School board votes on nature education

2/29 update: The Howard County Board of Education voted to send the County Executive a budget that would restore the Environmental Educator position. This would not have happened without the energy, advocacy and testimony of over 150 community members.  This is an...

Photo contest winners announced!

The Conservancy's 2024 photo contest drew more than 20 photographers who took pictures of everything from slugs to birds to trees to sunsets. There was stiff competition, but judges chose six winners. Click here to see the winning photographs, and more fantastic...

Nature for the little ones

The preschool crowd can join us at our Belmont location in Elkridge for outdoor adventures and nature-based learning in April and May. In this weekly series, children and their caregivers are invited for hikes and thoughtfully curated and child-led activities while...

Spotted at the Conservancy: Skunk cabbage and honey bee

Maryland's skunk cabbage flowers pop out of the damp forest floor in winter, offering busy honey bees a little pollen snack to get them through cold early spring days. Bonnie Ott took this shot of the strange-looking blossoms that are one of the first spring food...

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More than 35,000 people connect to nature each year through our environmental education programs for schools, families, children and adults. Our Mt. Pleasant Farmstead features 232-acres and 5 miles of trails for FREE, open dawn to dusk daily.

Three children digging and helping plant trees

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