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Stream Water Chemistry (Two Run Branch)

Feb 15, 2020 9:30AM—12:00PM

Join our Stream Water Chemistry volunteer team to conduct field tests on dissolved oxygen content and other parameters at two sites along Galloway Creek, an important stream leading to our own Jug Bay. Water samples are also collected for lab analysis. Volunteers will learn how to use professional equipment to measure water quality parameters and…

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Stream Water Chemistry (Pindell Branch)

Feb 15, 2020 1:00PM—3:00PM

Join our Stream Water Chemistry volunteer team to conduct field tests on dissolved oxygen content and other parameters at two sites along Galloway Creek, an important stream leading to our own Jug Bay. Water samples are also collected for lab analysis. Volunteers will learn how to use professional equipment to measure water quality parameters and…

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Field Work Fridays: Uprooting Pampas Grass

Feb 14, 2020 9:00AM—11:00AM

Sanctuary staff have identified nearly 40 pampas grass clumps in our Glendening Nature Preserve meadows. Pampas grass is a ornamental, nonnative, and mildly invasive plant species. We make every effort to avoid herbicide use in our parks so volunteers are needed to join staff to walk through our overgrown meadow to cut the clumps down…

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Stream Water Chemistry (Galloway Creek)

Feb 13, 2020 9:30AM—12:30PM

Join our Stream Water Chemistry volunteer team to conduct field tests on dissolved oxygen content and other parameters at two sites along Galloway Creek, an important stream leading to our own Jug Bay. Water samples are also collected for lab analysis. Volunteers will learn how to use professional equipment to measure water quality parameters and…

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Vernal Pool Monitoring

Feb 08, 2020 10:00AM—4:00PM

Jug Bay Wetlands Sanctuary - Sanctuary Proper
1361 Wrighton Rd
Lothian, MD 20711

Join our volunteer team to survey our eleven vernal pools throughout the 2019-2020 season each Monday or Saturday weekly beginning Dec 2 and ending May 30. Volunteers receive full training on water quality monitoring and sampling for animal life. Volunteers are expected to commit to visiting our pools a minimum once per month for 4-6…

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Trail Monitors Potluck Meeting

Feb 08, 2020 11:30AM—2:00PM

Jug Bay Wetlands Sanctuary
1361 Wrighton Road
Lothian, MD 20711

Interested in helping to monitor Jug Bay trails.This workshop is for existing Trail Monitors and new volunteers interested in joining the program. Existing Trail Monitors will have a chance to share their experiences, and renew their adopted trail for another year. New volunteers will have a chance to learn about the program and adopt available…

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Field Work Fridays: Uprooting Pampas Grass

Feb 07, 2020 9:00AM—11:00AM

Sanctuary staff have identified nearly 40 pampas grass clumps in our Glendening Nature Preserve meadows. Pampas grass is a ornamental, nonnative, and mildly invasive plant species. We make every effort to avoid herbicide use in our parks so volunteers are needed to join staff to walk through our overgrown meadow to cut the clumps down…

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Waterbird Survey

Feb 06, 2020 7:30AM—9:30AM

Jug Bay Wetlands Sanctuary - Sanctuary Proper
1361 Wrighton Road
Lothian, MD 20711

Join a periodic survey of waterbirds on a freshwater, tidal, marsh at Jug Bay Wetlands Sanctuary. The ornithological knowledge and collaborative attitude of our volunteer team creates a phenomenal learning experience. All of this in the beautiful early morning light of the Jug Bay Wetlands, on the Patuxent River. Ages: 12 and older. Free (entrance…

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Vernal Pool Monitoring

Feb 01, 2020 10:00AM—4:00PM

Jug Bay Wetlands Sanctuary - Sanctuary Proper
1361 Wrighton Rd
Lothian, MD 20711

Join our volunteer team to survey our eleven vernal pools throughout the 2019-2020 season each Monday or Saturday weekly beginning Dec 2 and ending May 30. Volunteers receive full training on water quality monitoring and sampling for animal life. Volunteers are expected to commit to visiting our pools a minimum once per month for 4-6…

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Field Work Fridays: Uprooting Pampas Grass

Jan 31, 2020 9:00AM—11:00AM

Sanctuary staff have identified nearly 40 pampas grass clumps in our Glendening Nature Preserve meadows. Pampas grass is an ornamental, nonnative, and mildly invasive plant species. We make every effort to avoid herbicide use in our parks so volunteers are needed to join staff to walk through our overgrown meadow to cut the clumps down…

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