Enjoy summer, Eidolon, and ice cream! PVAS Hosts: Beth and Paul Dobson PVMN Continuing Education Eligible (1 hour) This event is free and open to the public. Registration is required. Come join us at beautiful, Eidolon Nature Preserve for an open house and ice cream social on Sunday, June 25. We will gather in the big parking lot before taking […]
Dirt Don’t Hurt (entering grades 1-6) Get ready to get messy as we explore the mysterious world that lies beneath your feet. Sculpt with clay, march barefoot in the muck, and bake your best mudpies. Dig down in the dirt for worms and uncover what life lurks under a rotting log. To finish off the week, you’ll have the chance […]
Tools of the Trade (entering grades 7-12) This hands-on week will awaken your inner-scientist as you discover how different environmental professionals use their ‘Tools of the Trade’ to make the world a better place. See if an outdoor or conservation career may be for you! You will explore forestry with a local forester, hone your birding skills with an Ornithologist, […]
Dirt Don’t Hurt (entering grades 1-6) Get ready to get messy as we explore the mysterious world that lies beneath your feet. Sculpt with clay, march barefoot in the muck, and bake your best mudpies. Dig down in the dirt for worms and uncover what life lurks under a rotting log. To finish off the week, you’ll have the chance […]
Learn the ins and outs of PVAS and earn your volunteer hours by serving as a PVAS Ambassador! PVAS Host: KC Walters PVMN Continuing Education Hours Eligible This training is free and open to the public. Registration is required and limited to 15 participants. This training to designed to help you gain the information you need to volunteer within PVAS in […]
Join Hannah for weekly trail maintenance at Cool Spring Preserve! PVAS Host: Hannah Kulla PVMN Volunteer Service Hours Eligible • Registration is required Plants such as autumn olive, multiflora rose, and others are encroaching on the trails, and we need help clipping them back to make sure our trails are comfortable for all visitors. Tools are provided, but please bring […]
Join Hannah for weekly trail maintenance at Yankauer Nature Preserve! PVMN Volunteer Service Hours Eligible • Registration is required Plants such as autumn olive, multi-flora rose, and others are encroaching on the trails, and we need help clipping them back to make sure our trails are comfortable for all visitors. Tools are provided, but please bring your work gloves if […]
Join Hannah for weekly trail maintenance at Cool Spring Preserve! PVAS Host: Hannah Kulla PVMN Volunteer Service Hours Eligible • Registration is required Plants such as autumn olive, multiflora rose, and others are encroaching on the trails, and we need help clipping them back to make sure our trails are comfortable for all visitors. Tools are provided, but please bring […]
Come celebrate Independence Day with PVAS by marching in the Shepherdstown 4th of July parade. The parade will form up on Church Street, then proceeds down German Street to Princess Street and end there. Come find us along Church Street any time after 10:30. If you have trouble finding us, ask one of the parade coordinators for help. Bring your […]
Sensational Senses (entering grades K – 1) Eyes like a hawk, nose like a fox… all animals have their own sensory superpowers, and so do you! This week, we will use our five main senses to explore the natural world around us. We’ll look high in the sky and down in the dirt, taste wild plants, and put our super […]
Sensational Senses (entering grades K – 1) Eyes like a hawk, nose like a fox… all animals have their own sensory superpowers, and so do you! This week, we will use our five main senses to explore the natural world around us. We’ll look high in the sky and down in the dirt, taste wild plants, and put our super […]
Join Hannah for weekly trail maintenance at Yankauer Nature Preserve! PVMN Volunteer Service Hours Eligible • Registration is required Plants such as autumn olive, multi-flora rose, and others are encroaching on the trails, and we need help clipping them back to make sure our trails are comfortable for all visitors. Tools are provided, but please bring your work gloves if […]
Join Hannah for bi-weekly trail maintenance at Stauffer's Marsh Nature Preserve! PVMN Volunteer Service Hours Eligible • Registration is required Plants are encroaching on the trails, and we need help clipping them back to make sure our trails are comfortable for all visitors. Tools are provided, but please bring your work gloves if you have them and plenty of water!
