This Week's Highlight: Visit Magnolia Bogs in PG County on Saturday with the Maryland Native Plant Society. "a fairly large, mostly undisturbed example of the globally-rare Fall Line Terrace Gravel Magnolia Bogs... sweetbay magnolia and swamp azalea possibly in bloom, Canada mayflower and wintergreen, many distinctive bog plants, and extensive fern belts all characterize this site."MORE EVENTS:
Sierra Club
Sat: Potomac Heritage Trail from Algonkian Park to Great Falls (11 mi)
Rolling Ridge Foundation and AT (3 mi then 6.4 mi)
Sun: Wildcat Mtn. (5.2 mi)
Potomac Appalachian Trail Club
Many cabin and trail crew work trips.
Tue: Harper's Ferry (17 fast mi)
Burke Lake in Fairfax Co. (5 mi)
Thu: Burke Lake in Fairfax Co. (5 mi)
Sun: Massanuttens (8-13.5 mi)
Audubon Naturalist Society:
Sat: AT Mt. Marshall to Hogback Mountain Overlook (6 mi)
Tue/Thu/Sat: 3-part Bird ID by voice class.
Sun: Butterflies of Hoyle’s Mill
Center Hiking Club: Sat: Fairfax Co. Parks (10 mi)
Sun: AT over Stony Man, the Pinnacle and Mary’s Rock (10 mi)
Capital Hiking Club
Sun: Cape Henlopen – Rehoboth Beach
Washington Women Outdoors
Sun: National Arboretum
Rock Creek Park
Thu: Look at the sun through a special telescope to see if there are any sunspots
Sat: Ft. Stevens cleanup
Sun: Ft. Stevens battleground cemetery talk
The Nature Conservancy
Thu: early morning birding at Great Falls, MD
Chesapeake Bay Foundation
Wed: birding eco-paddle on the Chickahominy River
FOR KIDS:
Audubon Naturalist Society
Thu: Predators and Prey (ages 3-6)
Fri: Senses of spring (ages 18 mo-3 yrs)
Rock Creek Park
Thu: Look at the sun through a special telescope to see if there are any sunspots
Fri: Creature Feature
Sat: Backyard Science
photo credit: taryn on flickr
