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Healing Our Land - The Election Issue ANS NATURE ACTIVITIES & NEWS The Audubon Naturalist Society OFFICERS inspires residents of the greater PRESIDENT Nancy Pielemeier (‘22) Naturalist Quarterly Washington, DC region to VICE PRESIDENT Beth Ziebarth (‘20) appreciate, understand, and protect TREASURER Alice Ewen (‘21) ANShome.org Autumn 2020 their natural environment through SECRETARY Becky Turner (‘21) outdoor experiences, education, BOARD OF DIRECTORS and advocacy. From the Director 3 Susan Blaha (‘21), James Burris (‘22), Scott HEADQUARTERS Fosler (’20), Ryan Matney (‘20), Hughey Woodend, a 40-acre wildlife Newsome (‘22), Abel Olivo (‘22), Carolyn Francis Newlands, Racial Segregation, and the Land sanctuary in Chevy Chase, MD Peirce (‘22), Gregg Petersen (‘21), Rob of Woodend 4 Timmons (‘20), Nancy Voit (‘21), Larry OFFICE HOURS Wiseman (‘22), Diane Wood (‘22) Monday-Friday 9 AM-5 PM Facing Rock Creek Park’s Dark Origins by Blazing EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR STORE HOURS New, More Inclusive Trails 5 Lisa Alexander Monday-Friday 10 AM-5 PM Saturday 9 AM-5 PM DEPUTY DIRECTOR Healing Our Landscapes: Passage of the Great Sunday 12-5 PM Alison Pearce American Outdoors Act 6 GROUNDS HOURS CONSERVATION Dawn to dusk Eliza Cava, Director of Conservation; Gregg Trilling, Conservation Outreach Manager; Redlining: The Legacy of Wealth and Systemic Racial ANS MEMBERSHIP Ari Eisenstadt, DC Conservation Advocate; Student $15 Segregation in Our Land 7 Denisse Guitarra, MD Conservation Individual $50 Advocate; Renee Grebe, VA Conservation Family $65 Advocate; Camila Fishtahler, Intern Conservation 8 Nature Steward $100 Audubon Advocate $200 DEVELOPMENT Get Out and Vote for People and Nature 10 Sanctuary Guardian $500 Jacky Wershbale, Director of Development; Naturalists Council $1,000 Debra Prybyla & Lin Orrin, Grant Writers; Preservationist $1,000+ Loree Trilling, Database Coordinator; Kristin Get In! Get Out! Get Results! Advocacy Advice from Cook, Database & Email Assistant NATURALIST QUARTERLY is a Capitol Hill Veteran 11 published four times a year by the ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION Audubon Naturalist Society, 8940 Stephanie Mason, Senior Naturalist; Diane Camp Audubon 12 Jones Mill Road, Chevy Chase, Lill, GreenKids Director; Nora Kelly, Camp MD 20815. Photos, art work, and Director; Stephanie Bozzo, Preschool Director; articles may not be reprinted Shannon Earle, Chelsea Hawk, Amelia Adult Nature Programs 14 without permission from the editor. McLaughlin, Julie Walkup, Preschool Teachers; Opinions offered do not necessarily Serenella Linares, Manager of Virtual Learning; Naturalist Hour 16 reflect official ANS policy. Denis Perez and Steven Pearce, Environmental Advertised products or services do Educators Adults and Nature Photos 18 not carry the endorsement of ANS. FINANCE ISSN 0888-6555 Lois Taylor, Comptroller; Sherrice Ajebon, Partner Profile 20 Senior Accountant/Benefits Manager

