#Maryland - #Library #Backpacks

"Thanks to support from the Nora Roberts Foundation, there are #NatureExplorer backpacks at all of the local libraries in the Eastern Panhandle, at some libraries nearby in Maryland, and at the nature center at #CacaponStatePark. They are available for checkout with your library card!

The packs provide families with all the tools they need to get their children outside exploring #nature. Each pack contains a variety of #books, #FieldGuides, supplies and #ActivityIdeas centered on different themes. Backpacks themes include #Birds, #Reptiles and #Amphibians, #BackyardHabitats, #Mammals, #Insects, and Winter."

Learn more:
https://www.potomacaudubon.org/education/all-ages/library-backpacks/

#SolarPunkSunday #ExploreNature #Wildlife #PotomacValley #PotomacValleyAudubonSociety #SpendTimeInNature #NatureBackpacks #SpendTimeOutdoors #NatureBasedLearning #LearningThroughNature #LibrariesRule! #MoreGreenTimeLessScreenTime

Why you should leave the leaves (and give yourself a break from yard work!)

In 2005, NASA estimated about 40 million acres of U.S. land are devoted to turf lawns, making lawns the largest managed “crop” in the country—and the largest potential pollinator habitat.

#pollinators
#BackyardHabitats

https://sites.tufts.edu/pollinators/2019/11/why-you-should-leave-the-leaves-and-give-yourself-a-break-from-yard-work/