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Latino Conservation Week 5k Fun Run/Walk

Latino Conservation Week Events at Montgomery Parks 5k Fun Run/Walk | Carrera Divertida 5k Sunday, July 15, 2018; 7:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. | FREE Brookside Gardens, 1800 Glenallan Avenue, Wheaton, Maryland 20902 Kick off Latino Conservation Week by joining Brookside Gardens and Latino Outdoors for an enjoyable 5k Fun Run around the Garden’s HeartSmart Trail. Comience la Semana de Conse...
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Wheaton Hills and Wheaton-Claridge Local Park Neighborhood Clean Up

NEIGHBORHOOD CLEAN UP - SATURDAY, JULY 14 In partnership with Girl Scout Troop 2317, we're doing a neighborhood clean-up on Saturday, July 14. We'll meet at two locations (Wheaton-Claridge Park or at the intersection of Broadview and Parker Avenues). Supplies will be provided, courtesy of the Department of Environmental Protection. Join us for this semi-annual event to beautify Wheaton Hill...
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Brookside Nature Center’s Lightning Bug Jubilee

Brookside Nature Center presents the Lightning Bug Jubilee Sunday, July 1 • 5:30 - 10 pm Do you enjoy watching fireflies light up on hot summer nights? Come join us to celebrate this tiny glowing creature and learn what you can do to help keep the light show around for generations. Join Sara Lewis, biologist and world expert on fireflies, as she discusses their nocturnal world. ...
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Montgomery County GreenFest 2018

Montgomery County GreenFest 2018 WHERE THE COUNTY COMES TOGETHER, LEARNS TOGETHER AND TAKES ACTION TOGETHER! GreenFest is back in Silver Spring! For 2018, we're returning to Jesup Blair Local Park and Montgomery College TP/SS! GreenFest is a free, annual event for the whole County. It is part festival, part DIY workshops with a splash of community building. Our goal is for you to come awa...
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Rain Garden Plants That Attract Pollinators and Birds

When we get a lot of rain, are there areas in your yard that stay soggy? Or maybe you're trying to accumulate and infilrate runoff in a raingarden? What plants work best? Come on May 2 and find out from an expert! NEIGHBORS OF THE NORTHWEST BRANCH PRESENTS WHAT: Rain Garden Plants That Attract Pollinators and Birds WHEN: Wednesday, May 2, 7:30 - 9:15 p.m. WHO: Christopher Lewis, Certified Pr...
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Night on the Wild Side @ Patuxent Research Refuge

Night on the Wild Side @ Patuxent Research Refuge Experience YOUR Wildlife Refuge Thursday, April 26, 2018 • 5-8 pm National Wildlife Visitor Center at Patuxent Research Refuge 10901 Scarlet Tanager Loop, Laurel, MD 20708 Meet a live owl and other critters Talk with wildlife scientists Enjoy great food, music, adult beverages Grand Prize drawing at 6:45pm (auditorium) Discov...
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Frog Watch with DEP

Frog Watch with DEP Thursday April 19th at Sunset — 6 – 8 PM – will be a field training at Meadowside Nature Center, 1500 Meadowside Lane, Rockville, MD 20853 Interested in learning about frogs and toads, their calls, and learning about frogs and toads that call Montgomery County home? Want to participate in a citizen science program that is fundamental to collecting long-term data on the ...
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Inspiration Works – Bat Talk!

Inspiration Works - Bat Talk! Tuesday, April 10, 2018 • 7:00 PM 9:00 PM Silver Spring Civic Center 1 Veterans Place Silver Spring, MD, 20910United States Have you spent time enjoying Sligo Creek (other than driving along Sligo Creek Parkway)? Are you interested in bats? Come learn more about both at the annual Friends of Sligo Creek Inspiration Works m...
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OMG Wheaton-Claridge Local Park Cleanup

OMG Wheaton-Claridge Local Park Cleanup Sat. April 7th, 2018 — 10:00am to 12:00pm Wheaton-Claridge Local Park and Activity Building 11901 Claridge Road, Wheaton, MD 20902 Join park neighbors and One Montgomery Green to help clean up this recently renovated park and the Rock Creek tributaries that run through it! You’ll get a sneak peek during this cleanup before the official re-opening cele...
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DC Environmental Film Festival: Stories from the Frontline

DC Environmental Film Festival 26: Stories from the Frontline March 15-25, 2018 Sponsored by the American University's Center for Environmental Filmmaking In Washington DC, Paris, Sydney and cities around the world millions are marching to protect our planet and its fragile ecosystems. Rangers in Kenya, Mozambique and Nepal are putting their lives on the line every day to save endangered spec...
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