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Naturalist Quarterly Autumn 2017 AUDUBON NATURALIST SOCIETY Naturalist Quarterly Autumn 2017 ANSHOME.ORG Why ANS? Experts September is Rachel Carson Month ANS NATURE ACTIVITIES & NEWS The Audubon Naturalist Society OFFICERS inspires residents of the greater PRESIDENT Leslie Catherwood (’17) Naturalist Quarterly Washington, DC region to VICE PRESIDENT Paul D’Andrea (‘17) appreciate, understand, and treasURER Scott Fosler (‘17) ANShome.org Autumn 2017 protect their natural environment SecretarY Megan Carroll (‘19) through outdoor experiences, BOARD OF DIRECTORS education, and advocacy. Wendy Anderson (‘18), Cecilia Clavet From the Director 3 HEADQUARTERS (‘19), Alice Ewen (‘18), Allyn Finegold Woodend, a 40-acre wildlife (‘17), Mike Gravitz (‘17), Jennifer Judd Why ANS? Experts...Stories by Caroline Brewer sanctuary in Chevy Chase, MD Hinrichs (‘17), Diane Hoffman (‘19), Jane McClintock (‘18), Tim McTaggart (’18), and ANS Intern Ashley Tejeda 4 OFFICE HOURS Carolyn Peirce (‘19), Nancy Pielemeier Monday-Friday 9 AM-5 PM (‘19), Rebecca Turner (‘18), Bonnie How Healthy is Your Stream?...by Cathy Wiss 7 STORE HOURS VanDorn (‘18), Larry Wiseman (‘19) Monday-Friday 10 AM-5 PM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Children and Family Programs 8 Saturday 9 AM-5 PM Lisa Alexander Sunday 12-5 PM STAFF Rust Classes/Programs 11 GROUNDS HOURS FINANCE Dawn to dusk Lois Taylor, Comptroller, Dupe Cole, Adult Programs 12 ANS MEMBERSHIP Senior Accountant/Benefits Manager; Student $15 Barbara Young, Accountant CALENDAR 16 Individual $50 MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS Family $65 Caroline Brewer, Director of Marketing Nature Steward $100 Stream Science Classes 22 and Communications Audubon Advocate $200 Sanctuary Guardian $500 AUDUBON NATURALIST SHOP Free Birding Trips 23 Naturalists Council $1,000 Matt Mathias, Manager; Yoli Del Buono, Preservationist $1,000+ Assistant Manager Natural History Field Studies 24 NATURALIST QUARTERLY is CONSERVATION published four times a year by Eliza Cava, Director of Conservation; Nature Travel 26 the Audubon Naturalist Society, Monica Billger, Northern Virginia 8940 Jones Mill Road, Chevy Advocacy Manager; Gregg Trilling, Chase, MD 20815. Photos, art Creek Critters Program Manager ANS News 28 work, and articles may not be DEVELOPMENT Jacky Wershbale, reprinted without permission Director of Development; Debra Prybyla Registration Info 31 from the editor. Opinions offered & Lin Orrin, Grant Writers; Loree do not necessarily reflect official Trilling, Database Coordinator; Allie Henn, ANS policy. Advertised products Development Assistant; Larry Petrovich, or services do not carry the Assistant endorsement of ANS. ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION ISSN 0888-6555 COVER Clockwise: Gina Ghertner; Sarah Anderson, Linda Diane Lill, Director; Stephanie Mason, Senior Naturalist; Stephanie Bozzo, Lear, Frank Sanford, and Stephanie Mason. Photo of SENIOR EDITOR Preschool Director, Amelia McLaughlin, Ghertner by Robin Ghertner; photos of Anderson, Lear, and Caroline Brewer Chelsea Hawk, Shannon Earle, Kristin Sanford by Ben Israel; photo of Mason by Cecily Nabors. Roberts, Julie Walkup, Ruth Polk, MANAGING EDITOR Preschool Teachers; Nora Kelly, Camp Pam Oves Director; Serenella Linares, School © 2017 Audubon Naturalist Programs Manager; Carol Hayes, Nature Society Travel Program Assistant; Katrina Kugel, STAFF UPDATES: We say goodbye to Carlos Navas, Lauren Simpson, Debbie Boger, Lee Property Manager, and are pleased to promote Anne Graeub, Jenny Brown, GreenKids CONTACT INFORMATION Bjorn Busk from Assistant Property Manager to ANS Headquarters/Woodend Specialists; Deb Crew, Ambika Anand Sanctuary Prokop, Gina Ghertner, Stephanie Acting Property Manager. We are grateful for 301-652-9188 Ligouri, Environmental Educators; Kylie the hard work of three interns who spent their Watson, Steven Pearce, Interns FAX 301-951-7179 summer with ANS. Christian Schluter is a rising ANShome.org PROPERTY MANAGEMENT [email protected] Bjorn Busk, Acting Property Manager senior and a geography major at Salem State Audubon Sanctuary Shop University in Massachusetts who has been working 301-652-3606 OFFICE MANAGEMENT Pam Oves, Office Manager; Carol Hayes, with the Conservation program on mapping Conservation, MD x22 Office Coordinator Conservation, VA 571-278-5535 our stream science data. See his map on page 7. Environmental Education x16 RUST SANCTUARY Sarah Becker is an environmental studies major Susanne Ortmann, NOVA Programs Membership x35 at Ursinus College in Pennsylvania. She has Publications, advertising x23 Manager; Ellen McDougall, Rentals x38 Environmental Educator been working with the Conservation program Volunteers x30 VOLUNTEER COORDINATOR engaging people of all ages through our Creek Contributions x31 Alison Pearce Special Events x12 Critters outreach program. Finally, thank you to Rust Sanctuary 703-669-0000 WATER QUALITY PROGRAMS Ashley Tejeda, who is an American University Cathy Wiss senior, majoring in Communications. Ashley E-mail unusual bird sightings to RENTALS Beatriz Engel [email protected] worked