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7:00 pm on Thursday, January 21, 2021
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The Alliance is excited to announce were bringing the Wild & Scenic Film Festival back to the Chesapeake Bay for the third year in a row, and were bringing it straight to your own homes! Save the date for the Alliances Virtual Wild & Scenic Film Festival on January 21, 2021. Prepare to immerse yourselves in inspiring stories about conservation, adventure, activism, and fun through amazing cinematography. Wild & Scenic films celebrate our planet, and inspire viewers to take action as environmental stewards. This years Film Festival will be extra special as we will be kicking off our 50th Anniversary celebration! We will also have new guest speakers, special videos from sponsors, and unique raffle items. All tickets come with 7 days of on demand access to the Film program so if you cant make the live screening, you still have 7 days to watch it as many times as youd like.
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4:00 pm to 5:30 pm on Sunday, January 24, 2021
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Where do you go to visit with wintering waterfowl and other wild winter creatures? How do you know they are there, even when you don't see them? In this "virtual outing" we will share some of our favorite winter nature finds and tips about how to get outside even when it's cold out there.
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7:00 pm on Wednesday, January 27, 2021
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This is a 9 part webinar series that meets weekly on Wednesdays at 7pm starting on January 27th and continuing through March 24th. The Woods in Your Backyard Webinar Series teaches the stewardship of land through a series of one-hour webinars. Join us from the convenience of your computer to learn how landowners, of even just a few acres, can positively influence the environment by implementing simple stewardship practices. Topics to be covered include Habitats for Wildlife, Tree and Shrub Identification, Tree Planting, Woods and Water Quality, Forest Ecology, Woodlot Management Techniques, Invasive Plant Identification/Control, and more! $45 registration fee
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1:00 pm to 4:00 pm on Thursday, January 28, 2021
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Winter is for hot chocolate, warm fires, and controlling invasive plants. Yes! It is a great time of year to tackle some of the invasive plants found in our area. Find out which plants you can treat, which you need to wait to treat, and how to do winter control safely and effectively. You will have the opportunity to ask your questions live to our panel of experts. Panel Members: William Hamersky, Jim Hurley, Nicola McGoff, Brian Morse, Joe Rosetti
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1. 7:00 pm to 8:00 pm on Monday, February 1, 2021
2. 7:00 pm to 8:00 pm on Tuesday, February 2, 2021
3. 7:00 am to 8:00 pm on Monday, February 8, 2021
4. 7:00 pm to 8:00 pm on Tuesday, February 9, 2021
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The Forest Landowner Conference is designed to help forest landowners understand some of the management options that are available to them. The 2021 Clarion conference will be held virtually this year, due to the current health crisis. The knowledge gained from this conference will prepare participants to make sustainable management decisions for their forestland so a healthy and diverse forest will remain for many years to come.
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1. 12:00 pm on Tuesday, February 9, 2021
2. 7:00 pm on Tuesday, February 9, 2021
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The vast majority of Pennsylvania's forests are middle-aged, with most trees in a forest community being of the same age, often around 100 years old. However, efforts to foster resiliency and favorable habitat conditions across the landscape, statewide, and regionally focus on the need to diversify forest succession at a large scale, creating more early-successional (young forest) and late-successional/old growth (older forest) conditions. With good management, creating young forest habitat is relatively straightforward but working toward older forest conditions can be a less straightforward process for landowners who want to foster those conditions through active management. Sarah Wurzbacher, Penn State Extension Educator in Forest Resources, will talk about how landowners and managers who understand how succession advances naturally in our forests can work with the system to speed up the formation of or enhance key features, resulting in forests that host some of the same structural and functional elements we value in older forests.
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1:00 pm to 3:00 pm on Saturday, February 13, 2021
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Help remove Multiflora Rose and Wineberries to improve habitat for spring ephemeral wildflowers. Meet at the Massanutten Shelter parking area to hike into the woods and cut down some thorny invasive plants. Multiflora Rose and Wineberries are fast spreading invasive plants that are encroaching on the habitat favored by native spring ephemerals. Spend a couple of hours cutting down invasive plants. Bring good work gloves and loppers if you have them. The park has some, but you will want sturdy leather gloves for these very prickly plants. Dress for the weather, including sturdy footwear and bring some water for hydration. If weather requires cancelation, the rain date will be February 27. Volunteer Vanessa Lewis planned this event.
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Shenandoah River State Park
350 Daughter of Stars Drive
Bentonville, VA 22610
5406226840
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Friday, February 19, 2021 – Saturday, February 20, 2021
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Over 10 million acres of Virginia's woods are privately owned. The Woods & Wildlife Conferences provide information, tools, and personal contacts to help private woodland owners keep their woods, and the wildlife that live in them, healthy and productive. A variety of topics are offered to appeal to owners of both small and large tracts, and both new and experienced owners. These day-long conferences are held in February.
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