This month at the district: May 2025

Welcome May! This month brings the start of field season, where our staff will spend more time outdoors doing field research, offering site visits, and leading volunteer events. See below for more events and opportunities to get involved in local conservation.

Upcoming events:

• 5/2: Native Seedling Sale pickup day 1
• 5/3: Native Seedling Sale pickup day 2
  
• 5/6: Spring Ephemeral Wildflower Hike with Plant It Wild (rescheduled)
• 5/10: Nature Journaling: free creative workshop and hike with Judy Kelly
• 5/10: Volunteer Stream Monitoring Program: insect collection and aquatic invasive species surveying with our Conservation Specialist.
• 5/22: Garlic Mustard Workbee: volunteer event with our partners at GTRLC and ISN.

Visit our events page for details and registration links. Visit our seedling sale page for pickup information.

Office hours:
Our standard office hours are Monday through Friday from 8:30am to 4:30pm, closing intermittently for fieldwork or meetings. On May 1-3, staff will be at the Beulah Village Park Pavilion leading our Native Seedling Sale. We will be closed for Memorial Day on May 26.

Stay informed:
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