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The Value of Dead Wood

Tree snags are “a gourmet restaurant,” that is, from a bird’s perspective, Larry Cartwright told a group of Northern Virginia Audubon at Home ambassadors on Feb. 20 in a Zoom meeting.

Fairfax County’s Streams Are in Trouble

82 percent of Fairfax County’s streams were in very poor, poor or fair condition biologically in 2020.

Five volunteers spent Friday morning jabbing a long-handled mesh net into a stream bottom, scraping the streambanks, scooping up submerged woody debris and rubbing smooth round rocks in the stream’s riffles.

A Symbol of the Drive to Get an Education

Laurel Grove School Museum

Laurel Grove

Keeping It All Connected

Plein Is Recharging the AHS

Spies, Sputnik and Other Secrets in Huntley Meadows Park

Huntley Meadows

Dyke Marsh Volunteers Tackle Invasive Plants and Plant Natives

Invasive plants

Our Winter Visitors – Waterfowl in Mount Vernon

Waterfowl

‘Free the Trees’ in Mount Vernon

Volunteers Take on English Ivy

Ivy invades trees

State Legislators Advance Bills to Deter Invasive Plants

Invasive Plants

Mount Vernon Farmers Market Vendors Become Familiar ‘Locals’

They get up before dawn every Wednesday from May to December and load up tables, tents and boxes, crates and coolers filled with meats, baked goods, fruits, vegetables, plants and other wares.

Locals Revisit the Civil War at Fort Willard

By 1865, Fort Willard was southernmost of 68 forts and 93 batteries armed with over 800 cannons protecting Washington.

In 1862 and 1863, at the apex of today’s Belle Haven community, Union soldiers at Fort Willard were on the lookout for enemies coming up the Potomac River or approaching along Accotink Turnpike.

Saving the Parkway’s Trees

National Park Service forests are at risk of failure in the national capital region and beyond.

English ivy is one of the most invasive and destructive plants in the region.

Salt Enhances Safety; Can Harm Environment

Salt season is upon us.

It All Started at Fort Hunt

The U.S. Army Band centennial was Jan. 25, 2022.

Army Band

Our Very Necessary Insects in Mount Vernon

Advice: cut lawns in half, plant native plants and trees, remove invasive plants, minimize use of pesticides, reduce light pollution.

Insects

Rarely-seen Spoonbills Draw Fans to Huntley Meadows Park

Their flat, six-to-seven-inch, spatula-like bills look like long-handled spoons swishing back and forth in the Huntley Meadows Park wetland.

Still Fighting for Voting Rights

In 1920, the National American Woman Suffrage Association became the League of Women Voters.

Voting Rights

A New View of the Landfill

Grassland at the I95 landfill provides habitat for ground-nesting birds and other wildlife.

Landfill

Learning to Love Amphibians and Reptiles

They may not be cuddly, charismatic or cute to many humans, but amphibians and reptiles are fascinating and important.

For 2024 Meals, Think Virginia

Traditional Virginia foods can brighten your table and your tales.

Think Va

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