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Posted March 1, 2023
Virginia Director of Land Management – The Nature Conservancy (TNC)
The mission of The Nature Conservancy (TNC) is to conserve the lands and waters upon which all life depends. As a science-based organization, we develop innovative, on-the-ground solutions to the world’s toughest environmental challenges so that people and nature can thrive. The position description (Job ID 53008) is attached which includes the link to apply. …
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Posted April 19, 2021
Monday, May 24, 2021: Virginia Beach Sand Dune Restoration. Volunteers Needed (Virginia Beach, VA)
SAND DUNE STABILIZATION AT NASO DAM NECK ANNEX The National Aquarium (Baltimore, MD) invites you to hands-on stabilize dune structure at Naval Air Station Oceana (NASO), Dam Neck Annex (DNA) (VA Beach, VA) by planting native grasses and shrubs along the Atlantic Coast. No experience needed and all tools are provided. This is an ongoing…
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Posted April 19, 2021
Sunday, May 23, 2021: Virginia Beach Sand Dune Restoration. Volunteers Needed (Virginia Beach, VA)
SAND DUNE STABILIZATION AT NASO DAM NECK ANNEX The National Aquarium (Baltimore, MD) invites you to hands-on stabilize dune structure at Naval Air Station Oceana (NASO), Dam Neck Annex (DNA) (VA Beach, VA) by planting native grasses and shrubs along the Atlantic Coast. No experience needed and all tools are provided. This is an ongoing…
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Posted April 19, 2021
Saturday, May 22, 2021: Virginia Beach Sand Dune Restoration. Volunteers Needed (Virginia Beach, VA)
SAND DUNE STABILIZATION AT NASO DAM NECK ANNEX The National Aquarium (Baltimore, MD) invites you to hands-on stabilize dune structure at Naval Air Station Oceana (NASO), Dam Neck Annex (DNA) (VA Beach, VA) by planting native grasses and shrubs along the Atlantic Coast. No experience needed and all tools are provided. This is an ongoing…
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Posted April 19, 2021
Friday, May 21, 2021: Virginia Beach Sand Dune Restoration. Volunteers Needed (Virginia Beach, VA)
SAND DUNE STABILIZATION AT NASO DAM NECK ANNEX The National Aquarium (Baltimore, MD) invites you to hands-on stabilize dune structure at Naval Air Station Oceana (NASO), Dam Neck Annex (DNA) (VA Beach, VA) by planting native grasses and shrubs along the Atlantic Coast. No experience needed and all tools are provided. This is an ongoing…
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Posted April 13, 2021
iNaturalist Training & City Nature Challenge Baltimore
Get outside and make a difference for local plant and animal species by participating in the upcoming 2021 City Nature Challenge for the Baltimore Area! The challenge is an opportunity to connect with other cities across the nation – and the globe – while documenting the species found in your own backyard. Nature is all…
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Posted April 24, 2020
April 27, 2020: City Nature Challenge 2020 Begins Today!
City Nature Challenge is back! This year’s challenge is all about collaboration, not competition. It’s an opportunity to connect with other cities across the nation—and the globe—from your home, while documenting the biodiversity found in your own backyard. Nature is all around us, even in urban areas, and if you look a little harder, you…
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Posted April 24, 2020
April 26, 2020: City Nature Challenge 2020 Begins Today!
City Nature Challenge is back! This year’s challenge is all about collaboration, not competition. It’s an opportunity to connect with other cities across the nation—and the globe—from your home, while documenting the biodiversity found in your own backyard. Nature is all around us, even in urban areas, and if you look a little harder, you…
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Posted April 24, 2020
April 25, 2020: City Nature Challenge 2020 Begins Today!
City Nature Challenge is back! This year’s challenge is all about collaboration, not competition. It’s an opportunity to connect with other cities across the nation—and the globe—from your home, while documenting the biodiversity found in your own backyard. Nature is all around us, even in urban areas, and if you look a little harder, you…
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Posted April 24, 2020
April 24, 2020: City Nature Challenge 2020 Begins Today!