in Communications as a writer and layout designer for ANS’s eNews, a writer for the Naturalist Quarterly (see feature on experts), a staff photographer, and Facebook contributor. From the Director preschool in the state to be certified as a Maryland Green School, has been visited by early childhood leaders from around ANS runs on experts the world who want to learn from the education model we’ve My summer trip to the ocean in Nova built. Our volunteer team for the Blair Native Plant Garden Scotia was not as peaceful as in years includes current and past presidents of the Maryland Native past. We’re renovating the pink cottage Plant Society. Our instructor for Natural History Field Studies my grandparents built to make more geology classes teaches geology at Northern Virginia Community room for family. Rather than the peace College. A member of our Finance Committee is on the staff of of the cove, the sight of the kingfisher, one of the largest, top-rated non-profit consulting firms in the and the call of the loon, we were greeted with the sound of nation. Everywhere you turn at ANS, you’ll encounter an expert hammers and saws and the spectacle of ladders, tools and who is contributing to ANS’s mission work for the environment. workers all over the house and yard. While it was not my ideal Our ranks are filled with writers, scientists, and nature vacation, I gained deep appreciation for the expertise and skill enthusiasts who gladly share their expertise with others – of the contractors who installed light fixtures, tiles, cabinets and teaching classes on everything from butterflies to bats to how – thank heavens – a commode, the day before our big family to advocate for nature. Our own Volunteer Master Naturalists party. All those experts working together are creating a new have ramped up their expertise in order to collect baseline data Pink House that’s an even better version of the original. on species diversity at Woodend so that we can track the return As I think about our growing ANS family, I take pride in to biodiversity as we move forward on our ambitious plans to knowing how many experts are helping guide ANS to become restore the sanctuary. an even better version of the outstanding organization we’ve Even as I write this column, a team of ANS Board members, been for the past 120 years. Think about the landscape staff and volunteers has pooled their collective expertise to put architects who helped us create a visionary 50-year Master finishing touches on an ambitious and inspiring 5-year Strategic Plan for Woodend Sanctuary, the builders who brought to life Plan. Please join me at the Annual Meeting on October 19 to our gorgeous Marcia Sward Forest Kindergarten Classroom, learn more about this transformational plan that will guide us into the engineers who designed our state-of-the-art Tree-Safe the future. (See back cover for details.) Rain Garden, and the attorneys who defended ANS against a What expertise do you have to share with ANS? Could you developer’s subpoena and represented our interests so that we lead a class, volunteer for restoration projects, donate in-kind could install a deer fence at Woodend. services, join a committee or the Board? Let me know about the 3 More amazing than the top flight outside experts who special talents you have to share with ANS at lisa.alexander@ advise ANS, it’s the internal expertise of our staff, instructors, anshome.org. In the meantime, please volunteer or sign up for volunteers, and members that keep Audubon Naturalist Society an ANS program or event. I suspect you’ll feel like an even better in a class of its own. Our Audubon Nature Preschool, the first version of yourself once you’ve learned from one of the many wonderful ANS experts. LETTERS P.S. CASE DISMISSED! I just received the news that we Kudos to Camp Audubon won! On August 25th, the Federal Court dismissed the case of Hi Nora (June Bug), Pulte vs. Montgomery County. As you might remember, Pulte sued the county for lost development rights in Ten Mile Creek Just wanted to send a note over and tell you how much we and subpoenaed ANS and our partners in the fight to Save Ten absolutely love Audubon camp. This is William's (8-year old) second Mile Creek! United States District Court Judge George Hazel year and Olive's (5-year old) first year and they absolutely have the ruled that Pulte had no legally satisfactory development rights time of their lives! given broad powers reserved for the County under the 1994 The day-to-day adventures, the kind and outgoing staff and the Master Plan. The Court also found the County had a rational wealth of information that they come home with is so appreciated. basis for limiting development in Ten Mile Creek (thanks to Olive told me that she "had the best day of her entire life” when our great water quality data!) and that it is not the place of the she had camp a few weeks ago with Ms Amelia (Weasel) and this federal courts to second guess. How wonderful it is to know that week she went on and on about how awesome Banana, Gizzard, right beats might when it comes to saving the environment! Slug, etc were.
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