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COVER Photo of Great Blue Heron by Jane Gamble. Taken at Huntley Meadows Park, VA. From the Director must fight to ensure that no person of color should ever again be threatened or killed just for being outside. Healing the Past, On November 3, we all have a critical role to play in ensuring Safeguarding the Future that Nature for All becomes a reality in our region today and for I never imagined that six months generations to come. Our role is to VOTE in November’s election. after we received our stay at home VOTE for an end to systemic racism and environmental injustice. orders, our region and nation would VOTE for a return to environmental protections. VOTE to ensure all still be gripped by the pandemic people feel safe and are safe outdoors. Together we will safeguard crisis. By the time this Naturalist the future for ANS, our region and our nation. Together we will make Quarterly goes online, the CDC Nature for All a reality. I am proud to do this vital work for healing projects nearly 200,000 Americans and justice shoulder to shoulder with you. will have died from the disease. And Stay well, my friends, and be sure to find time to restore your spirit those tragic deaths disproportionately affect our African American in nature. and Latinx communities. ANS hasn’t been spared. Our loved ones have become sick and some have died. Our treasured colleagues have battled illness. We Covid Update miss our far away families. ANS partners have faced financial losses that threaten their very existence. But thanks to ANS’s generous First, thank you to our wonderful ANS members and supporters members and supporters, the immense creativity and dedication who came through with flying colors and enormous generosity as of our staff, and the deep commitment of our Board of Directors to we faced the first stages of the pandemic crisis. Your incredible fulfilling the ANS mission, we are weathering this crisis, albeit with a donations this summer enabled ANS to keep everyone on staff new and sharper focus on our role in the DC metro region. (See Covid through the end of our fiscal year on August 31, 2020. We couldn’t box at right). have done that without you! ANS members are fantastic! I suspect that, like me, you are stressed and challenged by all As we head into the fall, our world remains profoundly altered that has unfolded around us. The pain points are many - from the and subject to change at a moment’s notice. However, let’s start pandemic to the intractable racial injustice in our country - from the with some good news that I am happy to share: threats to Black lives at the hands of police and white supremacists – The Shop is now open for business 5 days a week, including to the disgraceful use of force on peaceful protestors. Recent protests pick-up and delivery of your birdseed, gifts and nature supplies. affect me personally. In my own household, we work to support Black And event rentals have resumed, albeit with smaller groups in 3 Lives Matter while at the same time honoring my sister, a 32-year- attendance. veteran of the Chicago Police Department and the members of my For adult nature programs, I hope you’ll tune into our Naturalist extended family who are police officers too. Each of us must find the Hour programs (page 16) and register for small group field classes/ lane where we can do the most good in a deeply divided world. outings for Sept-Oct (page 14) and garden programs (page 31). Check At Audubon Naturalist Society we have spent the last four years out page 26 for our new format for Natural History Field Studies identifying our organizational lane for addressing systemic racism and classes. Unfortunately, Nature Travel trips remain grounded for the environmental justice. We know that the only way forward is to work time-being. on healing past wrongs in order to safeguard the future. We started For children, our preschool doors will remain closed this fall, by acknowledging that the mainstream environmental movement but family programs delivered virtually will be offered. And we’ll has been elitist, racist and exclusionary. (See the article on John continue to provide outdoor education programs for children at James Audubon on page 32). And we leaned in by making Inclusion, Woodend. Kids and their parents will welcome that precious time Diversity, Equity and Accessibility a core pillar of our Strategic Plan to outside in nature, especially with an all virtual back-to-school start. guide everything we do. We will be delivering GreenKids environmental lessons online to We aren’t getting it all right, and the mistakes are painful. But we our public school partners. And while many of our school educators learn from our mistakes with the clear-eyed understanding that we will not be in classrooms in early autumn, we will hope to recall must never stop doing this work in support of healing and justice. them to service soon. Audubon Naturalist Society must defend nature and defend all peoples’ Conservation Advocacy work is going strong despite the rights to access nature, breathe clean air, drink clean water, and live in pandemic. You can play a role in monitoring water quality, seeking healthy environmental conditions. That is what Nature for All means. justice and protecting green space while social distancing. Check Even as we face financial hardship from the Covid-19 crisis, ANS out ways to step up and be counted on page 10. remains committed to delivering our Naturally Latinos and Taking However, in addition to having to reduce our program schedule Nature Black conferences (see page 22). We will continue to bring for the foreseeable future, ANS is also dealing with the fact that environmental education to children in all zip codes in the DC metro some longtime funders have pivoted away from supporting us in region in new and creative ways. We will win policy fights to address order to support those directly impacted by Covid. In response, ANS the climate crisis and combat the negative effects of heat islands on has had to consolidate some staff positions and sadly, eliminate a low-income communities (see page 23). few. This is so difficult for us because the ANS staff is the heart of As we implement our new Advocacy Priorities (www.anshome. our mission work. We will rebuild our team and our programs just as org/conservation), I hope you’ll join us in championing human health soon as we are able. and access to nature as a top priority for all jurisdictions in the DC Thank you again for your solidarity during these challenging metro region. Please step up to work with us to address centuries of times and for all you do to enable us to deliver on our mission environmental injustice that have led to long-term health impacts to help people enjoy, learn about and protect nature during the on communities of color, compounded by negative effects of climate pandemic. And be sure to VOTE in the November election (see change, and playing out so brutally in the Covid-19 pandemic. We page 10 for registration deadlines). 4 AUDUBON NATURALIST SOCIETY FEATURE in 1892.Shows Connecticut Avenue and Montgomery County to thenorthandDC to thesouth. Promotional street Chase,MD, mapofChevy created ChaseLandCompanyby theChevy originally Naturalist Society. of millfame, andfinally to the Wells family wholaidout asagrandWoodend Sanctuary estate that was ultimately bequeathed toAudubon speaking enslaved Africans whowere brought from theWindward andGoldCoasts to work inMaryland’s tobacco fields, to theJones family from theAlgonquian-speaking communities ofPiscataway andAnacotchtank wholived here before English colonists arrived, to theIgbo- Francis Newlands may have created Chaseinthelate suburbanChevy 1800s,butpeoplelived onthelandlongbefore hearrived inWashington, our headquarters. sitsatSanctuary thenortheast corner oftoday’s Chase,buttheland’s Chevy segregationist past inno way defines thefuture we’ve planned for communities andabarrier to keep African Americans to theeast, onthe“wrong sideofthepark,” away from Chase. Chevy Woodend Nature Newlands andStewart even hadsegregationist views about Rock Creek Park. 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FEATURE 5 AUTUMN 2020 of History Racial This Rock Creek Park map illustrates the entry points for visitors via mode of visitors for points entry the map illustrates Park Creek This Rock both. for Purple is for automobiles. Blue is for pedestrians. is Yellow transportation. Rock Creek has been a “wild home” for many of us, given the challenges we’ve all faced this year. Yet, Yet, this year. all faced we’ve challenges the us, given of many a “wild home” for has been Creek Rock this summer, spaces. 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While communities While D.C. in communities white and predominantly black predominantly barrier between series examining segregation, gentrification, enslavement, reconstruction, civil rights demonstrations, and more. and rights demonstrations, civil reconstruction, enslavement, gentrification, segregation, series examining Jeanne Braha DC to discuss the 6 to virtually on August Conservancy Creek joined Rock City, of Chocolate Asch, co-author Chris Myers As a part of this series, Dr. way your go out of to have “You progress: for this directive Asch offered role as a segregator. and the park’s Black communities of D.C.’s history people because welcome, people feel make to them." exclude to out of their way went the direction of affirms the This sentiment of lens embedding a work, Conservancy’s and inclusion in diversity, equity, justice, with In partnership make. decision we every will erect we donors, and generous NPS of the park side east on the signage new Those and access. wayfinding increase to or system with the trail not familiar who are be greeted park opportunities will literally also host them. We welcome with a map to of youth engage to summer programming the from disconnected historically color study on to go youth of these park. Many or become science in college environmental Creek Rock for of and ambassadors users avid their peers. to see to is also heartened The Conservancy renaming of consideration discussion around honor dishonorable that park resources the leadership appreciate individuals. We officials in supporting those of our elected We action. Congressional require that changes with all of them—and working to look forward our to unite ways finding continue you—to are to lift up those who and communities work. doing this important difference a significant remains in 1890, there established as binary was as when the park no longer are Park Creek of Rock and west east and trails fewer with west, than the to visitors welcoming less significantly remains Park Creek side of Rock The east areas. the two between points. entry formal into office voted officials by elected by people appointed set were regulations park planning and administration, early in the park’s Moreover, - when and where regarding “use discretion” police to These policies included advising park residents. and wealthy white privileged mostly by facilities. tables and other the use of picnic and segregating enforced, were whom - rules and against The to nature. access justice, clean water, clean air, values: our common celebrate to together come we should be a space where Creek Rock to discuss it. this is reconciling to step first a through with this legacy will be wrestling Park Service and other partners, (NPS) with the National Conservancy, Creek Rock Northern Facing Rock Creek Park’s Dark Origins by Blazing New, More More New, by Blazing Origins Dark Park’s Creek Rock Facing Trails Inclusive Community Engagement Smith, and Alayna Conservancy Rock Creek of the Director Executive Braha, Jeanne by Coordinator 6 AUDUBON NATURALIST SOCIETY Harpers Ferry, WV. Rafters on the Potomac Riverwhereitmeets theShenandoah. Photo Credit:Will Parsons, Chesapeake BayProgram. prioritizes access to nature for thosewhohave beenlongdenied. Land andWater Conservation Fund.Andplease,passonthemessage to Congress that we need to make sure that partofthisnew funding Please contact your Senators and Senators andnearlyeveryRepresentative for them,andapplaudthemwhenthey get itright. They got itright thistime,inahuge victory for our region andourlocal delegation! Allthe conservation. Butasthedecades-long fight topassthe Great American Outdoors Actshows, they needus topushthem,support vote and Senators MarkWarner (D-VA) Gardner and Cory (R-CO) whoco-sponsored theGAOA, can inspire others andbuildtheframework for electedVisionary officials,like House Natural Resources Committee ChairRaúlGrijalva (D-Ariz.)whohaschampionedthe LWCF for years, Federal News Network about infrastructure groups. We’re talking abouttribes,veterans groups, theUSChamberofCommerce, local businesses,faith groups.” (See Marcia Argust, Director ofRestore America’s Parks at thePew Charitable Trust, “We’re notjust talking aboutconservation groups. We’re talking been working to buildconsensus for thesedecisionsfor more thantwo decades. Andithasn’tjust beenhikers andbird watchers: according to Permanently reauthorizing andfundingtheLWCF, andcuttingthemaintenance backlog, are generational political achievements. Advocates have increase accessto green spacefor underserved communities, actionthat wouldbeparticularlyhealinginthis eraof Covid-19. accesstowithout nature andgreen space near theirhomesdueto environmental injustice. ANS willsupportspending someofthat new LWCF money to sustainable way to fundourpubliclands,butthat willbeanother political decision for thenext group ofleaders. Today, there are ofAmericans millions federal landsandwaters, includingoffshore drillingintheGulfofMexico. Oneday soon we’ll need to keep that oiland gas inthe ground andfindamore passed withhuge bipartisanmajorities inbothhouses, andsigned by President Trump.Thefundswill come from oiland gasdrilling revenues from dedicated, permanent publiclandsfundingevery year andto put$9.5billionover the next five years towards themaintenance backlog.TheAct was In 2019, Congress finally, permanently reauthorized the LWCF, andjust thispast summer, passed the Great American Outdoors Act(GAOA) to provide system now hasa$12billionmaintenance backlog(athat balloonsto $22billionwhenyou fold inotherpubliclandagencies). acquisition ofprotected lands,butithasbeenfullyfunded($900milliondollars) inonlyone year ofitsentire existence, andthe National Park refuge to wildlife andnative plants. Congress created theLandand Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) inthe1960s tofundthemaintenance and other publiclands.We have alsochosento protect vast acreages ofmarshes anddeserts,forests andtundras, canyons andrivers that provide those placesmost important to ourheritage andcommunal sensesofidentity through theNational US ParkService, Forest andour Service, From theDakota Badlandsto thecathedral ofYosemite to Rock Creek Park andtheFrederick DouglassHouse,thenation haschosen to honor Healing ourLandscapes:PassageoftheGreatAmericanOutdoorsAct ) Representatives andthankthemfor passingtheGreat American Outdoors Actandpermanently fundingthe , inDC, MD, andVA voted for theGAOA.

by ElizaCava,DirectorofConservation

Redlining: The Legacy of Wealth and Systemic Racial Discrimination in our Land by Eliza Cava, Director of Conservation

