Putting It All Together: Stream Monitoring and Salt Watch Results
Loudoun Wildlife Conservancy’s 42 Stream Team and 43 Salt Watch volunteers contributed over 400 hours collecting data about the health...
Crooked Run Receives Perfect Score for Second Season in a Row
After a short trek through a forested area dotted with mature Skunk Cabbages and Jack-in-the-pulpits, a small group of Stream...
New Stream Monitoring Site Established on Piney Run
The newly established Piney Run site.Photo by Amy Ulland The Loudoun Wildlife Stream Team recently established a new monitoring site...
Bat Monitors Find 9 Species in Loudoun, Including an Endangered One
Volume 28 Issue 2, Spring 2023 by Bruce Kimmel, Virginia Master Naturalist Bats are one of the most misunderstood animals on the...
Loudoun Student Environmental Action Showcase 2023
Chris Henke helps students identify macros.Photo by Amy Ulland Loudoun Wildlife participated as a community partner in the Loudoun Student...
Broad Run in Willowsford Receives Indeterminate Health Score
By Rich Wailes, Certified Stream Monitor Lead monitor Rich Wailes directs volunteers in the collection of macros.Photo by Nora Joosten...
Nutrient Pollution in Tuscarora Creek Likely Due to Lawn Fertilizer
Tuscarora Creek upstream of the W&OD Trail crossing.Photo by Chris Henke Did you know that lawn fertilizers can impact the...
Creek Critters Program Draws People of All Ages to Catoctin Creek
More than 55 people of all ages gathered along the banks of the South Fork of the Catoctin Creek for...
Virginia Bluebells and Macros at the Goose Creek Monitoring Site
Black fly pupa found at Goose Creek.Photo by Amy Ulland Newly emerged Virginia Bluebells lined the trail to the bank...
Cool Critters Found During JK Black Oak Stream Monitoring
A Giant Casemaker Caddisfly next to its case.Photo by Amy Ulland Cold temperatures and snow on March 12 couldn’t dissuade...