By Christine Payack Spring 2012 Schoolyard Gifts House sparrows adorn our window feeders. Both adhere firmly to the classroom panes. Pointing fingers, wide eyes and sounds of surprise pierce through our day. House sparrows! They’re house sparrows! A voice of mixed alarm and wonder greets me in the morning. “I saw a dead bird onContinueContinue reading “Schoolyard Gifts”
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ARMN July 2012 Chapter Meeting and Service at Long Branch Nature Center
By John Bernard Members of Arlington Regional Master Naturalists (ARMN) met for their chapter meeting and cookout on July 29 at Long Branch Nature Center (LBNC). Among other business, they recognized 13 newly certified Master Naturalists and the 68 members who have recertified through 2012. There was also an opportunity for ARMN volunteers to earnContinueContinue reading “ARMN July 2012 Chapter Meeting and Service at Long Branch Nature Center”
Arlington County Fair
Please visit ARMN at the upcoming Arlington County Fair Look for our booth in the Thomas Jefferson Community Center from Friday, August 10 – Sunday, August 12 See you at the fair!
Pollinator Garden at Gulf Branch Nature Center
By Sue Dingwell “If you are just growing nectar plants, you are borrowing somebody else’s butterflies,” says Jennifer Soles, “If you grow host plants, you are making your own butterflies!” This message was conveyed with verve and passion to visitors to Gulf Branch Nature Center’s Pollinator Garden last Sunday. The garden, filled with native plants, wasContinueContinue reading “Pollinator Garden at Gulf Branch Nature Center”
Join ARMN Volunteers for June HOG Pull
Come see the results of our May efforts and join us for our June HOG Pull. HOG Pull, Saturday, June 2, 9-11 AM at Haley Park [Haley Park, Oakridge Elementary School, Gunston Middle School Invasive Plant Pull] This is a continuing project on the first Saturday of each month to reclaim the natural area between HaleyContinueContinue reading “Join ARMN Volunteers for June HOG Pull”
May 2012 Statewide Invasive Removal Day
Jennifer Frum We had a wonderful day on May 5, Statewide Invasive Removal Day, which happened to coincide with our regular Invasive removal event in the HOG Woods. HOG (Haley Park/Oakridge Elementary/Gunston Middle School). Our event was co-sponsored by ARMN. We had a bonus of forty-five young energetic members of a local church, so theContinueContinue reading “May 2012 Statewide Invasive Removal Day”
An Excursion to Huntley Meadows
By Sue Dingwell Huntley Meadows morphed into a learning lab for the spring class of this term’s aspiring Master Naturalists. The beautiful wetland was brimming with life as the class traversed its woods and boardwalk, stalking insects, birds and herps. Lessons were learned, pictures were taken, and, more importantly, new horizons were revealed through theContinueContinue reading “An Excursion to Huntley Meadows”
The State of ARMN in 2011
Monique Wong In the ARMN 2011 Annual Report, President of ARMN Caroline Haynes shares a snapshot of ARMN volunteer effort last year. The numbers are impressive: 127 ARMN volunteers provided a combined 9,000 hours of volunteer service that reached out to over 10,803 individuals. While the total number of volunteer service hours is often the first question we areContinueContinue reading “The State of ARMN in 2011”
We Love Inflation!
By Jennifer Frum During the Unitarian Universalist Church of Arlington’s celebration of Earth Month, they encouraged members to keep tires properly inflated, which saves money, gas and reduces pollution. This is a free service that My Organic Market provides to shoppers twice a year at their stores.
Everyday is Earth Day for ARMN Volunteers
By Monique Wong “Everyday is Earth Day for ARMN volunteers,” Robin Davis, ARMN Outreach Committee Chair, remarked at the April ARMN Board Meeting. How right she is! Since ARMN’s mission is to provide environmental education, research, citizen science, outreach, and stewardship of Virginia natural resources and public lands, everyday is indeed Earth Day for all ARMN members. Wherever youContinueContinue reading “Everyday is Earth Day for ARMN Volunteers”