In the first half of the 20th century, huge federal investments and analyses shaped the post-war housing boom as America’s white middle class built wealth through land and home ownership. Access to federally subsidized loans, homeowners’ insurance products, and public housing were in many ways explicitly shaped by race. Redlining was a practice of the Federal Home Owners Loan Corporation that “graded” areas of cities according to factors including “infiltration of Negroes.” People living in lower-graded areas were denied both mortgages by banks and subsidized Federal Housing Administration insurance products. Victims of redlining were forced to live with racially restrictive housing deeds and covenants and segregated schools and playgrounds. Black and other families of color in the Washington, DC region were effectively forced to remain as renters in substandard housing. The map below shows Residential Sub-Areas graded according to the Federal Housing Administration in the Washington region in 1937 (In this illustration, the darker the shaded area, the higher the rating). Click here to read the full descriptions for each grade, many of which are racially explicit. For example, Type A areas contain houses “appealing to the highest type of occupants,” and Type H areas “represent the negro developments and the lowest grade of residential area…the only possible future… is that the present scattered structures may be razed and new planned subdivisions “The [companies and banks] could not instituted in their place.” have segregated Hillsdale without the By the end of 1960, Fairfax, Montgomery, and Prince George’s County received support of government agencies. In seven times the amount of federal mortgage insurance than Washington, DC. fact, in some cases, federal agencies Today, according to an Urban Institute study, white households in Washington, DC required builders...to insert the racial have a net worth 81 times greater than Black households – an enormous wealth clause in deeds.” gap that can be traced to discriminatory housing and land use policies. - Richard Rothstein, New York Times There is no simple fix to this problem—it will require a mix of strong affordable housing policies, zoning changes, green infrastructure projects, consumer finance 7 rule changes, and more. Conceived broadly, many of these policies go by the name “reparations.” Reparations for American slavery have been discussed for decades, but a 2014 Atlantic article by Ta-Nehisi Coates catapulted the issue into mainstream policy discussions. Richard Rothstein, author of “The Color of Law,” had a recent piece in the New York Times arguing that modern banks, successors to the corporate beneficiaries and enforcers of residential segregation, should reinvest in those same families who were previously excluded from neighborhoods because of discriminatory mortgage financing. ANS’s new Conservation Priorities outline the role we will play in helping to heal the effects of discrimination in things like the access to land, healthy environments and natural places in the Washington DC area. We are thinking deeply, and learning from our partners, about how best to advocate for Human Health and Access to Nature, Climate Resilience and Sustainable Land Use in communities still affected by the negative legacy of redlining today, decades after the practice was legally abolished. We will urge our elected officials to think deeply, too, as new opportunities to heal the effects of systemic racism on peoples’ ability to benefit from land ownership, live in neighborhoods with clean air and clean water, and safely access natural places in our region. We will continue to share ideas and support conversations and actions rooted in justice.A great first place to AUTUMN 2020 start is with our September, October, and November Conservation Cafés (p. 9), where we will discuss equity and sustainability in cities and the legacy of discrimination in the environmental movement. Join us! Map and information thanks to the project “Mapping segregation in Washington DC” and the D.C. Policy Center. 8 AUDUBON NATURALIST SOCIETY CONSERVATION https://dcgreenbank.org/ furthering environmental justice. Learnmore abouttheBankhere: community groups to make sure that theGreen Bankisatool for continue to partnerwithenvironmental, neighborhood,and energy, lower energy costs, andcreate green jobs. ANSwill talk abouttheGreen Bank’s plansto equitably expand renewable Bank CEO, EliHopson, andcommunity leaders from across DCto Friday, August 7,ANShosted ameeting withthenew DCGreen ANS Hosts Stakeholder Meeting withDC Green BankCEO: On D.C. org/events/thrive-2050-at-ans-2/ Working Draft PlanonOctober 28from 6-7:30pm.https://anshome. Montgomery County Planners willgo over thenewly released Thrive in November. Pleasesignupfor ourFree Thrive at ANSevent where New General Planinlate September withapublichearingscheduled MoCo PlanningDepartment willbereleasing theWorking Draft ofthe Action Alert:Comment ontheThrive 2050Working Draft Plan! testify at: http://conservationblog.anshome.org/blog/beltway_deis/ Learn more onhow you can submityour comments orsignupto Impact Statement andisaccepting comments until October 8,2020. Managed Lanes(I-495andI-270upto I-370)Draft Environmental Transportation andState Highway Administration have releasedthe Environmental ImpactStatement Department now! Maryland of Action Alert:Submityour Comments ontheBeltway &I-270Draft Maryland been the letter ofthe law for the past century.” We agree! decision, “Itisnotonlyasinto killamockingbird, itisalsoacrime. That has infrastructure, entanglement innets, andmore. Judge Caproni wrote inher companies that kill birds inoilpitsandspillsby electrocution, collision with of theiroperation. The Trump rule was aparticulargive away to energy to killthousandsofbirds aslongthat was purpose nottheprimary Migratory Bird Treaty Actthat would have allowed individualsandbusiness New York overturned the Trump administration’s terrible rule changes to the Courts PushBackonBad Bird Rule: Regional/National Conservation Victory� InAugust, afederal judge in The

into Rock Creek. Photo by AriEisenstadt. and gray(i.e.tunnels) infrastructure to eliminate sewer overflows DC Water isproposingacombination ofgreen(i.e.raingardens) The Piney Branchcombined sewer outfall (CSO)in Rock Creek Park. Learn more here: https://www.dcwater.com/green-infrastructure prioritizes water quality, climate benefits, and ratepayer affordability. working withpartners to review theAssessment andensure that DCWater a combination ofboth to keep sewage outof streams andrivers. ANS is assessed whether to rely ongreen infrastructure, gray infrastructure, or overflows into local waterways inthe District ofColumbia, DC Water Assessment: Aspartofthe CleanRivers project to prevent sewer EPA Considers DCWater’s Rock Creek Green Infrastructure ANS Policy andAdvocacy News

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Development Approved Atop North Fork of Accotink Creek. In partnership with the Friends of Accotink Creek and dozens of residents of the City of Fairfax, ANS opposed the recently approved Nothfax West redevelopment project. This project will remove nearly 5 acres of Resource Protection Area and forest, with demolition set for early 2021. 1,600 feet of the North Fork of Accotink Creek will forever be buried instead of keeping the healthiest portion of the stream as a community asset. ANS is disappointed in this outcome, but the coalition we assembled will continue to fight so that other headwaters of Accotink Creek won’t suffer a similar fate in the City. This photo (right) of a northern two-lined salamander found in the stream at Northfax West was taken by ANS Virginia Advocate Renee Grebe. Learn more about what happened at http://conservationblog.anshome. org/blog/save-north-fork-of-accotink-creek Online Workshops & Events Learn more and register for all events below at https://anshome.org/conservation-events • HOAs and Condo Associations: Planning and Managing Common Open Space Friday, September 25 & Saturday, October 24 (1-4 pm) Join ANS, Plant NOVA Natives, and our Loudoun partners for an engaging session on ecologically sustainable community master planning ANS Policy and Advocacy News and land management in Loudoun County. (All are welcome) • Conservation Advocacy 101 for HOAs and Condo Associations Tuesday, September 29 (7-8:30pm) $10-$20 We can act locally in our own communities to create change. Learn how you can make a difference. You'll get a chance to think about your own community, participate in breakout discussions, and develop your own action plan.

• Panel: Climate Crisis on Your Block: What Does Climate Change Look Like in the DMV Monday, October 5 (7-8:30 pm) In this panel discussion and Q&A with local experts, we’ll look at how to spot the signs of climate change in your neighborhood. Learn what you can do today about climate change on your block. Pay what you can to attend. 9 • Couch Advocacy 101 Workshop Tuesday, November 10 (7-8:30 pm) You’ll learn how to advocate for environmental justice at the intersection between Covid-19 and climate change, and how to make your voice heard by local government. Breakout sessions will give you time to drill into key local issues and strategies.

• Make Your Voice Heard! Participate in Montgomery County Thrive 2050 Wednesday, October 28 (6-7:30 pm) In September, Montgomery Planning will release the next working draft of Thrive 2050, the General Plan update for the county. Please join us to talk with Planning staff, learn about Thrive 2050, and share your own input into the plan.

• Live in Loudoun County? Learn to lead conservation projects in your HOA or condo association! (dates coming soon!) Join us this fall for our new Loudoun County program, Greening Your Neighborhood. You’ll participate in two ½-day workshops, tour green infrastructure projects, and commit to a conservation project in your community. You’ll learn how to lead ecological change. Master Naturalists earn CE credits. Pre-register: http://conservationblog.anshome.org/loudoun-county/

Virtual Conservation Cafes Join us online for inspiring presentations on nature conservation topics. Your $5-15 registration fee supports our Conservation Program! See detailed descriptions and register at anshome.org/conservation-cafe. All programs run from 7-8:30 pm.

