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Are you up for a challenge? Join The Nature Conservancy and community partners to compete in the annual community science challenge from April 26th-29th! Category 14 Bioblitz/City Nature Challenge Eastern Shore iNaturalist Surveys. If you wish you can log your hours on the ESMN iNaturalist page so that we can get an aggregate for the […]
REGISTRATION REQUIRED Join TNC’s Wetlands Program Manager, Kati Booth, on an exploration of TNC’s Cubberly site, a beautiful forested wetland along Cobb Mill Creek that lies within Delmarva Migratory Bird Stopover Habitat.
The Eastern Shore Soil and Water Conservation District, in conjunction with the Virginia Department of Forestry, Eastern Shore of Virginia Master Gardeners, and the Cape Charles Tree Advisory Board, will be celebrating Arbor Day on Saturday, April 27, 2024. Native plants and trees will be given away along with educational materials. Other events include an Arbor Day Proclamation, the designation […]
ESMN/DCR have two tables each with two shifts 9am -12pm and 12pm – 3pm. ESMN Ed & Outreach (Category 15: ESMN OutreachTable/Tours Eastern Shore Events) Plant Eastern Shore Natives campaign (Category 15: PLANTS Arbor Day Public Education Events) We appreciate morning volunteers arriving a bit early to help setup and afternoon volunteers staying to help […]
REGISTRATION REQUIRED/SPACE IS LIMITED For more information. Join members Martina Coker and Paul Anderson on this walk which “will take students through the varied habitats at the Edward S. Brinkley Preserve, observing flora and fauna on the freshwater lake, in the meadows, along the forested paths, and along the shoreline viewed from a seaside platform.” […]
Please sign up here. Four shifts available: 10am-Noon and 1pm -3pm on April 30 and May 2 Category 6/Trail Management We’ll be working for the second consecutive year with our Bay Creek Stewardship partners to address the invasive bamboo along our shared boundary. This year we’ll have the Bay Creek chipper on site so that […]
Please sign up here. Four shifts available: 10am-Noon and 1pm-3pm on April 30 and May 2 Category 6/Trail Management We’ll be working for the second consecutive year with our Bay Creek Stewardship partners to address the invasive bamboo along our shared boundary. This year we’ll have the Bay Creek chipper on site so that we […]
*** THIS EVENT IS FULL *** REGISTRATION REQUIRED/SPACE IS LIMITED More information here. Join ESMN members Rose Marie Roessler and Maggie Long on a guided walk of SND. The group will be given a brief history of the Savage Neck Dunes Natural Area Preserve area and the transition from fields to upland woodland. The preserve […]
The Eastern Shore Land Trust is seeking volunteers to conduct the following student field trips (Category 15: Eastern Shore Land Trust Children’s Field Trips): May 7th – Metompkin Elementary 2nd grade (3 classes/6 volunteers) May 9th – Metompkin Elementary 2nd grade (2 classes/4 volunteers) May 20th – Kegotank Elementary 1st grade ESL (11 students/1-2 volunteers) May […]
The Eastern Shore Land Trust is seeking volunteers to assist with the following student field trips (Category 15: Eastern Shore Land Trust Children’s Field Trips): May 7th – Metompkin Elementary 2nd grade (3 classes/6 volunteers) May 9th – Metompkin Elementary 2nd grade (2 classes/4 volunteers) May 20th – Kegotank Elementary 1st grade ESL (11 students/1-2 volunteers) […]
Explore this local hotspot for specialties such as red-headed woodpecker along with migrating songbirds. A Swainson’s Warbler was spotted there recently but it has apparently moved on. A great spot and you never know what you might find. Leader: Joanne Laskowski – 757-665-4984. Category 14: eBird Surveys (NOTE: You must submit an eBird list to […]
REGISTRATION REQUIRED/SPACE IS LIMITED More information here. Join members Frank Renshaw and David Boyd as they “walk through the 445-acre Preserve that encompasses woodlands, forested wetlands, and an extensive salt marsh on the southern tip of Virginia’s Eastern Shore.” Category 2: Continuing Education See VMN CE Webinars for additional CE opportunities.
