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| 07/04/09: |
Weekend Nature Walk - 8:00am - 9:30am. Nature Walk at the Tubman Road Hiking Trail for anyone (learn more - PDF press release)
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| 07/11/09: |
Wildlife Walk - 8:30am - 10:00am. Meet at Woods Trail parking lot (learn more - PDF press release)
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| 08/01/09: |
Volunteer Update/Training - 8:30am - 4pm. Update and training on Refuge programs and activities for all volunteers
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| 08/06/09: |
New Volunteer Training (We Need Volunteers) - 6pm - 9pm. Workshop training for all new volunteers on Visitor Center procedures.
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| 08/22/09: |
Volunteer Training Tour of Refuge - 9am - 4pm. Van tour of refuge for volunteers. See areas of the Refuge that are often closed to the public.
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| 09/12/09: |
Bird Walk 8am with Shirley Bailey (meet at VC)
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| 09/20/09: |
Bird Walk 8am with Harry Armistead (meet at VC)
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| 09/28/09: |
20th Annual Friends of Blackwater Meeting - 7pm. Visitor Center Conference room
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| 10/03/09: |
14th Annual Blackwater Refuge Open House - 8am - 4pm. Celebrating National Wildlife Refuge Week. Activities include bird walks, demonstrations, wildlife and refuge management programs, wildlife exhibits, live animal exhibits and programs, tours, Jr Refuge Ranger Program, puppet show, eagle prowls, Native American Daniel Abbott program, peregrine falcon flying demonstration, and kid's programs.
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| 10/10/09: |
Fall Nature Walk 2pm with Shirley Bailey (meet at VC)
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| 10/24/09: |
Bird Walk 8am with Shirley Bailey (meet at VC)
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| 10/25/09: |
Bird Walk 8am with Harry Armistead (meet at VC)
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| 11/28/09: |
Nature Walk 2pm with Shirley Bailey (meet at VC)
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| 11/29/09: |
Bird Walk 8am with Harry Armistead (meet at VC)
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| 12/05/09: |
13th Annual FOB Christmas Open House - 10am - 4pm. Friends of Blackwater’s Eagle Nest Bookstore provides specially priced
items for sale for Christmas shopping. Also, venders with wildlife items, demonstrations, crafts, exhibits, and refreshments.
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| 12/06/09: |
Bird Walk 8am with Harry Armistead (meet at VC)
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| 12/12/09: |
Bird Walk 8am with Shirley Bailey (meet at VC)
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| 03/13/10: |
10th Annual Eagle Festival - 8:00am - 4:00pm. Live eagle, peregrine falcon and other birds of prey programs, kid's programs, kid's bird box construction, puppet show, eagle prowls, bird walk, wildlife exhibits and live bird exhibits, and food all day.
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| 04/10/10: |
Litter Pick-up Day/Earth Day Celebration - 9:00am - 3:00pm. Volunteers are needed to help pick-up litter on the Refuge. Meet at VC. Call 410-228-2677.
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| 06/05/10: |
8th Youth Fishing Derby at Hog Range Pond - 9:00am - 1:00pm. Youths 15 and under fishing event, prizes, educational programs, photos, and lots of fun.
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| 10/02/10: |
15th Annual Blackwater Refuge Wildlife Open House - 8:00am - 4:00pm. Celebrating National Wildlife Refuge Week. Activities include bird walks, demonstrations, wildlife and refuge management programs, wildlife exhibits, live animal exhibits and programs, tours, Jr Refuge Ranger Program, puppet show, and kid's programs.
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| 12/04/10: |
14th FOB Eagle's Nest Christmas Open House - 10:00am - 4:00pm. Friends of Blackwater's Eagle Nest Bookstore provides specially priced items for sale for Christmas shopping, venders with wildlife items, demonstrations, crafts, exhibits, and refreshments.
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*Note: Bird walks at Blackwater are free and meet at the Visitor
Center (VC). For more information call 410-228-2677 or email maggie_briggs@fws.gov
For schedules of special events at
Mid-Atlantic National Wildlife Refuges you may call:
Back Bay - Virginia Beach, VA
757-721-2412 |
Blackwater - Cambridge, MD
410-228-2677 |
Bombay Hook - Smyrna, DE
302-653-9345 |
Canaan Valley - Davis, WV
304-866-3858 |
Chincoteague - Assateague Is., VA
757-336-6122 |
Eastern Neck - Rock Hall, MD
410-639-7056 |
Eastern Shore - Cape Charles, VA
757-331-2760 |
Eastern VA Rivers - Warsaw, VA
840-733-8042 |
Edwin Forsythe - Oceanville, NJ
609-652-1663 |
Grt. Dismal Swamp - Suffolk, VA
757-986-2353 |
Great Swamp - Basking Ridge, NJ
973-425-7309 |
John Heinz - Philadelphia, PA
610-521-0662 |
Patuxent - Laurel, MD
301-497-5760 |
Potomac River - Woodbridge, VA
703-490-4979 |
Prime Hook - Milton, DE
302-684-8419 |
Wallkill River - Sussex, NJ
973-702-7266 |
Supawna Meadows - Pennsville, NJ
609-935-1487 |
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