Colonial #Soil and #Water #Conservation District is a primary resource for technical, educational, and financial assistance in our district.
Williamsburg, Virginia
Joined February 2023
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Hiking is a great year-round activity! Let us offer some tips to make sure it's enjoyable this winter. #winterhiking #vastateparks #hiking #virginiaoutdoors dcr.virginia.gov/state-parks…
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Our Youth Conservation Corps program is now hiring Crew Members (ages 14-17) and Crew Leaders (college-aged or older) for summer 2024! Find applications and more information about this program on our website: dcr.virginia.gov/state-parks… #VaStateParks
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Did you know today is #WorldSoilDay? What’s your favorite fun fact about soil?
#soilday #worldsoilday2023
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It's Giving Tuesday! How do you give? Is it through donations? Volunteering? Advocacy? Other ways? Giving Tuesday is a great opportunity to impact the causes you care about.
Donate to SWCS today to advance conservation and the conservation profession! swcs.org/give
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Quite an impressive crowd for SUPER TURF SATURDAY this morning in Williamsburg! Thanks to @ColonialSoil for hosting our @VTTurfgrass experts at this educational community event. @VATurf leading our next seminar on Caring for Cool-Season #Turfgrass.
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Learn how you can help protect the native eastern bluebird, by building a birdhouse (from @ChesBayJournal). Our @VAStateParks are proudly home to many bluebird houses. 💙 bayjournal.com/columns/on_th…
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@VAStateParks is celebrating its 87th anniversary with special events on June 17. trib.al/xKiHTk6 #Virginia
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It's #WorldOceanDay! Dive in to 10 ways to unlock an ocean of opportunity: solutions for ocean health, marine life and climate adaptation. nature.ly/43OXqBm
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DOF shares its headquarters in Charlottesville with many feathered friends in the spring and summer. Last year, 30 bluebirds, 30 tree swallows and eight house wrens fledged from the nest boxes on our campus. Local volunteers manage the boxes and track fledglings. 📷 JoAnn Dalley
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Healthy wetlands are vital to Virginia's communities, economies and ecosystems. They recharge groundwater, remove pollutants, mitigate floods and provide habitats for wildlife such as beavers, turtles and bald eagles. Can you find the bald eagle in this picture? 🔍 🦅
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Interested in becoming a soil conservationist? Now's your chance! USDA is hiring!
USDA Hiring Soil Conservationists Across U.S. morningagclips.com/usda-hiri…
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In the 50 years since the U.S. Endangered Species Act was signed into law, some rare plants and animals have made remarkable recoveries. The biodiversity crisis still faces huge challenges but it's worth celebrating nature's comebacks! nature.ly/3M6TLbO
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Want to help the birds & the bees? Delay your spring cleaning. If you have the itch to start cleaning up the yard, here's a simple way to help pollinators and beneficial insects--delay! @nature_brains shares advice for shirking your lawn care with pride. nature.ly/41k7XTy
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DOF wants to help protect your ash trees from invasive emerald ash borer. Watch how DOF forest health staff inject special insecticides into an ash to protect it for up to three years.
Learn about our cost-share program for emerald ash borer treatments: ow.ly/ll9y50Of1OT
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A dung beetle walks into a bar and asks, is this stool taken?
ALT Two dung beetles roll a ball of poop through some tall grass.
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Graphical abstracts are increasingly vital to research publishing, but many entomologists have not been trained in creating them. Learn the fundamentals and get some advice from experts in this recap of a workshop hosted by @EntoStudents at #EntSoc22. entomologytoday.org/2023/03/…
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VDACS is hiring for a variety of positions across the Commonwealth. From Abingdon to Accomack, Augusta to Annadale, check out the available jobs here: ow.ly/o5m250Nt9gT
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With warmer weather comes the return of the spotted lanternfly, an invasive #pest that feeds on fruit-bearing trees & vines. You can help VA farmers by eliminating these pests. Be on the lookout and stomp the spotted lanternfly! #spottedlanternfly
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Happy #WorldFrogDay! 🐸 The #frog in this video is a male Cope’s gray treefrog (Hyla chrysoscelis) that is calling to attract a prospective mate. 🔊 DCR's #NaturalHeritage Senior Zoologist Steve Roble recorded this last July at Chub Sandhill Natural Area Preserve. #zoology