Please join your friends, neighbors, and fellow environmental stewards in participating in the following habitat restoration events during Martin Luther King, Jr. weekend. Enjoy the satisfaction of helping to restore these natural areas. Dress in layers for cold weather, bring work gloves, your own tools, filled reusable water bottle, and face mask. Please also follow COVID guidelines for each event.
- Date: Saturday, January 16, 2021
Event: Habitat restoration and invasive plant removal
Time: 10:00 am – Noon
Location: Tuckahoe ParkContact: Mary McLean, 703-966-2047, marydmclean@verizon.netDetails: Please call ahead since we’re limited to 10 people in the group. Meet at Tuckahoe Elementary’s parking lot. After orientation, volunteers head into the park.
- Date: Saturday, January 16, 2021
Event: Restoration work
Time: Noon – 3:00 pm
Location: Upton Hill Regional Park
Contact: To register, email Jill Barker, crosswell2630@verizon.net.
Details: Rototiller day! Volunteers will come behind it and remove five-leaved akebia to prepare pollinator plant beds. This event is for volunteers over age 9. Training on invasive removal will be provided. Participation is limited to ten persons per event, so registration is essential.
- Date: Sunday, January 17, 2021
Event: Habitat Restoration & Invasive Removal
Time: 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Location: Long Branch Park
Contact: Steve Young, 703-966-2966, frazmo@gmail.com
Details: COVID restrictions/limits on volunteer numbers apply, so rsvp required. Dress for the weather, and consider wearing appropriate clothing, including sturdy footwear. Bring work gloves, clippers or a folding hand saw, trash bags, water bottle, sunscreen/hat.
- Date: Monday, January 18, 2021
Event: Invasive Removal
Time: 10:00 am – Noon
Location: Mary Carlin Woods at Bluemont Park (bounded by N. Carlin Springs Road, N. Kensington Street, N. 4th Street, the Bluemont Junction Trail and the Arlington Forest Club). Meet at the Mary Carlin Woods entrance along the Bluemont Junction trail just west from the rocks.
Contact: Register by emailing: naturalresources@arlingtonva.us
Details: COVID restrictions/limits on volunteer numbers apply, so rsvp required. Training on identifying invasive species and proper removal techniques will be provided by Master Naturalists and Tree Stewards. Participation is limited to ten persons per work site, so registration is requested. Bring your own gloves, tools, filled reusable water bottle, and face mask. Weather appropriate clothing is advised.
- Date: Monday, January 18, 2021
Event: Invasive removal or cleanup
Time: 10:00 am – Noon
Location: Dyke Marsh Wildlife Preserve. Meet at the Belle Haven Park south parking lot registration table.
Contact: Register here and indicate your choice of invasive removal or cleanup, as described below.
Details: There are two types of service: (1) a shoreline trash cleanup, and (2) removing English ivy from trees. Volunteers can choose either activity. You do not need prior plant identification experience. Under Covid-19 protocols, registration is required and participants are limited to 15in each group. Work gloves, tools, trash bags and hand sanitizer will be provided. Wear a mask, sturdy shoes, long pants and sleeves, winter gloves and sun protection. Bring your own water.
- Date: Monday, January 18, 2021
Event: Invasive Removal on the Mount Vernon Trail
Time: 10:00 am – Noon
Location: 615 Slaters Lane, Alexandria, VA 22314. Group will meet in the courtyard behind the Salvation Army Headquarters and then walk to the work area.
Contact: Register at: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/133621847543
Details: Volunteers will remove English Ivy from trees along the Mount Vernon Trail. No special skills are needed. Bring hand pruners (There will be several to borrow), work gloves (There will be several to borrow), filled water bottle, face covering.
Thank You!!