The articles below are from the Habitat Herald, our quarterly publication sent to all Loudoun Wildlife Conservancy members. You are welcome to use these articles as long as you credit the Loudoun Wildlife Conservancy or other sources noted in the articles. Copyright remains with Loudoun Wildlife Conservancy.

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	Habitat Highlights
	Riparian Buffers Protecting Wetlands What Is Habitat? Grassy Fields Our Native Grasslands Watching Over Our Waters Vernal Pools Vanishing Habitat Forests: Our Last Defense Floodplains Better Left Natural Floodplains and Pollution Trading Floodplains for Athletic Fields Impact of Landuse on BioDiversity Claude Moore Park Water Quality at Big Spring Creek Stream Valleys: Corridors of Life Loudoun Streams and the Building Boom What Good Is A Stream
	Featured Friends
	American Crow American Kestrel Bats of Loudoun - Part 1 Bats of Loudoun - Part 2 Red Bellied Woodpecker Chipmunk Fox Squirrel Owls of Loudoun Virginia Opossum Striped Skunk Wood Turtle Beavers: Wetland Specialists Beavers Slow Comeback Groundhogs Amphibians of Loudoun Return of the Hummingbirds Batty About Bats Spring Peepers: Heralds of Spring Snake Tales Hawks: Masters of the Air Song of the Wood Thrush Winters Roadside Raptors Gray Catbird Colorful Cardinal Turkey Vulture Flying Squirrels
	Native Plants
	American Holly Trumpet Vine Violets Northern Bayberry Spicebush Joe Pye Weed Skunk Cabbage Cardinal Flower Fall Wildflowers Butterfly Weed Jewelweed
	Insect Id
	Dung Beetle Luna Moth Mayfly Springtails Milkweed Beetle Weavers of the Web: Spiders Common Housefly Water Boatman Cicadas: Brood X Lady Bug, Lady Bug Widow Skimmer Dragonfly Millipede Woolly Bears Paper Wasps
	Living with Wildlife
	Build A Brush Pile Spring Tips 2007 Antlers Feathers Living With Wildlife Beaver Solutions Spring Tips Summer Wildlife Calendar Feeding Winter Birds Backyard Birding Give Wildlife a Break The Impact of Pets on Wildlife Winter Tips Help Our Local Amphibians Leave Wild Mothers Alone Backyard Wildlife: The Downside In Harmony With Nature Hazardous Roads Wildlife Encounters: Co-existing with Bears & Snakes Wildlife Encounters: Forestalling Unwanted Winter Guests Wildlife Encounters: Infant and Fledgling Birds
	Animal Activities
	Build a Beaver Baffle Butterfly Activity: Rotting Fruit Dragonfly Survey Feed the Birds Family Activities in Winter Building Bat Houses Build a Frog Pond Make a Toad Abode Seven Steps to Save Your Streams Bird Treat Fall Gourd Fun Spare That Brush
	Gardening Tips
	Gardening for Wildlife Create a Monarch Waystation Leave That Messy Yard Have Your Own Habitat Inviting Wildlife Into Your Garden: Birds and Butterflies Inviting Wildlife Into Your Garden: A Sheltered Space Inviting Wildlife Into Your Garden: Providing Water Inviting Wildlife Into Your Garden: Thinking of Perennials Bringing in the Butterflies Hummingbird Plant List
	Other Topics
	Irruptions:A Special Kind of Migration Life in Winter Streams The More the Merrier: Flocking in Winter Adapting To Winter's Challenge Saving Nature Tracks and Traces Turn Off the Lights Endangered Species Act West Nile Virus Protecting Our Resources Snowbirds Migration Sensation: Birds Migration Sensation: Mammals Migration Sensation: Bats Migration Sensation: Fish Migration Sensation: Butterflies Migration Sensation: Dragonflies Winter Weather Ways Plant Life in the Cold