Stream Monitoring and Training Sunday, September 23, 10:00 a.m. Banshee Reeks Nature Preserve in Leesburg Loudoun Wildlife Conservancy is hosting a stream monitoring and training event at Banshee Reeks this Sunday at 10am.  We are meeting at the Visitor Center and then splitting into two groups.  We will be monitoring Water Cress Run and Goose Creek.  […]

In case you missed this in the news, back in January, the Chesapeake Bay Foundation released a report: Debunking the “Job Killer” Myth: How Pollution Limits Encourage Jobs in the Chesapeake Bay Region. This investigative report provides evidence of job creation that has already occurred and will likely expand in the Bay region due to the […]

Learn more about our watershed and where our water comes from and goes to locally in Loudoun. This publication provides a great illustration that is fun for kids and adults alike as well as puzzles and games. The Watershed Map was recently distributed to 4th graders at Newton Lee Elementary in Ashburn. http://www.loudounwatershedwatch.org/pdf/LWW_Educational_Map.pdf

Loudoun Wildlife Conservancy is active in a number of coalitions across the area.  Coalitions are a great way to bring together diverse groups of people and organizations with differing perspectives to address local issues. One coalition that we support is the Choose Clean Water Coalition, and given that hurricane Irene is coming our way and […]

Wondering what the conditions are of streams running through your neighborhood?  Here’s a really cool resource to find out: Loudoun County Stream Assessment Simply enter your street address and click “find”.  A map will pop up showing the streams near you.  Click on the yellow pin points to pull up the reports. Visit Loudoun Watershed […]

  Wow, it was a great night! We enjoyed the music of Andrew McKnight. We checked out stream organisms that serve as indicators of water quality. We talked together about the importance of stream buffers for Loudoun! Then, we rallied for a sustainable, healthy environment and lots of us took the opportunity to speak before the […]

TAYLORSTOWN, VIRGINIA, April 4, 2011— The Catoctin Creek Scenic River Advisory Committee announced today that it has been reestablished by the Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR). Seven committee members were appointed in January after seeking reestablishment and active participation in the State’s Scenic River Program.  Supervisor Sally Kurtz, State Senator Mark Herring, local […]

Stream Monitoring was one of the first citizen science programs we created when Loudoun Wildlife Conservancy stood up in 1995. Since then, we have gathered huge amounts of data on the state of Loudoun Streams, published reports on quality of water running through our neighborhood streams, and used the facts to speak out at County hearings for the need to restore […]

The following article was prepared by Joe Coleman, President of Loudoun Wildlife Conservancy. We need to dispel the inaccuracies being proliferated around this much needed ordinance. This article helps to do that: For over a year now, Loudoun County has been working on an ordinance to protect our streams by preserving vegetated streamside buffers. Vegetated streamside buffers, […]