• Thursday, September 17: Transforming our Cities: Imagining a Future of Equity and Sustainability. With Maisie Hughes, Co-Founder and Board Treasurer of The Urban Studio, and Senior Director of Urban Forestry at American Forests.

• Thursday, October 8: Grappling with Racism, Diversity, and Justice in the Environmental Movement. Gabrielle Roffe (Manager of Equity and Community Engagement at Chesapeake Conservancy) will moderate this in-depth, engaging conversation with experts Chanté Coleman (VP of Equity and Justice at National Wildlife Federation) and Ruby Rivera (Conservation Partnerships Manager at The Nature Conservancy’s Global Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Team). AUTUMN 2020

• Thursday, November 12: Special November Café featuring the authors and subjects of this issue’s stories - Healing People and the Environment Post-Election. Hear from Beattra Wilson (National Urban and Community Forestry Program Manager, US Forest Service) and Jeanne Braha (Executive Director, Rock Creek Conservancy) about what the world looks like now and our needs and hopes for healing.

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AUDUBON NATURALIST SOCIETY anshome.org/parents of afabulous shed Eagle Scout Dane Fedowitz builtfor the Preschool last year. Anderson made for the Preschoolers' “loose parts”bin.They are standing infront enjoying the new, huge, sandedandsealed "tree cookies" Eagle Scout Mark The sonsofAudubonPreschool Director Stephanie Bozzo are pictured outside Camp Audubon at AudubonAdventures inmid-August. Photo by BenIsrael. A camper proudlydisplaysaleopardslugwhile inthefort area Summer Camp Order onlinethrough ourshopat www.anshome.org/shop. Don’t missoutonthisyear’s bluecrab camp t-shirt! firends - already thinkingandplanningfor next summer!Tell your Thank you for agreat (andsociallydistant) summer!We are Facebook for registration updates. will bemailedinlate December. Follow CampAudubonon nonmembers onSaturday, 23at January 10am.Catalogs Wednesday, 20at January 10am.Registration willopen to an ANSmembereligiblefor members-only registration on Friday, December4 isthelast date to become

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AUDUBON NATURALIST SOCIETY anshome.org/adults trips are reached by private vehicle. our area’s natural history. Allprograms are ledby experienced naturalists. Lectures are held at Woodend Sanctuary. Field These programs offer nature novices and experienced naturalists alike anarray ofopportunities to explore andlearnabout Each walk: members $30;nonmembers $42 (8-10:30 am) H. Sunday, October 25:HughesHollow, MD(LenBisson) (Mark England)(8-10:30am) G. Wednesday, October 21:BlackHillRegional Park, MD MD (Mike Bowen) (8-10:30am) F. Saturday, October 17:LoisGreen Conservation Park, Refuge, VA (Cathy Stragar) (8-10:30am) E. Sunday, October 4:Occoquan Bay National Wildlife DC (Paul Pisano)(8-10:30am) D. Sunday, September 27:Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens, (Lisa Shannon)(7:30-10am) C. Saturday, September 19:Dyke Marsh, VA MD (Mike Bowen) (7-9:30am) B. Wednesday, September 16:ANSWoodend Sanctuary, (Mark England)(7-9:30am) Saturday,A. September 12:BlueMashNature Trail, MD Fall Birding Series but weareunable to offer aseriesdiscount thisseason. November trips willbeaddedto thescheduleinearlyOctober. Sorry, trails thatmaybeuneven, muddy, and/or. Several somewhat slippery are welcome. Ourexplorations willbe on mostly level, naturalsurface teaching walks are aimedat beginningto mid-level birders, butall and otherbirds, bothresident andoverwintering intheregion. These the seasonprogresses, we’ll watch for sparrows, raptors, waterfowl, Adult Nature Programs • • • • ONLINE REGISTRATION FOR ADULT PROGRAMS Questions? Call Pam at 301-652-9188x16or email [email protected] time you registerfor aprogram. Want tobecome anANSmember andgetthememberrate? Join at thesame All changes/cancellations/transfers must behandled through theEEoffice. Visit www.ANShome.org/adults

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REGISTER Wildflowers Late Summer Wings and conditions. REGISTER amount ofuphillanddownhill, someofitunderopenandsunny trees andshrubs. Expect ofaround2mileswithasmall awalk other wildlife against thebackdrop oflate summer bloomsandfruiting still active butterflies andotherinsects, migrant and resident and birds, habitats that are ideal for broad-based nature exploration. We’ll look for shore ofthePatuxent River offers oldfield, forest, and freshwater tidal In PrinceGeorge’s County, theJugBay Natural Area onthe western Members $30;nonmembers $42 Leader: Stephanie Mason Saturday, September 12(8:30-11:30am) • • • • members through e-mailsand/or socialmedia. to theseplans, we tripparticipants willnotify andall ANS natural areas throughout theDMV. Shouldthere beany changes 19 precautions, we are planning to offer in-person fieldtrips to As longasarea jurisdictions remain in at least PhaseIIofCovid Adult Nature Programs COVID-19 Update late fall andwinter arrive. to any changes inthe Covid situation whichmay ariseas then December. This“rolling schedule”willhelpus respond weeks to addnew listings farther outinto November–and Our fall scheduleoffield outingswillbeupdated six every and leaders’ preferences. range from 5-8,dependingonfieldtriplocation, trip focus, Maximum health questionnaire before participating inthefieldtrip. Both leaders andparticipants are required to complete a trip. masks andobserve social distancing Both leaders andparticipants are required to wear number ofparticipants for thefieldtrips will

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REGISTER Intro to Tree ID, and ID, to Tree Intro Expect some uneven and/or muddy ground on this walking muddy ground on this walking and/or Expect some uneven www.anshome.org/adults programs (Fall in the Parks, in the Parks, (Fall programs Expect a stop-and-go pace on natural surface trails in three local trails in three on natural surface pace a stop-and-go Expect Get details on more October more on Get details at Woodend) at Bathing Forest B: Sunday, October 11 (2-3:30 pm) 11 October B: Sunday, 27 (10-11:30 am) October C: Tuesday, Simpson Leader: Bradley $28 $20; nonmembers members tour: Each A: Tuesday, September 22 (10-11:30 am) September A: Tuesday, on the trees for who will do the talking it will be our leader Actually, on our A staffer Sanctuary. our Woodend at strolls these leisurely to some of the notable you will introduce team, Bradley restoration and tree well as wildlife as while sharing ID tips, on our grounds, trees associations. and the same terrain which will generally cover tree tour, (and talking) tree species each time. Fridays Flora Fall (10 am-12:30 pm) Fridays DC Park, Creek 25 - Rock A: September MD Park, Little Bennett 9 - B: October VA Park, 30 - Riverbend C: October Bruce (B) Mason (A, C) and Marney Stephanie Leaders: lingering from transition the 1.5 miles will celebrate of up to walks These colorpeak of show grand the to fruits and seeds ripening to blooms summer all are lovers, plant mid-level to beginning at Although aimed fall. and leaf welcome. A and C. REGISTER on walks stretches with uphill/downhill parks, Butterfly Migrants of the of the Migrants Butterfly Preserve Glendening pm) 20 (10 am-12:30 September Sunday, 27 September Sunday, Rain Date: Stock Leader: Tom $42 nonmembers $30; Members Jug Bay Anne Arundel Co.’s in Preserve N. Glendening The Parris is one of that garden butterfly a large Sanctuary maintains Wetlands including butterflies, migrant for late-summer locations area the best Cloudless Skippers Fiery Skippers, Skippers, Ocola Skippers, Long-tailed of our spend most We’ll Monarchs. and, of course, Oranges, and Sleepy identifying skills participants’ boosting garden, exploring this active time late for fields surrounding into walk with a short skippers, difficult-to-ID insects. well as other as and damselflies summer dragonfly Tours Trees Talking $42 $30; nonmembers members walk: Each @ANSNature

