Exploring & Preserving Maryland's Natural Treasures
Time to rotate our buffet menu to the late spring category of tasty nibbles. Join master forager Nick Spero to discover locally found plants that can add flavor to your cooking and apply that know-how to your own backyard. We’ll be on the lookout for late-spring plants such as wild ginger, ramp, and spicebush. We […]
Cost: $35-48
Join us for an evening sail on the Lady Maryland. Here is your chance to learn a bit about sailing as well as engage in hands-on marine science from our friends at the Living Classroom Foundation. Activities will include water quality testing, plankton trawling with microscope exploration, trawl fishing for marine life, oyster dissection, bird morphology […]
Cost: $30-40
Take a hike on the seafloor of an ancient ocean at Soldier’s Delight Natural Area. Known as “The Great Maryland Barrens” to early pioneers, this area encompasses 1,900 acres and is the largest remaining serpentine ecosystem in the eastern United States. It is home to 39 rare, threatened, or endangered plant species, insects, rocks, and […]
Cost: $25-30
Let’s combine an afternoon of birding for migratory shorebirds with a late-night beach walk at high tide, where we’ll experience a horseshoe crab spawning so huge that people travel from around the world to view it. The scene begins with male horseshoe crabs waiting along the water’s edge. As a female moves with the tide […]
Cost: $15-45
Let’s combine an afternoon of birding for migratory shorebirds with a late-night beach walk at high tide, where we’ll experience a horseshoe crab spawning so huge that people travel from around the world to view it. The scene begins with male horseshoe crabs waiting along the water’s edge. As a female moves with the tide […]
Cost: $15-45
Join master forager Nick Spero to learn about the varied wild edibles available in June. Focusing on the Cromwell Valley area, we will sample plants such as spicebush and learn how to prepare native milkweed and American Pokeberry for safe eating. Come along to see how many other tasty and nutritious wild plants can be […]
Cost: $35-48
Once upon a time, three islands floated in the Chesapeake Bay to the east of Baltimore. While looking like tiny scraps of land to most people, others saw potential. Thirty years and 90 million cubic yards of material later, Hart-Miller Island was born. The Army Corps of Engineers and Maryland Department of Natural Resources rebuilt […]
Cost: $0-15
Take a step back into history with this unique paddling experience! Located on the Susquehanna River just south of the Safe Harbor Dam is one of the largest concentrations of petroglyphs in the Northeast U.S. Found primarily on two islands named Big Indian Rock and Little Indian Rock, these petroglyphs are thought to be as […]
Cost: $50-100
Take a step back into history with this unique paddling experience! Located on the Susquehanna River just south of the Safe Harbor Dam is one of the largest concentrations of petroglyphs in the Northeast U.S. Found primarily on two islands named Big Indian Rock and Little Indian Rock, these petroglyphs are thought to be as […]
Cost: $50-100
Take a step back into history with this unique paddling experience! Located on the Susquehanna River just south of the Safe Harbor Dam is one of the largest concentrations of petroglyphs in the Northeast U.S. Found primarily on two islands named Big Indian Rock and Little Indian Rock, these petroglyphs are thought to be as […]
Cost: $50-100