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The Latin American Youth Center (LAYC) is hiring for a new Conservation Corps in Washington DC. The Part Time Conservation Corps Crew Leader is 30hr a week position with benefits and is responsible for ensuring the regular, reliable, and professional field-based implementation of conservation service projects while ensuring the training, safety and quality work performance…

Friends, Romans, Countrymen, Citizen Scientists, lend me your ears. Who is singing in your neighborhood on these warm, late summer evenings? Lots of crickets and katydids! Find out about these insect singers and learn how to distinguish the calls of six different commonly occurring species that will be the target of Friday’s Cricket Crawl, a…

Join archaeologists and NHSM curators, Lisa Kraus and Jason Shellenhamer to check out (3D!) examples of spear and arrow points from the NHSM collections and discuss what they can tell us about people in the past. The NHSM collection represents sites from all over the country, and spans over 12,000 years of human history. Although…

What is a fossil? How do they form? How can you find your own? All these questions and more will be answered in this brief introduction to Maryland’s rich fossil record by avid fossil hunter Mason Hintermeister. Q and A Session will follow the presentation. The suggested donation for this event is $5. NHSM understands…

Natural History Society of Maryland’s Fossil Club is a group of novice and more experienced collectors who meet to exchange knowledge and help with fossil identification, discuss fossil locations, as well as other fossil related topics.  Monthly meetings are held the first Wednesday of every month at the Natural History Society of Maryland, prior to…

NFWF Regional Collaborative Spotlight Series – Session 3 Join Chesapeake Bay restoration practitioners and stakeholders for the third session in a five-part series to explore and elevate understanding of what constitutes effective, regional-scale collaborative approaches for Bay restoration, including the key factors that contribute to their success and how collaboratives evolve, adapt, and mature to…

NFWF Regional Collaborative Spotlight Series – SESSION 4 About this Series:  Join Chesapeake Bay restoration practitioners and stakeholders for the fourth in a five-part series to explore and elevate understanding of what constitutes effective, regional-scale collaborative approaches for Bay restoration, including the key factors that contribute to their success and how collaboratives evolve, adapt, and…

NFWF Regional Collaborative Spotlight Series – SESSION 5 Join Chesapeake Bay restoration practitioners and stakeholders for the final session of a five-part series to explore and elevate understanding of what constitutes effective, regional-scale collaborative approaches for Bay restoration, including the key factors that contribute to their success and how collaboratives evolve, adapt, and mature to…

NFWF Regional Collaborative Spotlight Series – SESSION 2 Join Chesapeake Bay restoration practitioners and stakeholders for the SECOND session in a five-part series to explore and elevate understanding of what constitutes effective, regional-scale collaborative approaches for Bay restoration, including the key factors that contribute to their success and how collaboratives evolve, adapt, and mature to…