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Register children and adults; children must be accompanied by a registered adult.

CAMPFIRE EVENINGS, Bring your own S’mores, Snacks & Drinks! Free.

GULF BRANCH LONG BRANCH
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WOOD FROG CAMPFIRE EQUINOX CAMPFIRE
Sunday, Mar. 14, 6 - 7pm #622851-AA Saturday, Mar. 20, 7 - 8pm #622951-AA
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SLIMY SALAMANDERS CAMPFIRE
Friday, Mar. 19, 7 - 8pm #622851-BB

LONG BRANCH PROGRAMS . GULF BRANCH PROGRAMS
MARCH MORNING BIRD WALK
BUSY BEES SPRING SUNRISE TRAIL HIKE Saturday, Mar. 27, 8 - 9:30am
Sunday, Mar. 7, 10 - 10:30am Saturday, Mar. 20, 6:45 - 8:15am Families. Start off a great March
Families. Come learn about the many Families. Join us for a sunrise hike day with a morning of birding.
different types of bees that can around Glencarlyn Park to welcome We’ll begin with a refresher for
“bee” found in Arlington, how they the first day of spring. We'll keep our using binoculars and field guides,
are different from European eyes and ears out for wildlife as we then practice our new skills on the
honeybees, and why it is that they walk through old age woods and along trails at Gulf Branch. Beginners
are so busy! Free. #622951-CC local streams. Free. #622951-HH and experts welcomed. Loaner
binoculars are available. Free.
CREEK HIKE SPRING PEEPER PROWL #622851-CC

Families. Join us as we hike and Friday, Mar. 26, 7 - 8pm FAMILY FLOWER FROLIC
explore one of our many creeks to see Families. Hop on over and join the Sat., Mar. 27, 10:30am - 12pm
the diverse types of things living in fun as we learn about and search for Families. Join us on a Wildflower
them and why creeks are so these tiny tree frogs and other walk that will end with a beautiful
important. Free. amphibians during this sunset walk. view of the Potomac River. Free.
Sunday, Mar. 7, 1 Free. #622951-LL #622851-DD
1 - 11:45am #622951-DD
Monday, Mar. 15, ADAPTED NATURE HIKE WHAT'S WITH THE WIND?
11 - 11:45am #622951-FF Sunday, Mar. 28, 1:30 - 3pm Monday, Mar. 22, 10 - 11am
Families. All are welcome to join us Ages 6 to 11. In like a lion, and out
BIRD WALK FOR BEGINNERS on a leisurely-paced hike through a like a lamb . . . what's with the
Saturday, Mar. 13, 9 - 10am park. The forested trails will be wind in March, anyways? Join as
Families. Bird watching is a great accessible, smooth and shaded for a we explore what
family activity! Learn the basics of fun hike to explore and examine makes the wind
binoculars, field guides, identification whatever we discover. Paved trails blow and make
and finding birds. Then we’ll get a have gentle inclines & benches for our own kites to
little birding practice around the rest along the way. Free. take home!
nature center. Loaner binoculars #622951-MM Free.
available. Free. #622951-EE #622821-AA

R.I.P. - REMOVE INVASIVE PLANTS!
Adults, teens and families ages 8 and up. Want to restore habitats and increase
species diversity right here in Arlington? Work parties are held every month. We are
making a real difference with the return of ferns and wildflowers, and the animals
that depend on them, in areas once covered in destructive invasive plants. Help
make it happen! Call nature centers for information. Check out other projects
Gulf Branch Nature Center Long Branch Nature Center at the Arlington County
Saturday, Mar. 13, 9:30 - 11:30am Sunday, Mar. 21, 2 - 4pm Environment Page