During the 2005 Loudoun Arbor Day at Banshee Reeks, Bob Wertz and son, Robert, 3, use a cherry picker to touch the tallest branches of a tree.

Photo: Tracy A. Woodward, Washington Post

Tagged: Arbor Day, Banshee Reeks Nature Preserve, nature, trees

Cathy Darby of Purcellville explains her game to the bluebird volunteers. The object was to match the picture of the birds with their correct nest on the poster board.

Photo: Jeff Koslofsky, LoudounExtra.com

Tagged: animals, Banshee Reeks Nature Preserve, Leesburg

Old bluebird nest boxes were on display Saturday at a presentation Saturday to show volunteers what they are supposed to look like.

Photo: Jeff Koslofsky, LoudounExtra.com

Tagged: animals, Banshee Reeks Nature Preserve, Leesburg

This 3,000-square-foot vegetable garden at Banshee Reeks Nature Preserve is maintained by youths who have been ordered to perform community service by juvenile court judges.

Photo: Tracy A. Woodward, Washington Post

Tagged: Banshee Reeks Nature Preserve, nature

Community Services Coordinator Stuart Younkin uses a seed spreader to plant red beet seeds in the Banshee Reeks vegetable garden. The garden is maintained by youths who have been ordered to perform community service by juvenile court judges.

Photo: Tracy A. Woodward, Washington Post

Tagged: Banshee Reeks Nature Preserve, community service, courts

Banshee Reeks Preserve Manager Ron Circe and Community Services Coordinator Stuart Younkin work in the 3,000-square-foot vegetable garden at Banshee Reeks Nature Preserve with a youth who is performing community service by working in the garden. The food grown in this garden is given to a local food bank.

Photo: Tracy A. Woodward, Washington Post

Tagged: Banshee Reeks Nature Preserve, community service, nature

Community Services Coordinator Stuart Younkin and Banshee Reeks Preserve Manager Ron Circe with some cucumbers that were grown in the 3,000-square-foot vegetable garden at Banshee Reeks Nature Preserve.

Photo: Tracy A. Woodward, Washington Post

Tagged: Banshee Reeks Nature Preserve, community service, nature

A youth, who is performing community service by working in the 3,000-square-foot garden at Banshee Reeks Nature Preserve, holds an heirloom tomato. The food grown in this garden is given to a local food bank.

Photo: Tracy A. Woodward, Washington Post

Tagged: Banshee Reeks Nature Preserve, community service, nature

The Loudoun County Board of Supervisors adopted a six-year plan that will relocate The Woods Road and pave it. The new road will cut through the Banshee Reeks Nature Preserve. Bruce McGranahan, who is a board member of the Friends of Banshee Reeks and one of the leading critics of the project, is shown here at the preserve's visitor center.

Photo: Richard A. Lipski, Washington Post

Tagged: Banshee Reeks Nature Preserve, nature, Road

The Loudoun County Board of Supervisors adopted a six-year plan that will relocate The Woods Road and pave it. The new road will remove homes (shown here at left) and cut through the Banshee Reeks Nature Preserve.

Photo: Richard A. Lipski, Washington Post

Tagged: Banshee Reeks Nature Preserve

The Loudoun County Board of Supervisors adopted a six-year plan that will relocate The Woods Road and pave it. The new road will cut through the Banshee Reeks Nature Preserve. Shown here is a pond in the distance behind the preserve's visitor center.

Photo: Richard A. Lipski, Washington Post

Tagged: Banshee Reeks Nature Preserve, nature, Road

The Loudoun County Board of Supervisors adopted a six-year plan that will relocate The Woods Road and pave it. The new road will cut through the Banshee Reeks Nature Preserve. Bruce McGranahan, who is a board member of the Friends of Banshee Reeks and one of the leading critics of the project, is shown here at the preserve's visitor center.

Photo: Richard A. Lipski, Washington Post

Tagged: Banshee Reeks Nature Preserve, nature, Road

Loudoun County Board of Supervisors adopted a six-year plan that will relocate The Woods Road and pave it. A portion of it is shown in this photo. The new road will cut through the Banshee Reeks Nature Preserve.

Photo: Richard A. Lipski, Washington Post

Tagged: Banshee Reeks Nature Preserve, nature, Road

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