Beaverdam Run Tributary Site Has Unacceptable Ecological Score
Anthony collecting macros for his PFAS study.Photo by Amy Ulland Anthony Santos, a senior at Broad Run High School and...
Pickerel Frog and Salamander Show Up for Black Branch Survey
Can you spot the Northern Two-Lined Salamander?Photo by Amy Ulland Although Loudoun Wildlife’s stream surveys focus on collecting, identifying and...
Chloride Monitoring Data
In 2021-2022, we conducted testing at the Broad Run in Willowsford, the Goose Creek site near Lansdowne, four sites along...
Limestone Branch Tributary Continues to Receive High Scores for Water Quality
A tessellated darter fish.Photo by Amy Ulland Under the shade of some pawpaw trees on a sunny September day, certified...
Bat Monitoring Finds Eight or More Species at JK Black Oak
Bats are an important part of a healthy ecosystem, not to mention being fascinating animals. While our knowledge about bats...
Elusive Eastern Spadefoots Discovered at JK Black Oak Wildlife Sanctuary
The elusive Eastern Spadefoot (Scaphiopus holbrookii), often referred to as a toad, is in fact a primitive fossorial frog. What...
Volunteers of the Quarter: The Bluebird Leadership Team
Volume 27 Issue 2, Spring 2022 by Kim Strader, Volunteer Coordinator Loudoun Wildlife Conservancy is fortunate to have many volunteers...
Why We Count Birds
Volume 27 Issue 2, Spring 2022 by Joe Coleman, Birding Coordinator Birds have fascinated people for millennia. Not only can...
Broad Run Monitoring Finds More Than Macros
Intermittent rain showers on the afternoon of May 1 could not dampen the enthusiasm of the nine volunteers who conducted...
Beautiful Natives and a Good Health Score at Sweet Run Tributary
Emerging ferns, Spring Beauties, and Trout Lily leaves dotting the forest floor along the banks of Sweet Run provided the...