HandsOn CEUs: Virginia Beach Oyster Castle Living Shoreline Installation
Contact Jim Cahoon jim@bay-environmental.com & Mention Private Property on Quail Point Road “constructing approximately 200 linear feet of living shoreline if front of an existing tidal marsh on the Lynnhaven River for a homeowner. Volunteers will need gloves and rubber boots”. Volunteers needed to carry and place approximately 1200 oyster castle blocks.
Blue Ridge PRISM Invasive Plant Class Online
The May 10 & 12 invasive plant sessions will be offered via Zoom. May 10 will provide an introduction to invasive plants and focus on how to identify them in the summer. May 12 will cover control methods and provide tips on how best to manage these invasive plants during the summer. Our May 10 online …
Blue Ridge PRISM Invasive Plant Classes – Online
The May 10 & 12 invasive plant sessions will be offered via Zoom. May 10 will provide an introduction to invasive plants and focus on how to identify them in the summer. May 12 will cover control methods and provide tips on how best to manage these invasive plants during the summer. Our May 12 …
Invasive Plants Field Workshop
Rokeby Farm Middleburg, VABlue Ridge PRISM is partnering with the Oak Spring Garden Foundation to offer two identical in-person workshops (one in the morning and one in the afternoon) at Oak Spring’s Rokeby Farm in Middleburg, located in Loudoun County, Va. Join experts from both organizations to learn about invasive plant ID, herbicide safety, and manual/chemical control techniques. …
Invasive Plants Field Workshop
Pen Park Charlottesville, VAJoin Blue Ridge PRISM's experts in the field to learn invasive plant ID, herbicide safety, and a how-to for manual/chemical control techniques. This will take place on Sunday, May 22nd from 12:30 - 3:30 pm at Pen Park in Charlottesville, Va. and will include an invasive plant identification walk and in-person instruction. Cost: $25 2.5 …
Urban Tree Workshop (In Person)
James Madison University Harrisonburg, VAJoin us as for a half-day workshop to discover the stormwater benefits of urban trees, get a crash course on their care, learn about local urban forestry programs and urban wood utilization and observe a portable sawmill demo. Sponsors: City of Harrisonburg - Public Works, James Madison University, Virginia Department of Forestry, and CBLP 2 …
BeaverCon 2022 Building Climate Resilience: A Nature-Based Approach (In Person)
Delta Hotel Hunt Valley, MDBeaverCON is a biennial, international conference on the east coast of the United States for professionals, researchers and practitioners to learn what works in beaver conflict management and watershed restoration. This conference is for: Stream and Beaver Restoration Professionals Land Use Managers Ecologists Engineers Road/Infrastructure Specialists Climate Change Experts and Policymakers In recent years an increasing …
Pollinator Power Symposium (Hybrid Virtual and In Person)
Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden Richmond, VAPollinators play a crucial role in ecological survival. Neither humans nor earth’s terrestrial ecosystems could survive without them. Nearly 80% of the 1,400 crop plants grown around the world – those that produce all of our food and industrial products –require pollination, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). In the morning, learn about …
CBLP-Crews Training
We are very pleased to announce that CBLP-Crews will be taught in Spanish for the first time: Monday, October 24, in Upper Marlboro, MD Registration opens in early September. This course is great for municipal and facilities teams, as well as for maintenance contractors. Designed for those who have not yet completed Level 1 training. …
Green Roof Maintenance Pilot Training in DC (In Person)
CBLP is working with Designgreen and ecoLatinos, with funding from the Chesapeake Bay Trust, to develop and pilot a one-day green roof maintenance training for contractors in Washington, DC this summer. It's free! CBLP CEUs available