This fall is for celebrating trees as well as planting them. Plant NoVa Natives is launching a PLANT NOVA TREES campaign that will continue for five years, according to Margaret Fisher, PNN’s Outreach Coordinat
350 Fairfax, a non-profit dedicated to challenging systems that lead to catastrophic climate change,is sponsoring a plastic-free, 30-day challenge from October 1 – 30. 2021.
Audubon at Home is looking for a volunteer to manage a photo contest. The contest will solicit high-quality before and after photos of natural landscaping projects from Audubon at Home clients and ASNV members.
It is likely that nearly every one of the readers of this newsletter has a love of birds and nature and understands the importance of preserving natural habitats. However, our success in protecting the environment hinges on passing that understanding on to the younger generation.
There can never be enough habitat for birds, wildlife, and pollinators in Northern Virginia! Thus, the Conservation Committee of ASNV administers grants to support native plant gardens throughout the region
Judy Gallagher briefly recaps a magical summer evening surveying moths and other nocturnal creatures at Meadowood Special Recreation Management Area Pollinator Garden during Moth Week.
Join the friends of Dyke Marsh (FODM) on October 20th at 7:00 PM on Zoom for Greg Butcher’s presentation on wintering waterbirds. Read on for more information!
Roseate Spoonbills (Platalea ajaja) with their brilliant pink plumage, are one of those resplendent birds that attract birders from all over the world.
On August 19, the DWR issued new guidance on feeding birds in light of the outbreak of avian disease this summer. Read on for the entire press release.
ASNV’s advocacy chair wrote an opinion piece in the Washington Post advocating for the consideration of biodiversity in land-use decisions in Fairfax County, specifically regarding plans to pave Justice Park. Read the article here.
Infill development – most of us have seen it, and many have experienced it close at hand. This practice of replacing modest houses with mansions that fill the entire lot removes the last remnants of undeveloped land. Bit by bit, our community is losing habitat vital to the existence of wildlife.
