Preserve Assistant Deneith Reif and I recently had the opportunity to join ornithologist Jacob Saucier on a birding hike around the Preserve’s south section. Jacob is a long-time friend …
Category Archives: Bull Run Mountains
Black and African American History of the Bull Run Mountains: A Cultural History Fellowship Report
The Preserve’s brilliant and talented cultural history interpreter Barinaale Dube recently graduated from the prestigious Howard University! In celebration of this fantastic achievement, we are happy to share the completed …
Goodbye to Bull Run’s Bug Guy, Michael J.W. Carr!
The Preserve is blessed with an impressive array of research associates from all kinds of specialties. Today we are highlighting Michael J.W. Carr, who has made a huge contribution to …
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Welcome Erica Lyon
Please help us officially welcome VOF Herpetological Field Intern, Erica Lyon!Erica joined VOF this season to assist our VOF Herpetological fellow, Lauren Fuchs with her field work investigating the Ophifiomyces …
Research update! Anthropogenic noise and cardinals on the Preserve
A hearty congratulations are in order for Preserve Research Associate, Shawn Smith! Shawn is a PhD candidate at George Mason University’s environmental science and policy program, and recently won best …
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Warning: Insane cuteness ahead!
Scolopax minor, or the woodcock, is a quirky, enigmatic little bird with a variety of different names throughout its range – the timberdoodle, the hokumpoke, the bog sucker, the Labrador …
Introducing Sydney Jackson!
Please help us welcome Sydney Jackson, who was selected to be our five week research student as part of our partner organization Smithsonian-Mason School of Conservation’s (@smconservation) Endangered Species Conservation …
Welcoming Deneith Reif
The Preserve is thrilled to welcome our new Preserve Assistant, Deneith Reif! Hailing from sunny Florida originally, Deneith comes to us via the National Park Service where she worked as …
Presenting the Nicky Staunton Natural History Library
As preserve specialist here at Bull Run Mountain Natural Area Preserve, people often ask me what my favorite aspect of the job is. My answer …
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Thanking Preserve Heroes
Yesterday I was made aware of a 10 year old boy with autism who ventured away from his uncle’s home that borders the preserve’s Jackson Hollow section.The kid left home …