Join Capital Naturalist Founder Alonso Abugattas for a safari to explore milkweeds, their history, uses, folklore and some of the many animals who benefit from them. People may plant them for monarchs, but many other wildlife benefit from this family of plants.

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Melissa Boyle Acuti, Chief of Interpretation for the Maryland Park Service, introduces us to the “Create Your Own State Park” program, inspired by the research of Dr. Douglas Tallamy. This program was launched during the pandemic in 2020 while people were spending more time at home to encourage families to think of their own yards as personal state parks. Learn how you can participate in this new program, connect your family to nature, and have more fun outdoors, all while expanding native habitat for wildlife!

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Join ANS Restoration Manager Bradley Simpson to discover the beauty of trees and shrubs in spring. Learn about the species flowering during this season and where they can be found throughout the DMV.

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Join William Needham of the Mycological Association of Washington, D.C., to trace the history of “magic mushrooms” from ancient cave drawings to the LSD era and legal restrictions. Discover the recent renaissance in the use of psychoactive mushrooms in the medical field for the treatment of mental health.

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Find the fairy…shrimp with Master Naturalist Hannah Bement. Enjoy a look at vernal pools, mystical and ephemeral bodies of water that serve as crucial habitat for the reproduction of spotted salamanders, wood frogs, and fairy shrimp. Rare across both time and space, these magical pools are a window into a world teeming with life.

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Join us for a follow up to 2021 Taking Nature Black: Meet our amazing Environmental Champions! You’ll be introduced to each one through a beautiful, short video highlighting their work and talents, and hear from them in person as well. Come prepared to be amazed, and join us in honoring these incredible Champions. Hosted by Taking Nature Black Chair Caroline Brewer, ANS Director of Communications & Marketing.

Tickets $10-15, Free for TNB 2021 registrants (check your email for the free registration link).

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Legacy Champion
Harriet Tubman, Underground Railroad Conductor and Environmentalist Extraordinaire
Pamela Rush, Sewage Systems Advocate for Rural Families

National Champions
Congressman A. Donald McEachin (D), Virginia’s 4th District, Serves on the House Committees on Energy and Commerce and Natural Resources, the Select Committee on the Climate Crisis and serves as Vice-Chair of the Sustainable Energy and Environment Coalition.
Catherine Coleman Flowers, Founding Director of the Center for Rural Enterprise and Environmental Justice
Beattra Wilson, USFS, Assistant Director for Urban & Community Forestry at the U.S. Forest Service
Derrick Evans, Co-Founding Manager Advisor to the Gulf Coast Fund for Community Renewal and Ecological Health

Regional Champions
Drs. Candice Duncan, Akua Asa-Awuku, and Ebony Terrell Shockley, University of Maryland Geo-Sciences Research Team
Donald Belle, Environmental Science Educator

Youth Champion
Kwesi Osaze Billups, an Urban Garden Manager, Garden Builder, and Community Organizer

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In an effort to bring more functionality to registering for conservation events, we are experimenting this Spring with using our adult program registration system. Please note your log-in credentials from Action Network will not work in the new system. Unless you have already signed up for a previous class such as a Naturalist Hour or a field trip, you will have to create a new account. We appreciate your patience! If you have any questions please email pam.oves@anshome.org.