• About Us
    • Mission & Vision
    • Board of Directors
    • Staff
    • Volunteer Program Coordinators
    • Our Partners
    • Contributing Photographers
  • Events
  • Our Work
    • Education
      • Programs and Field Trips
      • Nature-Based Learning: Peterson Young Naturalists
      • Youth and Family Program
      • Habitat Herald
      • Eagle Cam at Dulles Wetlands
    • Community Science
      • Stream Monitoring
      • Butterfly Count
      • Amphibian Monitoring
      • Bluebird Monitoring
      • Bird Counts
    • Habitat Conservation
      • Habitat Restoration in the Community
      • Protecting Pollinators
      • Wildlife Sanctuary Program
      • Plant NoVA Natives
      • Native Plant Sales
      • Greening Your Neighborhood
    • Conservation Advocacy
      • Current Campaigns
      • Dark Skies
      • Past Campaigns
    • JK Black Oak Wildlife Sanctuary
      • Overview of JK Black Oak
      • What’s Happening
      • Vernal Pools
      • Flora and Fauna
      • Volunteers at Work
      • Support the Sanctuary
  • Store
  • Resources
  • Volunteer
    • Volunteer opportunities
    • Volunteer application
    • Waiver form
    • Volunteer hours
  • Contact
  • Stay Informed!
  • Join/Donate/Renew

Join/Donate

Stay Informed!
Loudoun Wildlife ConservancyLoudoun Wildlife Conservancy
  • About Us
    • Mission & Vision
    • Board of Directors
    • Staff
    • Volunteer Program Coordinators
    • Our Partners
    • Contributing Photographers
  • Events
  • Our Work
    • Education
      • Programs and Field Trips
      • Nature-Based Learning: Peterson Young Naturalists
      • Youth and Family Program
      • Habitat Herald
      • Eagle Cam at Dulles Wetlands
    • Community Science
      • Stream Monitoring
      • Butterfly Count
      • Amphibian Monitoring
      • Bluebird Monitoring
      • Bird Counts
    • Habitat Conservation
      • Habitat Restoration in the Community
      • Protecting Pollinators
      • Wildlife Sanctuary Program
      • Plant NoVA Natives
      • Native Plant Sales
      • Greening Your Neighborhood
    • Conservation Advocacy
      • Current Campaigns
      • Dark Skies
      • Past Campaigns
    • JK Black Oak Wildlife Sanctuary
      • Overview of JK Black Oak
      • What’s Happening
      • Vernal Pools
      • Flora and Fauna
      • Volunteers at Work
      • Support the Sanctuary
  • Store
  • Resources
  • Volunteer
    • Volunteer opportunities
    • Volunteer application
    • Waiver form
    • Volunteer hours
  • Contact
  • Stay Informed!
  • Join/Donate/Renew
Shaping Our Wildlife Sanctuary Program: How Can You Help Wildlife?

Shaping Our Wildlife Sanctuary Program: How Can You Help Wildlife?

Mar 14, 2026

Volume 31 Issue 1, Winter 2026 by Brian Magurn, Wildlife Sanctuary Ambassador Doug Tallamy’s latest book is titled “How Can...

Plant Two Fall Keystone Plants, Not Mums

Plant Two Fall Keystone Plants, Not Mums

Nov 1, 2025

Volume 30 Issue 4, Fall 2025 by BJ Lecrone, Wildlife Sanctuary Ambassador Like mums, Common Blue Wood Aster can shine...

Using Creativity and Dead Trees to Nurture Wildlife

Using Creativity and Dead Trees to Nurture Wildlife

Nov 14, 2024

Volume 29 Issue 4, Fall 2024 by BJ Lecrone, Wildlife Sanctuary Program Ambassador At all stages of their existence, trees...

Weeds, Weather, and Other Woes: Meadow Restoration Project Pauses as Plans Are Revised

Weeds, Weather, and Other Woes: Meadow Restoration Project Pauses as Plans Are Revised

Nov 13, 2024

Volume 29 Issue 4, Fall 2024 by BJ Lecrone Imagine a meadow where you gaze upon tall grasses and a mixture...

Ideas We Like: Dead Hedges

Ideas We Like: Dead Hedges

Aug 21, 2024

Volume 29 Issue 3, Summer 2024 by Jennifer Lumley Do you have a brush pile? We Audubon at Home ambassadors...

