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05/31/2026

⛱🔅Are you looking for the perfect way wrap up the summer? We have a great deal on a condo stay on Chincoteague Island!🐴😎

Enjoy a week in a spacious upper-level condo at the Sunset Hill Condos on Chincoteague Island. This unit sleeps six. You will also have access to the property amenities.🏊🏼⛵

🗓This package is for the specific date range of Saturday, August 22 through Saturday, August 29, 2026.

Normally, a week at this condo during this week costs $1875, but we are offering it for only $1250. Proceeds from this sale benefit LRNow, so purchase directly through our website here: https://lynnhaven-river-now.square.site/

05/30/2026

Join LRNow and raptor experts, Reese Lukei and Robert Brown, for this unique opportunity to learn about and see ospreys that nest the natural way in trees and snags, instead of on man-made platforms and navigational structures on the water.

Space is limited and fills quickly!

🗓Friday, June 12
⏰9:30 a.m. - noon
📍First Landing State Park
🔗www.lynnhavenrivernow.org/events/

05/29/2026

Have you ever seen a bee hotel before? What about a watering station? Come learn about how to care for your friendly pollinators and build them a habitat with LRNow!

This fun, hands-on workshop is perfect for families and you’ll learn simple ways to attract more pollinators to your yard while building and painting two projects that you'll get to take home:
🐝Bee hotel
💦Pollinator watering station

🗓Saturday, June 6
⏰10 - 11:30 a.m.
📍Brock Environmental Center
🔗www.lynnhavenrivernow.org/events/

05/28/2026

Join LRNow and Virginia Beach Audubon Society for an exciting, guided bird walk at Pleasure House Point — a perfect adventure for beginner birders!

We’ll kick things off at 7:30 AM at the Education Pavilion beneath the Brock Environmental Center (3663 Marlin Bay Drive).

Come ready to explore, discover, and enjoy the morning! The walk usually wraps up around 9:00 AM.

Register here: https://www.lynnhavenrivernow.org/events/june-bird-walk-at-pleasure-house-point/

05/27/2026

Tonight! Come learn more about the City's Coastal Storm Risk Management plan.

Councilmembers Cummings and Schulman will cohost a community meeting tonight, May 27, from 6 - 8 p.m. The topic of discussion will be the action City Council recently took on coastal storm risk management with guest speaker Mike Tippen, Public Works Stormwater Engineering Center administrator.

The meeting will be in the cafeteria at Frank W. Cox High School. Park and enter through the cafeteria doors at the rear of the building.

https://virginiabeach.gov/connect/events/community-meeting-hosted-by-councilmembers-cummings-schulman

05/26/2026

The turtles among us, like this diamondback terrapin in the Bay Lab Aquarium at First Landing State Park, don't bark, growl or squawk. They don't raid the birdfeeder, peck at the house, eat copious amounts of fresh baby veggie leaves or chew holes in plants. Their worst sin may be to snag a cocktail tomato off a very low branch.

All turtles ask of us is protection--protection of their habitat, protection from autos, protection from getting trapped in crap pots and more. That's not much to ask for being such good neighbors that offer only nice surprises when you see them.

See more in Nature Notes: www.lynnhavenrivernow.org/naturenotes/the-turtles-among-us/

05/25/2026

Today we remember and honor those who gave everything for our freedom. Have a safe and sustainable Memorial Day.

05/25/2026

Great advice from our friends at Southern Branch Nursery 🌱

Turning your grass into a garden isn't as complicated as you think, but it will take time and effort. This step-by-step guide breaks down the process, from killing your lawn to picking plants to grow.

05/24/2026

More photos of our incredible volunteers recently completing the sand fill-in phase of making a living shoreline. Now that the hard part is done, we wait for the tide to help settle the sand in place and then it's onto the fun part of planting saltmarsh cordgrass!

Keep and eye out for more wetlands restoration volunteer opportunities at www.lynnhavenrivernow.org/events/

05/23/2026

Today, on World Turtle Day, give a nod to these silent, mostly unseen critters that live among us every day.

Brent James, LRNow's Oyster Restoration Manager, hit the turtle jackpot this week. He discovered this tiny diamondback terrapin born in a nest out near the road at the Brock Environmental Center and took it down to the grasses along the Lynnhaven. He also came across these contented sliders sunning on a log in a neighborhood lake.

Diamondback terrapins, sliders, sea turtles, snapping turtles, box, spotted and mud turtles and many more species are all around us, yet need nothing from us except our protection.