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REGISTER Each walk: members $30; nonmembers $42 $30; nonmembers members walk: Each Linares Leader: Serenella families common the most to be introduced is the ideal season to Fall history about their natural while finding out more of fungi in our area will be classroom outdoor Each session’s functions. and ecological surface will be natural trails where Sanctuary, Woodend our own staff, leader will be one of our own The expert and possibly muddy. pop up in may that and all mushrooms about any whose knowledge nickname Mushie. and affectionate has earned her the apt yard your and important of these field outings will be fungi’s the focus Note: not the edibility of particular ecology, role in forest under-appreciated species of mushrooms. A. Saturday, September 19 (9-11 am) September A. Saturday, 9 (9:30-11:30 am) October B. Friday, Fall Fungus Walks Fungus Fall to offer a series discount this season. Thanks for registering for only for registering this season. Thanks discount a series offer to REGISTER one walk per field site. Enjoy one or more of these leisurely autumn walks along portions autumn walks of these leisurely one or more Enjoy during the traffic and bicycle of the C&O Canal which see less foot will be the general of our walks The focus than on weekends. week and the River along the Potomac habitats of the varied history natural often stopping pace, shuffle” a “naturalist’s at proceed Canal. We’ll snakes, butterflies, foliage, and wildflowers fall birds, observe to will Meanders November find. Several might we turtles—whatever this schedule in early October. be added to Midweek Meanders Along the Canal Along Meanders Midweek (10 am-12:30 pm) Wednesdays A: September 16 – Riley’s Lock 16 – Riley’s A: September Lock 23 – Riley’s B. September 30 – Carderock C. September 7 – Carderock October D. Lock – Violettes 14 E. October Lock 21 – Violettes October F. Lock 28 – Pennyfield G. October Lock 4 – Pennyfield H. November Mason Leader: Stephanie $42 $30; nonmembers members walk: Each Members $30; nonmembers $42 $30; nonmembers Members ferns of the common some are What a fern? a plant makes What apart? them tell to start you can how And importantly, in our area? Carson woods of Rachel in the time spend some to chance your Here’s month’s last who delivered with the naturalist MD, Park, Conservation a Expect beautiful plants. and ancient on these Hour talk Naturalist for search as we mild uphill/downhill with some hike, over a 2-mile little REGISTER species. a half-dozen more recognize and learn to Fern Basics Fern 13 (9-11:30 am) September Sunday, Sheffield Leader: Kit Adult Nature Programs Nature Adult 16

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Photo by Carol Allen Register andreceive arecording ofthetalk by Saturday ofthe sameweek. Cost is$12for ANSmembers and$15for nonmembers. complete listing ofprograms witharea naturalists andscientists this fall.Thetimeofthe program doesn't work for you? No problem. Enjoy learningaboutNatural History topics from the comfort of your own home!Visitwww.anshome.org/naturalist-hour REGISTER empathy and itsinfluence in connecting climate science toaction. framing conversations (as well as the useofart)asameans to perceptions ofclimate change and consider values, solutionsand change. Explore socialfactors that influence opinions,beliefs, and Learn to speakeffectively, accurately, and confidently aboutclimate MD Department ofNatural Resources Chesapeake Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, Coreen Weilminster, Education Coordinator, Thursday, September 10(1-2pm) about Climate Change Learn toSpeak with Confidence Horticultural Services Presenter: Carol Allen,Botanist andOwnerofPoplar Hill Wednesday, September 9(7-8pm) the Garden Native Orchids In andOut of climate change isalready impactingspeciesinMaryland. flower. We willlook at someoftheselocal relationships and how emerge from underground burrows just whentheplants they need to eachotheranddependent onseasonalevents. For example, bees The life cycles ofnative plants andanimalsare intricately connected Presenter: Clare Walker, PhD, Nature Irvine Center Tuesday, September 8(7-8pm) Change: It’s All About Timing Wildlife, Phenology andClimate garden to findout. Carol inthewoods andinthe sometimes no! Take a walk with The answer issometimes yes and Can Igrow theminmy landscape? they beenartificially propagated? they beenwildcollected? Have internet makes you wonder. Have orchids at anursery oronthe ultimate bliss!Findingthosesame out hikingonaspringday isthe Finding native orchids while REGISTER REGISTER applications inpotentially life-saving drugdiscoveries. REGISTER freshwater-dwelling fungi inthephylum Ascomycota, aswell astheir Learn aboutthetaxonomy andgeographical distribution of sity ofNorthCarolina at Greensboro Department ofChemistry andBiochemistry, TheUniver Presenter: Huzefa Raja,PhD, Research Scientist Tuesday, September 15(7-8pm) Freshwater Swimming Fungi: Lifesavers in policies can prevent invasions andaddress theiraftermath. makes aspecieslikely to invade andwhat individualbehaviors and also exported nuisancesofourown to rest oftheworld. Learnwhat realize thebroader impactsoftheseinvasions. NorthAmerica has organisms now call ourecosystem homeandwe're just beginningto brown marmorated stinkbugs, Japaneseknotweed! Ahost of Murder hornets, fire ants, varroa mites, snakehead fish, feral pigs, vanEngelsdorp's Lab,University ofMaryland Presenter: SamuelRamsey, PhD, Entomologist at Monday, September 14(7-8pm) Global Ecosystem Species and theReality of our and Snakeheads: Invasive Murder Hornets, Varroa Mites for a REGISTER - anshome.org/naturalist-hour 17 AUTUMN 2020

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REGISTER REGISTER at anshome.org/naturalist-hour Descriptions and registration info available info registration and Descriptions University, Associate Professor and Ecologist Professor Associate University, Many people (including the presenter) were surprised at the duration the duration surprised at were people (including the presenter) Many on August Virginia central struck that of the earthquake and strength Learn about the results in the DC area. 23, 2011, damaging structures event causes of the the into investigations geologic of the extensive and their implications. The Falls: When a Tree Wood of Afterlife Fascinating 30 (7-8 pm) September Wednesday, Washington George PhD, Zanne, Amy Presenter: in the and fire insects, solar radiation of microbes, roles the Explore much of the carbon store that and stems of the trunks breakdown the oak forests to of Australia rainforests the tropical From on Earth. of wood ecology the complex has studied Zanne Dr. of the Pyrenees, the between Learn about the interplay the world. around decay of community diverse itself and the remarkably of wood structure it apart. takes that organisms Washington's 2011 Earthquake: 2011 Earthquake: Washington's Here? Happen It Could How 24 (7-8 pm) September Thursday, Community Joe Marx, Northern Virginia Presenter: in Geology Adjunct Instructor (NVCC), College twitter.com/ANStweets REGISTER REGISTER

The livelihoods of thousands of families depend on coffee production production depend on coffee of thousands of families The livelihoods on this impact has had a negative change Climate America. in Latin But drought. to diseases and susceptible plants making coffee by crop tropical found in old-growth "probiotics" exploring are researchers communities that the plants, the coffee protect could that trees forest morning cup of Joe. depend on them, and your Wednesday, September 23 (7-8 pm) September Wednesday, Rica of Costa University PhD, Priscila Chaverri, Presenter: Professor of Maryland, Mycology and University Save Tropical Forests and Drink Forests Tropical Save Too Coffee, Your Anoles are known for their diversity and adaptability. These highly and adaptability. diversity their for known Anoles are even of habitats, variety to a of adapting capable are lizards variable and anole habitat those adaptations will explore We in a single tree. anole species. recognized 436 of the several types while highlighting REGISTER Tuesday, September 22 (7-8 pm) September Tuesday, University State Midwestern Chelsea Connor, Presenter: Science Communicator Student, Herpetology The More You Anole: A Rainbow A Rainbow Anole: You The More Diversity Reptile of The lichen lifestyle is about more than hanging out on rocks. Lichens out on rocks. than hanging is about more The lichen lifestyle food as colonizers, ecosystems terrestrial in most working busy are is pretty family life their And and more. fixers, nitrogen sources, partner, a fungal involve symbiotic units complex too! These hectic, along with a diverse partner, a cyanobacterial and/or algal a green of microorganisms. community The Lichen Lifestyle: It's More More It's Lifestyle: Lichen The Think You than Complex 16 (7-8 pm) September Wednesday, Botanist, Research PhD, Dal Forno, Manuela Presenter: TX Worth, Fort in Texas of Institute Research Botanical Photo by Edwin Remsberg Edwin by Photo 18

AUDUBON NATURALIST SOCIETY plant specimens.Photo by BenIsrael. After walking inthemeadow withinstructor Sujata Roy, Master Maryland Naturalists gathered inthe conference room to study herbaceous sights ofthebigmeadow at Woodend duringtheoutdoor Sanctuary partofclass.Photograph by BenIsrael. Joe SaliunasandBethany Drehman, alongwithotherstudents inthe2019Fall Training Master intheMaryland Naturalist program, enjoyed the Adults andNature Photos 19 AUTUMN 2020

