Loudoun Wildlife Conservancy is leading three great habitat restoration projects this spring at different locations in the county.  If you’d like to pitch in, just contact the leads listed below.

Audubon Naturalist Society’s Rust Nature Sanctuary
The Rust Nature Sanctuary, on the western edge of Leesburg, has a mix of different habitats on 68 acres that is home to numerous wildlife species.  On Friday and Saturday, April 9 and 10, from 9 am to noon, Loudoun Wildlife Conservancy habitat restoration volunteers will help the sanctuary remove some of the invasive and aggressive plants at boththe pond and around the pollinator garden and replace them with native plants.  If you are interested in helping please contact Ann Garvey at ahgarvey@aol.com or 540-882-4405.

Waterford’s Phillips Farm
In the past two years, hundreds of volunteers from Loudoun Wildlife Conservancy and the Waterford Foundation have planted a thousand trees and shrubs along the South Fork Catoctin Creek on the Phillips Farm and removed a tremendous quantity of non-native, invasive plants.  To celebrate the 40th Anniversary of Earth Day, on April 22, from 3 to 6 pm, we will plant more trees and shrubs on the Phillips Farm and continue removing and controlling the invasive alien plants along the Catoctin.  If you’re interested in helping with this project please contact Joe Coleman at jcoleman@loudounwildlife.org or 540-554-2542.

Leesburg’s Town Branch Riparian Buffer
Last June, Loudoun Wildlife Conservancy helped the Leesburg Environmental Advisory Committee/Watershed Committee and the Piedmont Environmental Council plant 350 trees, shrubs, and native perennial plants along Town Branch.  We did this to create a riparian buffer, the single most effective way to protect water quality along the stream.  On Saturday, April 24, from 9 am to noon, the plants that did not survive last year will be replaced and some additional areas will be planted.  If you are interested in helping please contact Joe Coleman at jcoleman@loudounwildlife.org or 540-554-2542.

Questions about any of the above? Contact Joe Coleman at jcoleman@loudounwildlife.org or 540-554-2542

You can also find out more about our Habitat Restoration projects as well as download gardening and other nature information for restoring wildlife habitat at home on our website

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