Earth Day Events

The 2024 Earth Day theme is Planet vs.

Tree Planting- 8am - 11 am Join us in giving back to the Earth.

Give back to Mother Nature on this Earth Day by helping to clean our park and keep it beautiful.

Celebrate Earth Day 2024 at False Cape State Park all week long by supporting healthy and happy beaches.

Are you looking to do some good for the Chesapeake Bay watershed and our planet this weekend before Earth Day?

Join us in celebrating Earth Day by stopping by our Leave No Trace demonstration camp.

Clinch River State Park will be at the 2024 Abingdon Earth Day festival in Abingdon, VA on Saturday, April 20th from 9 am - 1 pm.

Celebrate Earth Day with a service project to enhance the park's pollinator garden.

Fun-ji, fun-gi, or fun-gee?

Celebrate Earth Day with a service project to protect our area's natural resources for future generations to enjoy.

Learn about native plants, how they benefit pollinators along with how to grow and care for them. Plants that are native to our region will be on display.

How would you like to have bluebirds as your neighbors?

Help keep the park clean and beautiful to celebrate earth day! We recommend that you wear good walking shoes and bring water and sunscreen!

What better way to celebrate Earth Day than at Shenandoah River State Park!  In this program, kids and families can learn the history of Earth Day, how stormwater runoff affects our water resources, how to reduce waste, and discover their carbon footprint.

Looking for a fun service project this Earth Day?  Join a park ranger as we clean out flower beds, weed the walkways, and plant native species at the Big Water Visitor Center.  Come prepared to get your hands dirty, bring gardening gloves and wear appropriate clothing.  All ages are welcomed! .

Earth Day Scavenger Hunt - 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Stop by the Visitor Center and pick up a scavenger hunt card.

Make a difference this Earth Day weekend by donating your plastic to Natural Bridge State Park. This Earth Day the goal is to reduce plastics going to the landfill.

Earth Day is a time of celebration and appreciation here at First Landing.

Give back to our beautiful planet and create art at Caledon State Park as a part of our annual Earth Day celebration.

We will be celebrating Earth Day with a fair behind our Visitor Center. See what you can do to make this world a better place for everyone.

Become a pollinator this Earth Day as we gather in the wildflower field near the spillway below the dam.

Join us in celebrating Earth Day by learning about the 6 R's of recycling and what you can do to incorporate them into your daily life!  Many of us grew up with the 3 R's of recycling, right?

Eastern Bluebirds scout out areas for nesting early in the spring season.

Join us in celebrating earth day through nature-based art!

The eastern woodlands are essential to the western Virginia landscape.

The perfect way to give back to Mother Earth on Earth Day is by helping to keep it beautiful.

1:00 pm  Earth Day was created back in 1970 as a way to raise awareness of Environmental Issues.  We will celebrate this day with a reading of Dr.

Would you like to reduce your 'plastic footprint' on our landfills, while finding a way to better enjoy the birds in your backyard?

Join us on an Earth Day hike on our park’s Bluebell Trail along the river!

How would you like to celebrate Earth Day by helping out your neighbors?

Join Matthew Sullivan, an undergraduate botany researcher at UVA-Wise, on a short hike to learn about the spring wildflowers and other flora that will be in bloom all around us just in time for Earth Day.

Join us as we celebrate Earth Day at beautiful Staunton River Battlefield State Park.

Experience the magic of an unforgettable evening this Earth Day under the moonlight at Stars and Guitars.

Join us for our annual Earth Day Bird Count on the newly developed Ivanhoe Birding Trail.

Whether it’s slimy, scaly, hops, or hides in a shell, Dr.

Earth Day is a time of celebration and appreciation here at First Landing.

Join us as we celebrate Earth Day at beautiful Staunton River Battlefield State Park.

Want to learn about how you can have a positive impact on the earth, and what steps you can take to do so?

Earth Day is a time of celebration and appreciation here at First Landing.

Come out and celebrate Earth Day by joining park rangers for a tour of the Fairy Stone Farms Wildlife Management Area.

Giving back to the environment on Earth Day is a great way to support the park.

Help us get our pollinator garden ready for spring pollinators.

Join the rangers of Occoneechee State Park this Earth Day as we work to enhance the habitat of our historic Terrace Gardens for our pollinator friends.

Help us celebrate our planet with some special Earth Day programming: Friday, April 26: 1 p.m.   Tree Identification Hike @ the Howe House  Join us for a scenic hike around the historical Howe house and learn how to identify some of our native trees.  4 p.m.   Claytor Crafts - Tree Cookies @ the Interpretive Campfire Circle in Campground D  Create something special with natural materials found around the park.

In a partnership program with High Bridge Trail, the Margaret Watson Bird Club will have volunteers available to share their knowledge during this birding adventure.

Join park rangers and volunteers at Staunton River State Park as we host our annual Earth Day tree planting.

In observance of Earth Day the Friends of the Southwest Virginia Museum will host their Annual Plant Sale Fundraiser event on Saturday, April 27 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. The Plant Sale Fundraiser will offer a variety of plants for purchase from $1 to $5, and all proceeds will benefit the Friends of the Southwest Virginia Museum Historical State Park.

Join us for Mason Neck State Park's Earth Day Celebration, where community unity meets nature's beauty!

Did you know Twin Lakes State Park is in the Chesapeake Bay watershed?

What better way to end our Earth Day celebrations than learning about just that...the Earth!

Earth Day is a time of celebration and appreciation here at First Landing.

Upcycling Trash Art.

Join Natural Tunnel State Park in the re-opening and planting of our community garden space, “Tunnel Gardens.” Learn how to best pick native plants for your area, garden layout and design, and how native plants benefit our local pollinators.

Take care of your mother Earth by joining the more than one billion people worldwide who celebrate Earth Day annually.

Take the fight to our invasive species!

Bats spend winter months in a state of hibernation but start to spring back into their active stages in April.

Volunteer your time this Earth Day and help stop pollution.

Earth Day is a time of celebration and appreciation here at First Landing.