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AUDUBON NATURALIST SOCIETY offered by those who’ve madeLongBranch solutions beginswith recognizing the talents needs to beaddressed inLong Branch, finding to understand that whilethere are serious Long Branch community. She wants people soon found herself organizing for herown toclasses empower other parents. Vanesa began teaching Spanishliteracy andcomputer set to offer. Through Linkages she to Learning, of hercommunity andrealized shehadaskill shared. There, Vanesa saw thecritical needs spaces where information and resources are attending gatherings ofmothers “cafécitos,” in thelocal elementary schoolandbegan Linkages to LearningProgram whichwas based learned abouttheYMCA she daughter, When Vanessa was pregnant withher started afamily. herself, met andmarriedherhusband, Vanesa worked asacashier to support position. Unable to finda teachingjob, relocating to Maryland to pursue a teaching Florida where shestudied for ayear before She enrolled inadvanced Englishclassesandin2001,moved to need to embarkonajourney toward amore meaningfulcareer. accountant whenshebegan experiencing a“feeling –a ofurgency” Vanesa was borninBoliviaandledacomfortable life asa government Branch project partners in2019. began working withVanesa whenCHEERbecame one ofANS’s Long building andnetworks ofsupportinLong Branch, MD. We met and CHEER, Vanesa organizes allprogramming involving community and Empowerment through Education and Research (CHEER). For Leadership Development Program Coordinator at CommunityHealth be whosheistoday -awife, mother, andtheEmpowerment and Vanesa Pinto isawoman whohasjourneyed across many shores to By DenisseGuitarra andGregg Trilling Long Branch Constellation Vanesa Pinto: OneStarinthe Partner Profile Long Branchfamilies learningaboutinvasive specieswithANSNaturalist GinaGhertner. conferences/ and wildlife. Sign-upfor conference updates at https://anshome.org/ community andenvironmental advocacy that supportsbothhumans Voices,” whichspeaks to theintersectional nature oftheLatinx December 2-4,2020.Thisyear’s themeis"UnaComunidad,Many Vanesa, pleasejoinusfor ANS’s 3rd Naturally Latinos Conference, If you are interested inlearningfrom Latinx community leaders like communitycheer.org/ than 150families. To learnmore aboutCHEER,visit: team ofcommunity members whowillhelpdistribute food to more by COVID. Currently, Vanesa isleadingafood distribution site witha voices heard, especiallynow, sinceLongBranch hasbeenhard-hit to experience how itfeels to advocate for acause andto have their protect theenvironment. Perhaps even more important, peoplewant now more curious abouttheirstream valley park andlookfor ways to year later, Vanesa ispleasedto report that community members are parks andplanningstaff, and even abilingualdancingnature walk. A streams withinthewatershed, meetings for community members with community stakeholders. Ourengagement includedfieldtrips to took theapproach ofdefining theproject goals basedoninputfrom Eliza Cava expressed “a genuine interest” inthecommunity. ANS CHEER’s staff was impressed withhow ANSConservation Director interested inANS’s brand ofenvironmental outreach andeducation. CHEER’s Executive Director, wondered iftheiraudiences would be lead thepartnership butadmitted that sheandothers, including largely immigrant population inLongBranch, Maryland. Vanesa helped an environmental knowledge-building andoutreach project witha In 2019,ANSwas awarded aChesapeake Bay Trust grant to conduct communityhelping members realize their own power. and asinvaluable sources ofideasandperspectives.in She firmlybelieves their home.Vanesa looks to community members teachers asher primary https://www.

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AUDUBON NATURALIST SOCIETY Join usinthisjourney local communities. to sustain thesebondsandallow attendees anopportunity to develop andgrow theirinterest inbeing environmental stewards withintheir sense ofcommunity, networking, andpersonal growth. ANS andourpartners willfacilitate post-conference workshops andactivities geared From important figures inthe field, to grassroots organizers and everyone in between, the conference will facilitate connections and create a the world. There willbegreat speakers, interactive roundtables andbreakout sessions,engaging panels,and,of course, music! Sanctuary. Anaddedbonus isthat for thefirst timeour conference willbeaccessible to Latino environmentalists from aroundthe country and We are working tirelessly to ensure that this year’s virtual conference willbejust asinteractive andengaging asthe first two at Woodend networks. We want to expand thepower ofourpeopleby enhancingourinterconnectivity. to examine thediverse impactsbeingexperienced by ourcommunity, share solutionsandvictories, and continue to grow and develop our their particularviewpoints to the table, elevate their voices, andbeenriched by oneanother’s company. The conference isaninclusive space , connect to wonderful energy andpeople,addyour perspective to theadventure. ¡Te esperamos! gap. At Naturally Latinos, ANSandourpartners work hard to create asafe space for ourLatinx leaders tobring to beunderrepresented. Through events like theNaturally Latinos Conference, we can beginbridgingthat Historically, Latinx peoplehave been excluded from themainstream environmental movement and we continue environmental justice. the points ofview that influence ourmotivations, our lives, andthe ways inwhich we experiencesocialand community withintheenvironmental movement. Itisimportant to understand ourmosaicofcultures and This year’s Naturally Latinos Conference (December2-4)willhighlight theintersectional nature ofthe Latinx Serenella Linares, ANSVirtualPrograms Manager &Conference Co-Chair Naturally Latinos Conference #3: UnaComunidad,Many Voices 23 AUTUMN 2020

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Heat that Kills, Trees that Heal, and the Roots of American Racism of American Roots the and that Heal, Trees Kills, that Heat heat waves are growing in growing are waves heat relationship the and quantify define to (LAUCC) Urban Cooling Collaborative the Los Angeles funding to has also provided program The forestry heat- influenced Results health outcomes. and other negative mortality, in heat-related and reductions canopy in urban tree increases between for strategies resilience communities, vulnerable the design and led to of solutions implementation and scale, the local at scaling for methods proposed for socially- interventions resilience climate equitable the country. across about learn more can You segregationist historic island policies, urban heat engagement and community viewing by hosted webinar hosted Connections Service in the Forest by Dr. featured 2020. We August of Mingoya Shandas and Cate addition, In USA. Groundwork the find curated can you science, tools available best on growing studies and case urban forests sustainable combat can trees and how island urban heat Lab Cities the Vibrant want to learn more about learn more to want with Urban & engage to how please Community Forestry, state your to out reach info more For coordinator. contact on the UCF Program, [email protected] highlighted how it is the how highlighted by NPR in 2019 and 2020. The first stories run two to foundational was Station, Service Northern Research Forest USDA canopy. of tree percentages and the lowest temperatures surface experience the highest that communities vulnerable socioeconomically most The second Americans kills more heat “Extreme that, NPR noted island today. urban heat experience 24

AUDUBON NATURALIST SOCIETY on theirfront legsto filter food from flowing water. Photograph by Gregg Trilling. MayfliesBrushlegged from theANS water qualitymonitoring site on theMiddle Patuxent River inJuly. Thesemayflies usehairs (or“brushes”) Photo by Serenella Linares at WilliamB.Umstead State Park inRaleigh,NorthCarolina. Lycogola Epidendrumisaslimemoldthat iscommon inourregion. Itlives anameboidexistence. Lookfor itondamplogsafter copious rain. Feature Photos Feature Photos

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A likely broad-headed sharpshooter, this baby leafhopper will grow up to be a beautiful blue and orange bug with incredible leaping power. Putting it in human terms, it can jump the equivalent of 240 feet! Photo by Renee Grebe taken in Alexandria, VA. 26

