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March 2023
New Volunteer Naturalist Training
Like being outdoors? Enjoy teaching kids about nature? Want to give back to your community? Sign up to become a Volunteer Naturalist at Jug Bay Wetlands Sanctuary for the Classrooms in The Field programs. The program requires a background check, availability 2-3 weekdays a month in Spring and Fall, attending training sessions, and shadowing experienced Naturalists on field trips. Learn more here.
Find out more »Save our Trees Ivy Clearing at Truxtun Park
Save Our Trees will remove invasive vines from trees in Truxtun Park. This is the 7th ivy clearing event at Truxtun Park. Meet at the parking lot of the swimming pool. Please register for the event.
Find out more »May 2023
Save Our Trees: Remove Invasive Ivy
Join Save Our Trees to help save trees by removing invasive ivy. Bring gloves and loppers if you have then. Wear long pants and long-sleeved shirts. No experience necessary. All are welcome. Park in the Eastport Shopping Center on the far left. Meet at the Post Office Park on Americana Drive behind the Eastport Post Office on Chesapeake Avenue. Sign up here.
Find out more »Save Our Trees Ivy Removal at Twin Oaks Park
Join a Broadneck High School Environmental Literacy Program led and Anne-Arundel-Weed-Resistance.org supported english ivy removal event at Twin Oak Park in Arnold. No experience needed. Details here.
Find out more »Healthy Forests: Invasive Plant Removal Program Workday
In 2020, Scenic Rivers Land Trust took action to remediate and control the threat that invasive plants pose on the health of Bacon Ridge Natural Area. First, teams of volunteers mapped and identified invasive plant infestations along Bacon Ridge’s 15+ miles of publicly accessible trails. Then in spring 2021, the first season of volunteer workdays began to clear and remove invasive plants from along the trails. To date, dozens of community volunteers have helped to remove nearly 3,000 pounds of invasive…
Find out more »Healthy Forests: Invasive Plant Removal Program Workday
In 2020, Scenic Rivers Land Trust took action to remediate and control the threat that invasive plants pose on the health of Bacon Ridge Natural Area. First, teams of volunteers mapped and identified invasive plant infestations along Bacon Ridge’s 15+ miles of publicly accessible trails. Then in spring 2021, the first season of volunteer workdays began to clear and remove invasive plants from along the trails. To date, dozens of community volunteers have helped to remove nearly 3,000 pounds of invasive…
Find out more »October 2023
Healthy Forests Program: Invasive Plant Removal Workday at Bacon Ridge Natural Area
Protect the Health of YOUR Local Forest: Join the Scenic Rivers Land Trust at Bacon Ridge Natural Area in Crownsville to spend a morning removing harmful invasive plants from along the trails. Scenic Rivers’ Healthy Forests Program engages community volunteers to help protect the long-term vitality of our largest conservation easement located within Bacon Ridge Natural Area. The October 2023 workday will focus on plants that are easily visible in the fall. These aggressive invaders threaten vegetation at all levels…
Find out more »January 2024
Save Our Trees Ivy Removal at Truxtun Park
Join the Save Our Trees organization to remove invasive ivy from trees and revitalize the forest in Truxtun Park. Bring gloves, loppers, hand saws, water and bug spray. Be sure to wear long sleeve clothing. No prior experience is needed; other volunteers will show you what to do. Meet at the boat ramp parking lot near the the skate park (past the pool) at 300 Truxtun Park Road. To sign up, click here. For questions, email saveourtreestogether@gmail.com or go to…
Find out more »April 2024
Clagett Farm Volunteer Day
Roughly 20 acres of the Chesapeake Bay Foundation's 283-acre Clagett Farm regenerative farm is dedicated to the vegetable operation, which maintaining takes a lot of hands. The far is asking for volunteers to work on the vegetable operation since it has a direct impact on protecting local waterways, mitigating climate change, and supporting food equity in our local communities. Join for a few hours on the farm to plant, weed, and harvest food for its CSA and the surrounding community. More…
Find out more »Second ANN-ual Day of Maintenance
Ann Jackson In honor of the late Ann Jackson, a dedicated and beloved volunteer and Watershed Steward, the Anne Arundel Watershed Stewards will hold a maintenance day. Ann would have liked nothing better. Whether you're a Steward or a newbie who cares about our environment, you can participate in invasives removal, weeding, collecting fallen branches, and other general maintenance tasks. Each task will have a captain who knows what they are doing, so no worries if you are new to this!…
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