On the Frontlines

Here are some Conservation Advocacy Committee successes. If you would like to be a part of the team, please fill in our volunteer application form here.

Rebalancing Loudoun County’s approach to preventing tick-borne disease

Loudoun Wildlife Conservancy has highlighted research showing that personal protective measures are the best way to prevent Lyme and other tick-borne disease – not spraying pesticides.  We have also highlighted evidence that preserving biodiversity and contiguous forest can be key to preventing tick-borne disease – and that focus on deer may be misplaced.

Loudoun Wildlife Conservancy Position

• January 2015 letter to the Loudoun Lyme Disease Commission
• February 2014 Position Paper.

Press

• Washington Post, July 16, 2014: In fight against Lyme disease, Loudoun won’t spray public parks with pesticide

Speaking up for all of Loudoun County’s natural resources

Loudoun Wildlife Conservancy has worked across our county to protect natural resources essential to life for both people and wildlife.

Loudoun Wildlife Conservancy Positions

• May 1, 2014 letter to the Board of Supervisors: “No” on Franklin Park Field Lighting
• May 2010 action alert: Please Speak Out for Stream Protections
• Assessment: The Case for Preserving Natural Stream Buffers and Floodplains

Helping people to live in harmony with wildlife

Loudoun Wildlife Conservancy has organized numerous education and advocacy programs to highlight the important role our most misunderstood species play in our ecosystem, and help people coexist safely with these animals.

Bats

• Fall 2010: Bats at Oatlands:  Lessons for Human-Wildlife Interaction

Coyotes

• September 2012:  Living with Coyotes in Loudoun County

Vultures

• December 15, 2014: Loudoun Wildlife Conservancy recommendations to Town of Leesburg.
• Vulture Information Page