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A Disappointing Bird Walk at JK Black Oak

A Disappointing Bird Walk at JK Black Oak

May 10, 2024

Field Sparrow.Photo by Leena McCluney Under gray skies and the continuous threat of rain 10 birders looked for, but mostly...

JK Black Oak Forest Restoration Project Video

JK Black Oak Forest Restoration Project Video

May 6, 2024

With the help of over 200 community volunteers, Loudoun Wildlife Conservancy installed three deer exclosure fences and 100 tree cages...

Meadow Restoration Continues at JK Black Oak

Meadow Restoration Continues at JK Black Oak

Apr 22, 2024

JK Black Oak’s western meadow has seen its share of neglect in the past years. This year we are focusing...

Doing Our Part with Carbon Sequestration at JK Black Oak

Doing Our Part with Carbon Sequestration at JK Black Oak

Feb 7, 2024

Volume 29 Issue 1, Winter 2024 by Gerco Hoogeweg, JK Black Oak Wildlife Sanctuary Committee Soil samples were taken from...

Work Begins on the Meadow Restoration Project

Work Begins on the Meadow Restoration Project

Dec 4, 2023

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

A Multipart Work Day with Many Accomplishments at JK Black Oak

Nov 9, 2023

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

The Importance (and Joys) of Surveying Insects at Black Oak

Nov 7, 2023

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?

JK Black Oak: What’s New on the Web?

Nov 6, 2023

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

A Rainy Work Day at JK Black Oak Wildlife Sanctuary

Oct 11, 2023

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

Restoring the Oak-Hickory Forest at JK Black Oak

Aug 1, 2023

Volume 28 Issue 3, Summer 2023 by Sheila Ferguson and Gerco Hoogeweg If you look at the oak-hickory forest at JK...

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