Getting the most magic out of the Merlin Bird ID App
April 13 / 10 a.m. / FREE Learn to use the Merlin Bird ID app to improve your identification of birds, by sight or sound! Join instructors from the Howard County Bird Club in an hour-long class on how to use the Merlin app. The class will be indoors and hands-on,...The biology of bears
Feb. 22 / 7 p.m. / $ Nearly every spring, juvenile black bears wander near Howard County. Come learn about a bear’s life from Maryland’s black bear biologist, Jonathan Trudeau. He’ll talk about the history of the species in Maryland, population...
Pollinator Fest
June 30 / 10 a.m.-1 p.m. / FREE Join us to celebrate and meet your favorite pollinators! Learn about bees, butterflies, moths, birds and more at informative stations. Enjoy fun, hands-on pollinator-themed activities and games, seed giveaways, a book swap and more!...
World of Discovery: Animal and Plant Communication
Join author Nancy Lawson, the Humane Gardener, to explore the secret, sensory lives of nature. This talk, rescheduled from November, covers topics from Lawson’s new book, Wildscape, which will be on sale. Admission is $5 per person or $12 for a group of three....
Giving Tuesday goal reached
The Howard County Conservancy thanks all who contributed this #GivingTuesday to support and expand our Youth Climate Institute. We exceeded our fundraising goal, and those funds were matched by our generous sponsor, Howard Hughes. All donations will help high school...
Volunteer Spotlight: Carolyn Keaton Culp
Carolyn Keaton Culp, who started volunteering with the Conservancy after finishing her Master Naturalist training in 2022, has worked as a volunteer leading hikes and field trips and aiding with our public programs. “I love taking nature walks and exploring the...
Spotted at the Conservancy: Spun glass slug caterpillar
The moth that matures from this caterpillar is fairly pedestrian-looking, a silvery beige with some brown spots. But the caterpillar, which Bonnie Ott photographed last month, is spectacular, nearly transparent and covered in spiny hairs. The caterpillars feed on the...
Mural Reveal: Meet the artist
Join us for the big reveal of our new art installation! The Conservancy commissioned a mural for the back wall of the farmstead’s carriage house that depicts “Land Over Time,” the natural and cultural history of the land that became Mt. Pleasant....