Audubon at Home Ambassadors Kick Off the 2024 Season

Mar 20, 2024

Seven ambassadors attended the Audubon at Home 2024 kick-off meeting at the Imagine Well Being center just north of Bluemont....

Wildlife Sanctuary Species

Mar 17, 2024

The following species were selected to measure the Wildlife Sanctuary program’s success in creating habitat for native animal species. Information...

Willowsford Family Chooses Native-Plant Zen

Willowsford Family Chooses Native-Plant Zen

Nov 6, 2023

Volume 28 Issue 4, Fall 2023 by BJ Lecrone, Audubon at Home Ambassador and Virginia Master Naturalist Willowsford is a...

Know Your Hickories

Know Your Hickories

Aug 1, 2023

Volume 28 Issue 3, Summer 2023 by Jennifer Lumley, Audubon at Home Ambassador I walked past a Mockernut Hickory (Carya...

In Praise of the Audubon at Home Experience — and Native Plants

In Praise of the Audubon at Home Experience — and Native Plants

Aug 1, 2023

Volume 28 Issue 3, Summer 2023 by Scott Harris I have lived in Purcellville for over 25 years, on a...

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3

Recent Posts

  • Shaping Our Wildlife Sanctuary Program: How Can You Help Wildlife?
  • 2025 Report: Bluebirds Decline, Tree Swallows Surge
  • If We Kill It, Will They Leave? A Spotted Lanternfly Story by Tracy Whittington, Virginia Master Naturalist
  • LWC Officially Partners to “Scrape for the Grape”
  • Volunteer Spotlight: Bruce Adams
  • Support the Birdathon – Pledge Per Species

Categories

  • Action Alerts/Advocacy (84)
  • Annual Meeting (11)
  • Birdathon (87)
  • Birds (59)
  • Books & Publications (68)
  • Community Science (193)
    • Bluebird Monitoring (21)
    • Butterfly Count (12)
    • Christmas Bird Count (14)
    • Stream Monitoring (103)
  • Eagle Cam (31)
  • Field Trips (525)
  • Fundraising (36)
  • Habitat (139)
  • Habitat Herald (443)
  • Habitat Restoration (138)
  • Highlights (85)
  • JK Black Oak Wildlife Sanctuary (74)
  • Loudoun Wildlife Conservancy (79)
  • Loudoun's Great Places (18)
  • Monarchs (54)
  • Native Plants (46)
  • News & Events (263)
  • Species Checklists (6)
  • Surveys and Counts (152)
  • The Archives (144)
  • Uncategorized (98)
  • Volunteers (87)
  • Wildlife News (442)
  • Wildlife Sanctuary Program (23)
  • Youth & Family (56)

Tag Cloud

Algonkian Regional Park amphibians Bald Eagle Ball’s Bluff Regional Park Banshee Reeks Banshee Reeks Nature Preserve bats Bird Atlas birding birds bird walk Bles Park Blue Ridge Center for Environmental Stewardship Broad Run Stream Valley Park butterflies Celebrate Birds! christmas bird count dragonflies Dulles Greenway Wetlands Dulles Greenway Wetlands Mitigation frogs garden Gardening insects JK Black Oak Wildlife Sanctuary Living with wildlife Loudoun County Public Library macroinvertebrates mammals monarch butterfly monarch campaign Morven Park Native Plants nature journaling Plants streams Sweet Run State Park trees virginia wildlife virtual virtual event Volunteer of the quarter Volunteers wetlands winter

Contact Us

We're currently offline. Send us an email and we'll get back to you, asap.

Send Message
Join • Donate • Renew
  • About Us
  • Advocacy
  • Amphibian Monitoring
  • Annual Meeting
  • Celebrate Birds/Birdathon
  • Bird Counts
  • Bluebird Monitoring
  • Butterfly Count
  • Donate
  • Eagle Cam at Dulles Wetlands
  • Endowment
  • Habitat Herald Newsletters
  • Habitat Restoration
  • JK Black Oak Wildlife Sanctuary
  • Join Loudoun Wildlife
  • Loudoun’s Great Places
  • News & Events
  • Our Partners
  • Programs & Field Trips
  • Species Checklists
  • Stream Monitoring
  • Wildlife News
  • Wildlife Sanctuary Program
  • Young Birding Program

© 2026 Loudoun Wildlife Conservancy · PO Box 1892 Leesburg, VA 20177 · +1 (703) 777-2575 • Contact Us