Exploring & Preserving Maryland's Natural Treasures
Grab your binoculars and join us for an early morning expeditionary paddle from Wye Island Natural Resource Management Area to Pickering Creek Audubon Center! This 2.5-mile paddle will take us through a dynamic coastal environment as we explore the quiet and protected waters surrounding Wye Island before making our way up Pickering Creek to the […]
Cost: $20-80
Camping Canoe Trips Field Expeditions Open to the Public Weekend Long
Join the Natural History Society of Maryland for a weekend exploration of one of the Mid-Atlantic’s most remarkable and least understood ecosystems, the bald cypress swamps of the Delmarva Peninsula. Maryland and Delaware lie at the northern edge of the bald cypress’s natural range, making these forests an exceptionally rare feature of our region. While […]
Cost: $100-125
Before you spot a single mushroom cap, an entire hidden kingdom is already at work beneath the forest floor. We begin by breaking down the core biology and identification groups that help you recognize fungi in the field. This call starts with the basics of fungal biology and the major identification groups used in the […]
Cost: $60-80
Community Science Field Experiences For the Family Open to the Public
ExStream Fun
Cost: $0
Join the Natural History Society of Maryland for an exploratory paddle through the expansive tidal freshwater wetlands of Jug Bay. This nationally recognized research area is one of the Chesapeake region’s most significant examples of the long relationship between people and the landscape. Archaeological evidence reveals a continuity of human habitation spanning more than 13,000 […]
Cost: $30-50
Species are not distributed equally throughout their ranges. They occupy a mosaic of habitat patches, and the populations within those patches range from well connected to nearly isolated. Genomic surveys, paired with analytical tools drawn from artificial intelligence, let biologists map where populations actually occur, measure how connected and how healthy they are, and forecast […]
Cost: $0-5
Delmarva bays are among Maryland’s most distinctive and least understood wetland systems, and once numbered in the thousands across the peninsula. A Caroline County property containing several of these natural bays and more than 200 acres of active farmland was acquired by The Nature Conservancy in 1978. When restoration efforts began in 2002, the site became a rare living laboratory: a natural bay, a rehabilitated […]
Cost: $0-5
Join us at the Masonville Cove Bird Banding Station to learn about how Baltimore’s greenspaces support local birdlife and how scientists employ bird banding to study ecology—regionally and beyond. At our station, the southbound fall migration is busier and sees a more diverse cast of species than spring; more than a dozen species of sparrow, […]
Cost: $0-12
Spring is typically when one thinks about salamander reproduction, but here’s an opportunity to learn about the marbled salamander, a fall breeder. Nature photographer David Hand, who has spent many hours finding and examining salamander nests and eggs and documenting every stage of the salamander’s development from embryo to adult, will present incredible still photos and videos of the […]
Cost: $0-5
Community Science Field Experiences For the Family Open to the Public
ExStream Fun
Cost: $0