Trails through natural areas have undeniable benefits, including improving our mental well-being, providing access for outdoor education programs, and reducing air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions if people use them instead of driving cars.

Join Jim Waggener in his ongoing natural resource surveys at two of Northern Virginia's best birding spots.

Even though COVID disrupted regular wildlife surveys this year, individual survey members still took to the field. Here’s a stunning set of photographs that represents a small sample of what they saw in 2020.

On September 22, ASNV awarded James (Jim) Waggener National Audubon Society’s prestigious Great Egret Award in recognition of his outstanding citizen science contribution. Jim is only the second person from ASNV to receive this award. He is a naturalist, who began the Occoquan Monitoring Program 30 years ago after retiring from foreign service.