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Primarily in the mid-Atlantic area

PVAS Groups

  • PVAS Facebook
  • PVMN Facebook
  • PVAS Birder’s Blog
  • Potomac Valley Nature Writer’s Group

 

Nature Blogs

  • Squirrel’s View – Field Notes From The Eastern Panhandle Of West Virginia And Beyond
  • Birds Etcetera – (inactive since 2010) local birder’s blog
  • Ohio Birds and Biodiversity
  • Julie Zickefoose

Birds

  • Arlene Ripley’s Nest Box
  • Baltimore Bird Club
  • Bird Clubs in North America (via The Binocular Site)
  • Birding Pal – Find a birding pal anywhere you travel
  • Breeding Bird Survey and Other Things at the Patuxent Wildlife Research Center
  • Brooks Bird Club
  • Hawk Mountain Sanctuary and Other Raptor Sites
  • The Maryland Ornithological Society
  • National Audubon Society
  • North American Bluebird Society
  • Northern Virginia Bird Club
  • Patuxent Wildlife Research Center
  • State of the Birds
  • Three Rivers Avian Center in Summers County, WV
  • Virtual Birder – WV page
  • Washington Monument Hawk Watch
  • WV DNR Birding page including Breeding Bird Atlas
  • WV Bird Listserv
  • WV Raptor Rehabilitation Program
  • WindStar Wildlife Institute
  • X-Box Bluebird Box plans and story

Insects

  • BugGuide.Net
  • Butterflies and Moths of North America
  • Butterflies and Butterfly Gardening in West Virginia
  • Wildlife page WVU Extension
  • Chesapeake Wildlife Heritage
  • Insects of West Virginia
  • Larval Hostplant List for Butterflies of the Washington, DC Area
  • Maryland Biodiversity Project
  • WV Bird, Butterfly and Fern Checklistst
  • The Songs of Insects
  • Washington Area Butterfly Club

Native Plant Societies

  • Maryland Native Plant Society
  • Virginia Native Plant Society
  • West Virginia Native Plant Society
  • List of Native Plant Societies – (from the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center)

Wildflowers and Plants

  • 2BnTheWild – A great southeastern wildflower site
  • Alexandria Flora and Geology
  • Blandy Experimental Farm and The Orland E. White Arboretum (near Winchester, VA)
  • Flora of the Washington-Baltimore Area
  • Forests of the Central Appalachians
  • Guide to the Trees and Shrubs of Virginia
  • Internet Directory for Botany
  • The Native Plants of Ohio
  • North American Rock Garden Society – Potomac Valley Chapter
  • Pennsylvania Flora Project
  • TreeGuide
  • U.S. Botanic Garden
  • U.S. National Arboretum
  • University of Maryland, Department of Plant Biology – James Reveal’s page
  • Virgin Forests of West Virginia
  • Wildflower Forums
  • Worthley Botany Class – meets in the general Baltimore area

Native Plant Sources

  • Mid-Atlantic Native Plant sources
  • Winston Gardens  (now officially closed)

Natural Heritage Programs

  • Maryland Natural Heritage Program
  • Virginia Natural Heritage Program
  • West Virginia Natural Heritage Program

Conservancies, Societies, Etc.

  • Assateague Naturalist
  • Audubon Naturalist Society
  • Blue Heron Environmental Network
  • Canaan Valley Institute
  • Catoctin Land Trustv
  • Coastal Marsh Project
  • Horticultural Society of Maryland
  • Land Trust Alliance
  • Land Trust of the Eastern Panhandle
  • Loudoun Wildlife Conservancy
  • Maryland Alliance for Greenway Improvement and Conservation – MAGIC
  • Maryland Master Woodland Stewards Program – (formerly Coverts Project)
  • Mid-Atlantic Environmental Sites – via Sea Grant Webserver
  • National Audubon Society
  • National Conservation Training Center
  • Natural History Society of Maryland
  • The Nature Conservancy
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  • Northern Shenandoah Valley Audubon Society (NSVAS)- Shenandoah Audubon
  • Potomac Appalachian Trail Club
  • Sierra Club – Catoctin Group
  • The Monarch Alliance
  • West Virginia Environmental Council
  • West Virginia Highlands Conservancy
  • Western Pennsylvania Conservancy

Places to Go for Wildlife, Plants and Hiking

  • Appalachian Trail
  • Big Blue Trail (now known as the Tuscarora Trail)
  • Blandy Experimntal Farm – The State Arboretum of Virginia
  • Blue Ridge Center for Environmental Stewardship
  • C and O Canal
  • Dyke Marsh Wildlife Preserve – near Alexandria
  • Friends Wilderness Center
  • Huntley Meadows – Fairfax County
  • Maryland State Parks and Forests
  • Snavely Trail – near Burnside Bridge
  • WV Birdwatching Areas – DNR
  • WV State Parks
  • WV Botanical Garden
  • Yankauer Preserve

Mailing Lists (Listservs, discussion groups)

  • Audubon birding discussion for WV
  • Catoctin Chapter – MNPS
  • Eastern Panhandle WV Naturalists
  • Maryland Birding
  • Maryland Osprey
  • Potowmack Chapter of the Virginia Native Plant Society
  • PVAS Heads Up Messages
  • VA-MD-DE-Bugs – Discussion about observation of Butterflies, Moths, Dragonflies, and other bugs in the Virginia-Maryland-Delaware region
  • Washington Butterflies

Recent Posts

  • Where are the Birds?
  • KC Walters Accepts Award at The National Audubon Society Conference
  • Tax Benefits of Donations
  • 2024 Over the Mountain Studio Tour
  • Thank You AmeriCorps Service Members!

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