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Loudoun Wildlife in Action: Planting Trees and Weeding Invasives

May 10, 2010

by Joe Coleman During April and May several Loudoun Wildlife Conservancy volunteers either helped with or managed three different habitat...

The Case for Preserving Natural Stream Buffers and Floodplains

May 2, 2010

 An Assessment by the Loudoun Wildlife Conservancy Natural Stream and Floodplain Interaction Streams channels are naturally very dynamic, changing shape...

Restoring Habitat at Rust Nature Sanctuary

Apr 15, 2010

The Habitat Restoration Project at the Rust Nature Sanctuary, which took place April 9 and 10, was a great success....

Checklist for Creating a Bird Friendly Yard

Mar 12, 2010

This is an excerpt from the Brooklyn Botanic Garden Book series, “Bird Gardens.”  I came across it through the National...

Backyard Habitat Tip: Benefits of Snags

Feb 25, 2010

No, I’m not talking about the pulls you get in sweaters or problems that crop up in your plans….no no,...

Movie Review: The Lord of Ants, NOVA

Feb 10, 2010

I watched an excellent NOVA program last night called The Lord of Ants.  It’s about the life of E.O.Wilson, one...

Field Guide Review: David Sibley’s Guide to Trees

Jan 21, 2010

Yup, there’s a new identification book out by David Sibley but it’s not a bird book…this time it’s on Trees!...

Seeding the Garden for Birds and Butterflies

Oct 3, 2009

October is the time to think about what you want your bird and butterfly friendly landscape to look like in...

Citizens celebrate opening of Phillips Farm Trail

Sep 10, 2009

A great report from the Waterford Foundation: About 75 Waterford community members attended a Labor Day weekend picnic at the...

Great Tree Planting in Leesburg!

Jun 8, 2009

By all accounts, the tree planting along the Town Branch stream on Saturday was a great success!  Gem Bingol from...

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