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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...

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...

Celebrate Fall Color

Celebrate Fall Color

Oct 15, 2021

As Northern Virginia continues to celebrate trees to mark the start of the five year regional native tree campaign, autumn...

White Oaks of Loudoun: There’s More to These Storied Trees Than Shade

Nov 1, 2019

Volume 24 Issue 4, Fall 2019 by Carol Ivory White oaks can be massive and hundreds of years old, but...

Eastern Red Cedar

Oct 1, 2016

Vol. 21 Issue 3, Fall 2016 By Brian Balik Eastern Red Cedar The Eastern Red Cedar is one of the...

Eastern Redbud

Apr 1, 2016

Vol. 21 Issue 1, Spring 2016 By Kerry Bzdyk Photo by Jill Miller After the subdued colors of a long...

The Forest: A Model for Urban Design

Apr 1, 2012

Vol. 17 Issue 1, Spring 2012 By Bonnie Deahl, The Care of Trees Great Horned Owl and owletsPhoto by Liam...

What Gall!

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Vol. 17 Issue 1, Spring 2012 By Kerry Bzdyk Photo by Liam McGranahan Those of us who make a habit...

The White Oak

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Vol. 17 Issue 1, Spring 2012 By Liam McGranaghan With the death of the American Chestnut in the early 1900s,...

Garden as if Life Depended on It

Jul 1, 2011

Vol. 16 Issue 2, Summer 2011 By Nicole Hamilton The trees were cleared. The wetlands were filled and graded as...

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