APRIL 2017
April 01 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Atlantic White Cedar Planting Nassawango Creek Preserve. Join the Nature Conservancy and the National Aquarium Conservation Team (ACT!) in partnership with the Chesapeake Bay Trust to restore Atlantic white cedar habitat in the Nassawango Creek Preserve. Volunteers needed to help plant Atlantic White Cedar seedlings in this restored wetland. All participants must pre-register. This planting is part of an ongoing restoration effort through the Aquarium’s Wetland Nursery Program. This event is rain or shine. Please contact Stephanie Mathias at conserve@aqua.org or 410-576-1014 for registration information and event details.
https://aqua.org/care/conservation-eventsApr 1 8:00 AM
Spring Bread and Cheese Creek Cleanup. Clean Bread and Cheese Creek. 2408 Plainfield Road, Dundalk, MD. Cleanups are a family event with plenty of ways for volunteers to participate. All ability levels can contribute and assist.
https://www.meetup.com/Bread-and-Cheese-Creek/April 17 8:00-10:00 AM
Bird Monitoring at Pickering Creek. Volunteers of all abilities welcome. Two ongoing volunteer Bird monitoring programs at Pickering Creek, third Monday each month. Join an experienced birder on the 3rd Monday of each month from 8-10am for e-Bird monitoring along the Center’s trails.
http://pickeringcreek.audubon.org/get-involved/upcoming-volunteer-opportunitiesApril 21- April 22 10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Red Spruce Planting. Cranesville Swamp Preserve. Red Spruce (Picea rubens) once covered thousands of acres in western Maryland before logging and wildfires at the turn of the last century drastically reduced its range.
This planting will accelerate restoration of forest cover and regeneration of red spruce. It will improve habitat quality for rare plants and animals by restoring natural vegetation and ecological processes, and improve hydrology and local climate, reducing erosion and increasing percolation of water into the underlying bedrock. Bring lunch and water, work gloves, sturdy boots, rain gear, and dress in layers, as it may start off cool, but warm up throughout the day. Cranesville Swamp Preserve is 3.5 hours from DC/Baltimore. RSVP or for more information, contact Deborah Landau at dlandau@tnc.org.
http://www.nature.org/ourinitiatives/regions/northamerica/unitedstates/maryland_dc/events/index.htmApril 22 9:00AM-12PM
Gardening Day at Pickering. Saturday Service Day. Volunteers of all ages are welcome. Volunteers will be weeding and cleaning out garden beds at the Center. Volunteers are encouraged to bring a brown bag lunch and stay for Canoe cleaning and volunteer paddle afterwards.
http://pickeringcreek.audubon.org/get-involved/upcoming-volunteer-opportunitiesApril 22 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Celebration - 12:00 - 2:00 p.m. Earth Day Cleanup - Anacostia Watershed Society. Sites around the Anacostia Watershed in Washington DC, and Montgomery and Prince George's Counties in Maryland. Join the Anacostia Watershed Society and over 2,000 volunteers on Earth Day to clean up our neighborhoods, parks, streams, and the Anacostia River! All tools and supplies needed will be provided - no need to bring your own gloves unless you have a favorite pair. Advance registration is required.
Learn more about our conservation work in DC and our efforts to reduce stormwater runoff in the Anacostia and Potomac Rivers.
http://www.anacostiaws.org/earthday2017/April 29 9:00AM - 12PM
Gardening Day at Pickering Saturday Service Day.Volunteers of all ages are welcome. Volunteers will be weeding and cleaning out garden beds at the center. Volunteers are encouraged to bring a brown bag lunch and stay for Canoe cleaning and volunteer paddle afterwards.
http://pickeringcreek.audubon.org/get-involved/upcoming-volunteer-opportunities