AUDUBON NATURALIST SOCIETY anshome.org/nhfs before thescheduledstart date, thecourse maybecanceled. field trip. natural landresource areas oftheDMV. Maximum of8students per via Zoom lectures andjoinusfor sociallydistanced fieldtrips to courses inwetlands andbiologyare helpful. Soakinsoilknowledge life inthesoil,experience soilgroups andsoilproperties. Previous factors to plant growth andotheruses.Discover thebiodiversity of supply, andclassification ofsoils,as wellasthesignificance ofthese their local environment. Learnthestructure, properties, nutrient ecosystems. Examine thenature ofsoilsandtheways they affect Knowledge ofsoilsisbasicto understanding plant communities and REGISTER ONLINE Instructor: Katherine Nelson nonmembers $360 Online lectures +3fieldtrips: members $330; Online lectures only:members $240,nonmembers $265 Field tripdates: October 3,24&November 14(9 am-1pm) Lectures: viaZoom Class meetings: September 23-November 25 Class night andtime: Wednesdays, 7-8:30pm NATH1175E, 3CEUs The Living Soil complete list oftheclassesinNHFS program, plusinstructor bios,visit required. Registrants can electto enroll inonlineclassesonlyorchooseto participate infieldtrips as well,spaceallowing. Fora field trips. Theselocally-based outingswillbelimited to groups of8participants, withmask-wearing andsocial distancing learning. Dueto theCOVID 19pandemic,classesare currently beingoffered viaonline Zoom sessionswithoptional in-person a required curriculumof39Continuing Education Credits (CEUs),but anyone canenroll in any class forthesheerpleasure of professionals andamateurs alike. ACertificate ofAccomplishment in Natural History is awarded tothosechoosing to complete history andconservation issues. Taught at the college freshman level, these courses are open to anyone 18 years ofage orolder, This uniquecontinuing education program foradults provides a comprehensive and stimulating viewofour region’s natural provide you withafullrefund. control, we willnotify you assoonpossible and to insufficient enrollment orother events beyond our be provided. Inthe event ofacourse cancellation due the first classlecture. After this date, no refunds will cancel your enrollment nolater thantheday following with arefund (minusa$25administration fee) if you Refund Policy for NHFS classes:ANS willprovide you Questions? Contact [email protected]. Register for Natural History FieldStudiesclasses USA) through ouradultprogram registration system. the AudubonNaturalist Society (nottheGraduate School Registration isnow beinghandled completely online by History Field Studies Classes Registration Info for Natural Natural History Field Studies If minimumstudent enrollment isnot reachedby oneweek

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ANS NEWS 27 AUTUMN 2020 Photo by Julie Small Julie by Photo After 15 years of outstanding service, Cecily Nabors service, Cecily Nabors of outstanding years 15 After Studies Field History the Natural from is retiring Cecily tenure, During her Advisory Committee. of scheduling courses, task the herculean managed a near- saw with instructors, handled our relationships Cecily’s most significant gift to the NHFS program, program, to the NHFS gift significant most Cecily’s mission core and ANS’s its Advisory Committee, learning. A voracious lifelong her passion for was traveler, and an eager writer, a talented reader, skills on ensuring her organizational Cecily focused and stimulating an engaging Field Studies was that and earth lovers nature for adult Program Education Continuing who instructors new for on the lookout always She was stewards. perspectives and bring new classes/subjects new teach could those take to excited always she was Of course, the program. to Cecily an NHFS call enough to All of us lucky herself! courses new in the program. role miss her key will sorely colleague Mason, Senior Naturalist Stephanie complete turnover in faculty, kept The Graduate School on track School on track The Graduate kept in faculty, turnover complete changes many weathered and deadlines, and with their marketing she did all of the above importantly, School. Most with The Graduate and humor. skill, kindness, grace with intelligence, Chair Committee NHFS Linda Keenan, Praise for Cecily Nabors Cecily Praise for Virginia, in West days blissful a few back from just I’m Cecily that knowing eyes my sprung to have and tears was a duties. When I her NHFS from away is stepping was Cecily Director, Education minted newly wide-eyed, LOVE) (and to understand me with me, helping endlessly patient of worth and the years Field Studies Program History the Natural making into went that and evaluations instructors charts, tallies, so many created have work of hard the years Her a success. program and amateur) (both professional naturalists and dedicated learned I think of program. the from in and graduated who participated the seeds scattering history, Miss Rumphius of natural Cecily as the and our region and wide throughout far knowledge history of natural work. and hard dedication your for Cecily, Thank you, our world. Director Executive Lisa Alexander, @ANSNature . or Quarterly , the Naturalist Post The Washington

by Mitch Greene, Volunteer Coordinator Volunteer Greene, Mitch by 1,000 With over is on Cecily Nabors. spotlight This quarter’s keeping, record of years five the past in just service hours volunteer been the pillar She “has extraordinaire. a volunteer Cecily has been for has stood program Field Studies History upon which our Natural An Director. our Executive Lisa Alexander, says 15 years,” the past whom you and writer, traveler experienced naturalist, accomplished in read have may her from down stepping now Cecily is among others. Birders’ Digest I had a chance program. Field Studies History with the Natural role have Her responses say. to she had what her and here’s interview to and clarity. length for edited been lightly to did you choose why learn about ANS; did you first How VC: with us? volunteer owling pointed took me friend who first the birder ago, CN: Years By 1980s. the late I joined in organization. a great ANS was out that ANS with the terrific travel on naturalist hooked the mid-90s, I was Introduction course: ANS first my And in 1998, I signed up for leaders. Ornithology. to Field Studies History Natural in the Certificate In 2001, I earned my done. The NHFS ever things I’ve satisfying one of the more program, own my to discipline and a sharper focus added enrichment, program and interests. reading my sparked Writing contribute. to mission and wanted the ANS I liked a couple of News published Naturalist After the Audubon effort. first column in each issue, a to write me a chance articles, ANS offered my 2010, 2001 until ran from column The “Observations.” which I called ended. publication when the News program, of the NHFS A “true believer” and excellence in the scope since 2005. This means recruiting as its coordinator volunteered I’ve the and being the link between scheduling courses, instructors, partner NHFS (ANS’s School USA ANS, and the Graduate instructors, year). this until 58 years for here? experiences memorable What is one of your most VC: and the trails, in the ANS Shop, walking browsing CN: While I love Rica, my mind. In Costa to come first the forays courses, taking with Birds bathe. hummingbirds I watched evening, on a magical and snowcaps, woodnymphs, names: violet-crowned wonderful dipped, and splashed, as the hovered, They fairies. purple-crowned A beautiful memory. colors. their brilliant illuminated light watery volunteer us about your tell to else you'd like Is there anything VC: experiences? program terrific a benefit to me a way ANS gave for CN: Volunteering who loved and students with the instructors work plus a chance to as much as I did. program the NHFS work with your and to ANS dedication Your Cecily. Thank you, 15 years the last for that has ensured Field Studies History Natural you call to proud are We of naturalists. hundreds has trained ANS one of our own! visit Field Studies program, History about the Natural learn more To www.anshome.org/adults Corner Volunteer Pillar A Nabors: Cecily Photo by Serenella Linares Serenella by Photo 28

AUDUBON NATURALIST SOCIETY anshome.org/adults Mason when itineraries and registration materials become available. Terry Lawson DunnorCosta Rica (February, 2021)withStephanie x10 ifyou would like information onPanama (January, 2021) with Please contact Carol at [email protected] or301-652-9188 current scientific and government guidance. will re-evaluate and their status aswe move forward, relying on taking ameasured approach to ourtrips scheduledfor early2021 uncertainty ofairtravel andsocialdistancing inplace,we are diligently to keep ourcommunity safe andhealthy. Withthe During thesechallengingtimesANS staff continues to work Nature Travel Program COVID-19 Update Free Birding Trips andWalks COVID-19 Update Facebook page for updates. 2020. Keep aneye onourwebsite, ourmonthly eNews andour Beginnger Bird Walks at Woodend through at least theendof made thedifficultdecision tosuspend Free Birding Trips and Free Given theuncertainty oftheCovid-19 situation this fall, we have Nature Travel S t a i y n