City Nature Challenge is back! This year’s challenge is all about collaboration, not competition. It’s an opportunity to connect with other cities across the nation—and the globe—from your home, while documenting the biodiversity found in your own backyard. Nature is all around us, even in urban areas, and if you look a little harder, you…
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Posted October 10, 2019
(Towson, MD) Free Lecture: Urban Stream Restoration in England
Maryland Trout Unlimited’s October 16 chapter meeting will feature Theo Pike, a British author whose publications include ‘Trout in Dirty Places’ (a trailblazing guide to the UK’s urban fishing and river restoration movements) and ‘The Pocket Guide to Balsam Bashing’ (a handbook empowering people to tackle invasive non-native species). As Chair of Trustees of the…
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Posted October 3, 2019
(Baltimore, MD) Turtle Conservation Field Talk
Sharing an upcoming Maryland Zoo field talk about box and bog turtles. Flyer is attached. Thursday, October 10th at 7pm Union Craft Brewery, Baltimore, MD A Special Evening with Kevin Barrett This special Field Talk will take you into the wild for a discussion of turtle conservation efforts. We welcome Kevin Barrett, the Zoo’s reptile…
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Posted September 30, 2019
Virginia Beach Dune Restoration Planting
Help the National Aquarium restore valuable sand dunes in partnership with the Commander Navy Region Mid-Atlantic, the Naval Facilities Engineering Command Mid-Atlantic and the Virginia Aquarium & Marine Science Center. Sand dunes act as natural barriers, protecting land by preventing erosion and absorbing wave energy. Without this protection, soft coastline would rapidly disappear. We need…
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Posted August 27, 2019
Borrow A BioBlitz
The National Aquarium has created a “Borrow A BioBlitz” kit available for loan – free of charge! – to support the citizen science efforts of local Maryland organizations. This kit consists of six supply bins, with each bin dedicated to a different taxon: Amphibians & Reptiles, Aquatics, Birds, Insects, Mammals, and Plants. Each bin contains…
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Posted May 23, 2019
Masonville Cove BioBlitz
The National Aquarium’s Field Conservation team is recruiting volunteers to participate in our sixth annual BioBlitz at Masonville Cove. Event information is included below and the flyer is attached to this email. National Aquarium’s BioBlitz at Masonville Cove Saturday, June 8th, 2019 10am – 2pm Masonville Cove Environmental Education Center 1000 Frankfurst Avenue, Baltimore, MD…
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Posted April 24, 2019
Join the City Nature Challenge: April 26 – 29
Calling all naturalists and wildlife enthusiasts in the Baltimore area! Please consider participating in the City Nature Challenge – a friendly international citizen science competition to see which metropolitan area can make the most observations of wildlife and identify the most species in their city. The challenge starts this Friday, April 26 and continues until…
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Posted April 17, 2019
Shoreline Cleanup at Watersedge Park
Join the Aquarium Conservation Team as we take part in Baltimore County’s Litter Blitz to remove harmful marine debris from the shoreline at the Watersedge Park in Dundalk. Learn about the sources and effects of marine debris, and what you can do to help! We will provide tools, trash bags and gloves. Preregistration is not…
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Posted February 13, 2019
Atlantic White Cedar Tree Planting
Saturday, March 30, 2019, 9:00 am – 2:00 pm Join the National Aquarium’s Conservation team—in partnership with The Nature Conservancy and the Chesapeake Bay Trust—to plant Atlantic white cedar trees, a vulnerable species in Maryland, at Nassawango Creek Preserve. The 15-square-mile preserve, located in Snow Hill, Maryland, comprises wetland and upland habitat and is home…
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Posted September 24, 2018
Borrow A BioBlitz from the Nationall Aquarium
The National Aquarium has created a “Borrow A BioBlitz” kit available for loan – free of charge! – to support the citizen science efforts of local Maryland organizations. This kit consists of six supply bins, with each bin dedicated to a different taxon: Amphibians & Reptiles, Aquatics, Birds, Insects, Mammals, and Plants. Each bin contains…
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Posted September 19, 2018
Lecture – Sharks: Predators in Peril
Please join the National Aquarium as we welcome Bill Band for his lecture, Sharks: Predators in Peril. Bill’s adventures as a maritime pilot, scuba diver and underwater photographer have fed his lifelong fascination with sharks. These majestic top predators are essential to the natural order of marine ecosystems, but now face their most severe threat…
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Posted September 4, 2018
Fort McHenry Field Day
Give a day for the Bay and join the Aquarium Conservation Team for a field day at the Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine wetland! You can help us maintain pollinator and rain gardens, remove debris from the wetlands and much more. Data collected from this event will contribute to the International Coastal Cleanup. Register…