyone’s experience and property is different. In my case, there are...

New Program Helps Young Birders Learn All About It

New Program Helps Young Birders Learn All About It

Jun 1, 2025

Volume 30 Issue 2, Spring 2025 by Patrick Lewis, Young Birding Program Coordinator One of Loudoun Wildlife’s newest projects is...

NoVA Native: Eastern Red Columbine

NoVA Native: Eastern Red Columbine

May 1, 2025

Volume 30 Issue 2, Spring 2025 by Kim Strader and Sheila Ferguson If you like hummingbirds and want them to...

A Work in Progress: Meadow Restoration at JK Black Oak

A Work in Progress: Meadow Restoration at JK Black Oak

Mar 13, 2025

Volume 30 Issue 1, Winter 2025 by Sheila Ferguson and Gerco Hoogeweg Volunteers remove invasives at the southwestern edge of...

Book Review: Frostbite by Nicola Twilley

Book Review: Frostbite by Nicola Twilley

Mar 13, 2025

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

NoVA Native: Winterberry

NoVA Native: Winterberry

Mar 13, 2025

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

Evergreens in Disguise

Evergreens in Disguise

Mar 13, 2025

Volume 30 Issue 1, Winter 2025 by Julie Borneman Evergreen plants are popular with property owners who are looking for...

Volunteer of the Quarter: Sheryl Weitzel

Volunteer of the Quarter: Sheryl Weitzel

Mar 7, 2025

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

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