Earth Sangha, a key partner in the Stretch Our Parks habitat restoration corridor, made a sizable donation of wild plants to the project and we need to get these youngsters in the ground!

Conservation advocates lost several battles in the 2024 General Assembly, but did score a couple of wins that allow local governments to adopt some environment-friendly requirements. We can use your help in lobbying your local governments to adopt these measures.

Mary Frase, who comes from several generations of family gardeners, tells anyone who asks her about her volunteering, “I grew up playing in the dirt and I still like to play there.” She turned this love into an extraordinary commitment to native habitat.

As part of Stretch Our Parks, volunteers worked with the Four Mile Run Conservancy Foundation to install a Purple Martin colony at the end of February in Alexandria’s Four Mile Run Park.

Do you like to write? Do you have ideas about bird and habitat conservation that would interest our readers? If so, we would love to have your help writing articles for the Potomac Flier.

Hope is winning out, even as I hear chainsaws and backhoes signal the demolition of yet another neighborhood house and all of its majestic oaks. I block out those sounds of destruction by recalling four hopeful ASNV sessions from the past few weeks.

At ASNV’s Volunteer Appreciation and Service Event on October 22, board member Judy Gallagher presented Bill Young with the Volunteer of the Year award.

On Saturday, February 18, ASNV welcomed 18 new volunteers to our team during our Outreach Volunteer Training.

Do you enjoy speaking to people about your passion for birds and the environment? We need your help!

We’re looking for volunteers to help ASNV contact members of the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors from time to time. Depending on the issue, we may ask you to call, email, or request a meeting with your district’s supervisor. Can you help?