FULL: Beginning Birder Watch and Walk – Birds and Beverages
Mar 4 / 9:30 a.m. / FREE Sorry this popular program is full. Check out our other upcoming events! Bring your binoculars and hot chocolate. Join Woody Merkle, Terri Berkheimer, and Val Swan as we observe and identify the birds at the feeders, then go on a short bird...
Full: The Magical, Vital Vernal Pool: Biodiversity in Our Backyards
This popular program is full Mar 16 / 12:30 & 2:00 p.m. / FREE Vernal pools are depressions in the forest landscape that hold water only part of the year and therefore do not support fish. Without fish, vernal pools support species that can breed nowhere...
Wild Walk with your Valentine, Galentine or Palentine
Bring your Valentine, Galentine or Palentine to a wild walk on Saturday, Feb. 10, 11 a.m. for quality time together in nature. Enjoy an expert-guided walk through our grounds and see what you can discover! Registration required. $10 per person Register...Closure – nature center and trails are closed 3/30/24
Nature for the little ones
The preschool crowd can join us at our Belmont location in Elkridge for outdoor adventures and nature-based learning in April and May. In this weekly series, children and their caregivers are invited for hikes and thoughtfully curated and child-led activities while...
Spotted at the Conservancy: Skunk cabbage and honey bee
Maryland’s skunk cabbage flowers pop out of the damp forest floor in winter, offering busy honey bees a little pollen snack to get them through cold early spring days. Bonnie Ott took this shot of the strange-looking blossoms that are one of the first spring...
Volunteer spotlight: Howard Quinn
f you happen into the Conservancy’s offices when Howard Quinn is working the front desk, you’ll likely have musical accompaniment to your nature education. A musician and retired Howard County special education teacher, Howard has been volunteering with...Office closed for the holidays until 1/2/24. Grounds and trails are open dawn to dusk daily!