Camp Survivor (entering grades 1-5) Could you survive if you were lost in the wilderness? We’ll have a blast building shelters, fires and tools, and learning how to purify water. We will also learn how to find food in the wild, use a map and compass, and tie knots. Through challenges that will test your mind, body, and teamwork skills, […]
Amazing Animals (entering grades 1-6) Each day we’ll explore a different type of animal that calls West Virginia home. Learn how to track mammals and explore their skulls and bones, catch bugs in the meadow and butterfly garden, watch birds with binoculars, and search under rocks and logs for reptiles and amphibians. Games, crafts, forts and hikes will round out […]
Join Hannah for weekly trail maintenance at Cool Spring Preserve! PVAS Host: Hannah Kulla PVMN Volunteer Service Hours Eligible • Registration is required Plants such as autumn olive, multiflora rose, and others are encroaching on the trails, and we need help clipping them back to make sure our trails are comfortable for all visitors. Tools are provided, but please bring […]
Don't miss these special opportunities to hike the private Rolling Ridge Conservancy Lands with Bill and Scot! PVAS Hosts: Bill Telfair & Scot DeGraf This event is free and open to the public, however, registration is required and limited to 15 participants. Children are welcome but they must be accompanied by an adult. Anyone with an interest is welcome to come […]
Join Beth Poole on a monthly bird walk at Cool Spring Preserve! PVAS Host: Beth Poole This event is free and open to the public. Anyone with an interest is welcome to come along, regardless of their birding skills. Children 12+ are welcome but must be accompanied by an adult. Registration is required and limited to 15 participants. The trails […]
Join Beth and Paul Dobson in caring for Eidolon Nature Preserve! PVMN Volunteer Service Hours Eligible • Registration is required Take an enjoyable hike with a friend or someone new. Trim back prickers and weeds that are encroaching on the trail. How could earning volunteer hours or taking an enjoyable hike be any easier than this? Eidolon is a beautiful place. […]
Join Deana and Noah for Nature Journaling! Field Journaling Guide: Deana Thorsell and Noah Alcantara PVMN Continuing Education Eligible This event is free and open to the public. Registration is required and limited to 12 participants. Why not start a new habit or continue building on your Nature Journaling experiences as we nature journal at Poor House Farm Park. Poor […]
Earth Art (entering grades 1-6) Let your creativity run wild as you construct natural clay sculptures, mix your own berry paint, watercolor paint a natural landscape scene, and more! Families are invited to an exhibition of campers’ masterpieces on Friday. $197 non-members, 10% off for members Session 1: June 12 – 16 (5 days) Yankauer Nature Preserve 9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. […]
Nature Sleuths (entering grades 1-6) Do you have what it takes to uncover the mysteries of the ultimate nature crime scene? In this camp, you’ll be issued a “Nature Sleuth” badge, and be put on your first case to investigate the suspicious activities that have been happening at the preserve. Who left those tracks and is up to no good? […]
Help reroute the Kingfisher Trail after storm damage at Yankauer Nature Preserve! PVMN Volunteer Service Hours Eligible • Registration is required A severe summer storm has damaged the beloved, huge white oak tree and left a large overhead hazard. As a result, the Kingfisher Trail has been closed for the safety of visitors. Help us reroute to get this popular […]
Let’s get outside and walk the trails together! PVAS Hosts: Ellen Murphy This event is free and open to the public. All ages are welcome to attend. Registration is required and limited to 12 participants. Join us at PVAS’s “original nature preserve” and wander along the Kingfisher and South trails. The lush foliage of the summer makes the trails the […]
Join PVAS on a Bird Walk at the USGS Eastern Ecological Science Center! PVAS Hosts: Karli Rogers and Heather Walsh This event is free and open to the public. Anyone with an interest is welcome to come along, regardless of their birding skills. Children 12+ are welcome but must be accompanied by an adult. Registration is required and limited to […]
Become a PVAS Weed Warrior! PVAS Host: KC Walters PVMN Continuing Education Eligible This training is free and open to the public. Children 12+ are welcome to take the training, but must be accompanied by an adult. Registration is required. If you want to volunteer at our nature preserves, but can’t make it to the scheduled volunteer workdays, this training […]
Join author Alison Zak for a discussion of her new book + an optional creekside yoga session! PVAS Hosts: Alison Zak This event costs $25. Tickets include author talk/reading/Q&A, 1 signed copy, light refreshments, and an optional hour-long creek-side nature yoga practice. Coming as a group and don't need a book for every person? Extra attendees can be added for […]
Wild about Water (entering grades 1-5) Water is life! Let’s discover what animals depend on the aquatic habitats at Cool Spring Preserve! Explore the ponds and dams created by our resident beavers, catch critters in the creek and muck through the wetland. We’ll discover animals’ unique adaptations as we wade in the stream like herons, slide like otters on a […]
Nature Sleuths (entering grades 1-6) Do you have what it takes to uncover the mysteries of the ultimate nature crime scene? In this camp, you’ll be issued a “Nature Sleuth” badge, and be put on your first case to investigate the suspicious activities that have been happening at the preserve. Who left those tracks and is up to no good? […]
Join Hannah for weekly trail maintenance at Yankauer Nature Preserve! PVMN Volunteer Service Hours Eligible • Registration is required This volunteer workday has been canceled. Please join us for the next Yankauer workday on August 2. Plants such as autumn olive, multi-flora rose, and others are encroaching on the trails, and we need help clipping them back to make sure […]
Join Hannah for bi-weekly trail maintenance at Stauffer's Marsh Nature Preserve! PVMN Volunteer Service Hours Eligible • Registration is required Plants are encroaching on the trails, and we need help clipping them back to make sure our trails are comfortable for all visitors. Tools are provided, but please bring your work gloves if you have them and plenty of water!
Join Hannah for weekly trail maintenance at Cool Spring Preserve! PVAS Host: Hannah Kulla PVMN Volunteer Service Hours Eligible • Registration is required Plants such as autumn olive, multiflora rose, and others are encroaching on the trails, and we need help clipping them back to make sure our trails are comfortable for all visitors. Tools are provided, but please bring […]
Join Hannah for weekly trail maintenance at Cool Spring Preserve! PVAS Host: Hannah Kulla PVMN Volunteer Service Hours Eligible • Registration is required Plants such as autumn olive, multiflora rose, and others are encroaching on the trails, and we need help clipping them back to make sure our trails are comfortable for all visitors. Tools are provided, but please bring […]
Let’s read and explore together! PVAS Hosts: Ellen Murphy and KC Walters This group is free and open to the public. All ages are welcome to attend. Registration is required. Join Ellen and KC on a reading adventure this year! We will read a book, have a lively discussion and then go on a field trip or some other activity […]
Join Hannah for weekly trail maintenance at Yankauer Nature Preserve! PVMN Volunteer Service Hours Eligible • Registration is required Plants such as autumn olive, multi-flora rose, and others are encroaching on the trails, and we need help clipping them back to make sure our trails are comfortable for all visitors. Tools are provided, but please bring your work gloves if […]
Join Will for Drawing, Sketching and Painting Nature! PVAS Hosts: Will Janssen This event is free and open to the public. Registration is required and limited to 15 participants. Duration: 3 hours Experience Needed: None! People of all skill levels are welcome and together we will begin developing or improving upon our skills. Accessibility: This session will take place at […]
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