Work Begins on the Meadow Restoration Project
In late November 2023, Loudoun Wildlife Conservancy received excellent news that our meadow restoration grant application with Microsoft and the...
A Multipart Work Day with Many Accomplishments at JK Black Oak
Under sunny skies with increasingly warm temperatures, 18 volunteers tackled many different projects at the monthly work day at JK...
The Importance (and Joys) of Surveying Insects at Black Oak
Volume 28 Issue 4, Fall 2023 by Tami Carlow A beautiful, quickly moving, metallic insect catches my eye. I throw...
JK Black Oak: What’s New on the Web?
Volume 28 Issue 4, Fall 2023 by Gerco Hoogeweg, JK Black Oak Wildlife Sanctuary CommitteeThe JK Black Oak section of the Loudoun...
A Rainy Work Day at JK Black Oak Wildlife Sanctuary
The forecast called for light rain on Saturday morning, October 7. For once the forecast was correct, and it did...
Restoring the Oak-Hickory Forest at JK Black Oak
Volume 28 Issue 3, Summer 2023 by Sheila Ferguson and Gerco Hoogeweg If you look at the oak-hickory forest at JK...
Deer Exclosures at JK Black Oak: The Fences Are In
After eight months and five volunteer work days, the three deer exclosure fences have been installed in the oak-hickory forest...
Work Begins on the Third, and Largest, Deer Exclosure
Placing sleeves for metal posts.Photo by SA Ferguson On the May 6 work day led by Gerco Hoogeweg, 14 volunteers...
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...
Hard to See, but Woodcocks Found During Walk at JK Black Oak
American Woodcock,Photo by Wendy McCrady Seven hardy birders visited JK Black Oak Wildlife Sanctuary in search of American Woodcocks despite...