Winter Hibernation Challenge

Virtual MD, United States

January 18th- February 11th Join the Howard County Conservancy for our annual Winter Challenge: Hibernation! It’s time for our Winter challenge, when we encourage you to spend time outdoors at a park or in your neighborhood while helping to raise $12,000  to keep the Conservancy’s 232 acres green, FREE and open to all! Participants will […]

Animals in Search of Food: with photographer Frank Marsden

Mt Pleasant 10520 Old Frederick Road, Woodstock, MD, United States

April 20 / 7pm / FREE Frank Marsden’s photographs of wildlife are startlingly intimate! Join us for an evening of discovering wildlife's non-stop foraging for daily food, as Marsden shares the stories behind his photographs. By knowing the traits, habits, and preferences of wild creatures, he puts himself in the right places, in the right seasons, […]

Earth Day Bird Walk

Mt Pleasant 10520 Old Frederick Road, Woodstock, MD, United States

Saturday, April 22, 8am / FREE Join Howard County Bird Club experts to listen for – and spot – as many as 50 different bird species! This is migrating time – it’s a great morning for seasoned bird watchers and first timers to hike our trails, have fun, and learn from each other.  Easy walking […]

Sold out: Hike to the Patapsco River

Mt Pleasant 10520 Old Frederick Road, Woodstock, MD, United States

April 29, 9:00am-11:30pm / FREE Unfortunately this popular program has already sold out. We hope you can join us for another program.  Join Conservancy Naturalist Woody Merkle and members of the Mountain Club of Maryland on a 2.5-hour, approximately 4-mile round trip hike across meadows, tree lines and paths through the woods from the Howard County […]

Biodiversity Hike

Mt Pleasant 10520 Old Frederick Road, Woodstock, MD, United States

April 29, 10am / FREE In coordination with the Baltimore Area City Nature Challenge, the Howard County Conservancy will be offering a Biodiversity Hike at our Woodstock location. Learn about topics including birding, forestry, fungi, and more! No experience in wildlife/plant identification is needed! Recommended to bring a smartphone. The City Nature Challenge is a global collaboration […]

Online registration ends 24 hours prior to the event. If a program is canceled by the Conservancy, participants will be notified and offered a refund. All other program fees are non-refundable and support educational programs at the Conservancy. Organized groups may not be able to be accommodated at our free programs. Please contact the Conservancy about scheduling a separate program for your group.