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AUDUBON NATURALIST SOCIETY anshome.org/restoration enslavement ofAfricanAmericans, andredlining thatexcluded people ofcolor.We shared these storiesin The First, we committotellingafullandhoneststoryaboutWoodend’s past.Thisincludesoften violent displacement of Native American populations, to fulfillingaspartofour50-yearmasterplanforWoodend,startingwiththisyear’sNatureForAllprojects. social contextofourorganizationandtheenvironmentalmovementingeneral,therearethreeadditionalobligationsthatANShascommitted Preserving thisgreenspacefreeandopentothepublicinanurbanizingregionisimportantaccomplishment.However,asweexamine in the1920sonsiteofaformerAmericantobaccofarm. MariondonatedWoodendinherwilltoANSbeusedasasanctuaryforwildlife. heiress whosefamilyownedatobaccoplantationinAustralia.Bycoincidence(orcolonialecho),sheandChesterWellsbuilttheirgrandestate class putANSinapositiontoinheritpropertyfromoneofitswealthiestmembersthelate1960s.Ourbene In itsearlydays,theAudubonNaturalistSocietywasrunbyvolunteerswhoweregenerallywhiteanduppermiddleclass.Beingofthissocial Woodend Stewardship Accessibility andTruth-telling Among theObligations of a virtualtour visit oftenasthesanctuaryistransformedintoaplacetohealwoundsofpastandimaginethrivingfuturetogether.Youcanstartwith signs andotherinterpretivematerialstotellthestoryofWoodendwelcomediversepopulationourvibrantregion.Wehopeyouwill stream, buildmeadowandforesthabitat,rehabilitateourmaintrailtobewheelchairaccessible.Atthesametime,wewilldesignnew Thanks tothegenerosityofourmembersandfundersduringNatureforAllcampaign,thisyearwewillrestoreerodedbanks diverse communities, includingprofessionalsandactivistswhohavewell-established legacies of environmentaleducationandprotection. in multiplelanguages, andworkingwithcommunitypartnerstounderstandhowWoodendcanbetter supportandpartnerwithour region’s richand to the public.Itwillinvolve facilities providingaccessible forthosewithmobilitydifferences andother disabilities, offering literature andprogramming we committowelcoming allresidents oftheDCregion tothenaturaloasisofWoodend. Thisrequires more thansimplybeingfree andopen Finally, can rebuildecosystemservicesandhabitattoservebothpeoplewildlife. waterways, proliferationofinvasivespeciesanddeclinenativewildlife.Whilew Second, we commit woundswroughtduringthepost-colonialeraincludingdegradationofsoils,pollution tohealingthe ecological recently re-released, butthese historicaltruthsmustnow findtheir placeinnew Woodendinterpretationonthe drawing board today. Restoration rightnow! e cannotrewindtheclocktoa16thcenturylandscape,we Land factor, MarionWells,wasan of documentary Woodend documentary 31 AUTUMN 2020 HERE Garden Consultations Garden Consultation Testimonials: Garden Consultation us is an AMAZING to you have provided SO MUCH!! What THANK YOU going native in our yard! roadmap to ivy the back in the very the I've attacked thorough report. Thank you for I'm that area. planting start to I'm excited because vigor, with renewed year! this next over garden evolves the how seeing to looking forward Order a one-on-one consultation with ANS Garden Outreach Outreach ANS Garden with consultation a one-on-one Order garden. in your on-site Brown, Jenny Gardener and Master Associate includes: report that a map and written receive you’ll her visit, After areas wet dry and shady, sunny, • Defining additions recommending and plants existing your • Identifying garden a food or start habitat improve to steps • Next Woodend (with mask within 15 miles of properties is $125 for Cost consultation garden your Order and social distancing). twitter.com/ANStweets

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AUDUBON NATURALIST SOCIETY ANS NEWS statement from ANSPresident onour values). for theseAudubonsto become anti-racist organizations.” (Seepage 33 fora cannot mistake that astheendgame for the work that needsto bedone morals isimportant work to change theculture ofconservation, but we replied, “Taking down monuments andnamesto reflect our contemporary Audubon shouldencourage nature groups to abandon theirname,James As to whether thelight beingshedonsomeofthedespicable actsofJ.J. James Audubon’s history asaracist andowner ofenslaved people. article iswritten fairly transparently, andcritically,” hesaid,aboutJohn including thisone,to take uphismoniker,“The decades after hisdeath. pioneering legacies inbirding andillustration moved conservation groups, with arecent National Audubon Society piece Jamessaidhewasof JohnJamesAudubon. impressed history racist the The question ofdemonstrating values is central to new discussionsabout what your values are.” answers --you willhave your values. Anditwillbeobvious to everyone When you don’t have alltheanswers --andyou won’t have the all On the side, bigger hecounsels, “Normalize demonstrating your values. pronouns andgreeting otherbirders‘Welcome.’ withasimple ” He recommended smallbutpowerful actionssuchas,“Normalize using on theseissuesinAugust for theANSNaturalist Hourseries. of peoplewhoasked, ”recalled ‘How can Ihelp?’ James,whohosted atalk “One ofthethingsIvalue themost from BlackBirders Week isthenumber group’s Twitter page, appreciation, and offers ofhelp. the natural sciences.Itbrought awhirlwindofsocialmedia followers to the raising awareness oftherole that Blacks play inbirding, conservation, and Birders Week was designed to repair some ofournation’s brokenness by Agyeman, andseveral other members ofthe BlackAFinSTEM collective, Black to thefirst #BlackBirdersWeek. Co-founded by James, AnnaGiftyOpoku- Those twinacts, heaped upon400heavy years ofracial injustice, gave rise (no relation). Audubon Society memberChristian CooperandNew Yorker Amy Cooper life-threatening Central Park encounter between Birder andNational George Floyd, whichcame ontheheelsof the terrible andpotentially outdoor life can beto BlackAmericans because ofthepolicekilling The world now better understands thepiercing truthofhow dangerous too comfortable, butIwant to relax, because I’m watching birds.” know where I’m at. Goingoutsideisanopportunityfor racism. Ican’t be least threatening to Anytime white I’m people?’ out,I text andlet people as part “I think,‘What’sof hisjob. something I have that makes me look the be seenin?,’” says James,wholeadsbirding trips for members ofCongress about what I’m going to wear, because I’m ‘Isthisthelast thingI’ll thinking, house to go birding, hewonders whether itmight behislast. “Idothink Every timeJames,aboard memberofDCAudubonSociety, leaves his probably never contemplate. Like, feeling haunted. And birding touches BlackAmericans, inways most white Americans cherish theday. wakes useachmorning(ifwe’re lucky),andgives us another reason to keystone species that helpusevaluate thehealthofeco-systems. Birdsong does yeoman’s work for humankind,aspollinators, seeddispersers, and and largely elusive to ourtouch. Butbirds dotouch us.Themajestic species Birds, henotes, are asubiquitous asflowers, althoughnotaseasy to see Birder Tykee Jamesisknown for saying that everybody hasabird story. Tykee James:BirdingWhileBlackandtheQuestionofValues (See thisarticle for details.) aboutthemanwhose by CarolineBrewer,ManagingEditoroftheNaturalistQuarterly

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AUDUBON NATURALIST SOCIETY ANS NEWS everyone whohashelpedusthrough thischallengingtime by supportingour40thAnnualBloomin’Birdathon. Your generous helps support ANS’s fund environmental education and conservation programs throughout the year, so we are deeply grateful to Nora Whitmore andtheWyngate Warriors –andto everyone whosupported ourvaliant counters. Diana Garber, CecilyNabors andDianeFord, Shirley Putnam,Riderwood Redwings (Pat Cassimatis and Karen Wilhelm),NicholasSchliapin, Thank you to theotherBloomin’Birdathon participants: AnnaAnders, BonnieBluebirds (Katherine Payne and Patti Mackey), SheilaCochran, • • • • A specialthanks to thisyear’s top Bloomin’Birdathon fundraisers: this amazingchallenge. the new participants includingmany ANS staff members whohappily counted birds, blooms,insectsandmany otherspecies tohelpusmeet goal. We are particularlygrateful to our regular AudubonAfter Darksponsors who graciously switched theirsupport totheBirdathon and toall The shutdown required usto cancel ourpopularAudubonAfter Darkfundraising dinnerandwrap its$60,000 revenue into theBirdathon’s everyone whomadethispossible. never have imaginedhow many peoplewould step upandhelpusreach ourincredibly ambitious goal of$90,000–but we didit!Thank you to Truly thisyear’s Birdathon was oneofakind.Forced by theCOVID-shutdown to rethink ourannualBloomin’Birdathon fundraiser, we could Team Cottingham:$8,122 Stephanie MasonandPam Oves: $13,742 ANS Board ofDirectors Team: $17,558 ANS Staff Teams: $25,017 A huge THANKYOU to everyone whomadethisyear’s fundraiser A Birdathon Like Never Before! • • • Stephen andLizJones:$1,552 No CarbonFootprint Team (NealFitzpatrick &JohnBjerke): $1,685 Marcia Minichiello:$6,180 35 AUTUMN 2020 ANS NEWS Room/Apartment Wanted Room/Apartment www.TradewindsEarth.com Seeking Studio Apartment or Rooms Near Trees to rent: quiet, quiet, rent: to Near Trees or Rooms Seeking Studio Apartment with refrigerator area kitchen bathroom, bedroom, separate and vaping All smoke-free and dryer. a washer and access to 14. Please contact in September Can help with dogs. Move free. [email protected] Cheryl at

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