02/18/07:	Bird Walk 8am with Harry Armistead (meet at Visitor Center)
02/24/07:	Bird Walk 8am with Terry Allen (meet at Visitor Center)
03/10/07:	Bird Walk 8am with Terry Allen (meet at Visitor Center)
03/10/07:	7th Annual Eagle Festival and Grand Opening of Visitor Center and Observatory
03/17/07:	Bird Walk 8am with Norm Saunders (meet at Visitor Center)
03/20/07:	Friends of Blackwater Meeting - 10am - Visitor Center Conference Room
03/31/07:	Bird Walk 8am with Harry Armistead (meet at Visitor Center)
04/07/07:	Bird Walk 8am with Terry Allen (meet at Visitor Center)
04/14/07:	Litter Pickup Day/Earth Day Celebration - 9am-3pm Volunteers are needed to help pick up litter on the Refuge. Meet at Visitor Center. Call 410-228-2677.
04/15/07:	Bird Walk 8am with Harry Armistead (meet at Visitor Center)
04/17/07:	Friends of Blackwater Meeting - 10am - Visitor Center Conference Room
04/21/07:	Bird Walk 8am with Norm Saunders (meet at Visitor Center)
04/24/07:	Volunteer Recognition Dinner
04/29/07:	Bird Walk 8am with Harry Armistead (meet at Visitor Center)
05/02/07:	South Dorchester Folk Museum - Kenneth Knox, "Brooks Barrel Company" at 7pm in Blackwater NWR Visitor Center conference room.
05/12/07:	Bird Walk 8am with Terry Allen (meet at Visitor Center)
05/12/07:	International Migratory Bird Day /Dorchester Heritage Day
05/15/07:	Friends of Blackwater Meeting - 10am - Visitor Center Conference Room
05/19/07:	Bird Walk 8am with Norm Saunders (meet at Visitor Center)
05/26/07:	Bird Walk 8am with Shirley Bailey (meet at Visitor Center)
05/27/07:	Rachel Carson 100th Birthday Day
06/02/07:	5th Annual Youth Fishing Derby at Hog Range Pond 9am-1pm. Youths 15 and under fishing event, prizes, educational programs, photos, and lots of fun.
06/06/07:	South Dorchester Folk Museum - Neil Frampton, "Business Was Booming" at 7pm in Blackwater NWR Visitor Center conference room.
06/19/07:	Friends of Blackwater Meeting - 10am - Visitor Center Conference Room
07/17/07:	Friends of Blackwater Meeting - 10am - Visitor Center Conference Room
08/01/07:	South Dorchester Folk Museum - Claude Gootee, "Trade Bills - Revealing Dorchester County's History" at 7pm in Blackwater NWR Visitor Center conference room.
08/04/07:	Volunteer Update/Training 8:30am-4pm. Update and training on Refuge programs and activities for all Volunteers at Visitor Center Conference Room (bagels and coffee provided by Friends of Blackwater)
08/09/07:	New Volunteer Training (We Need Volunteers) 6pm-10pm. Workshop training for all new Volunteers on Visitor Center procedures - Visitor Center Conference Room
08/21/07:	Friends of Blackwater Meeting - 10am - Visitor Center Conference Room
08/25/07:	Volunteer Training Tour of Refuge 9am-4pm. Van tour of refuge for Volunteers (bring lunch)
09/05/07:	South Dorchester Folk Museum - Deanna Marshall, "Old School Baptist Church of Woolford" at 7pm in Blackwater NWR Visitor Center conference room
09/16/07:	Bird Walk 8am with Harry Armistead (meet at Visitor Center)
09/22/07:	Bird Walk 8am with Shirley Bailey (meet at Visitor Center)
09/24/07:	19th Annual Friends of Blackwater Meeting 7pm (meet at Visitor Center)
09/28/07:	Deer Hunt Scouting 7am-2pm
09/29/07:	Archery Deer Hunting season begins
10/06/07:	Bird Walk 8am with Terry Allen (meet at Visitor Center)
10/06/07:	12th Annual Blackwater Open House - 8am-4pm. Celebrating National Wildlife Refuge Week and Rachel Carson's 100th Birthday Anniversary. Activities include bird walks, demonstrations, wildlife and refuge management programs, wildlife exhibits, live animal exhibits, tours, Jr Refuge Manager Program, puppet show, and many children's programs.
10/14/07:	Deer Hunt Scouting 7am-2pm
10/16/07:	Friends of Blackwater Meeting - 10am - Visitor Center Conference Room
10/17/07:	Archery Hunt Closed
10/19/07:	Quota Muzzleloader Deer Hunt Day 1
10/20/07:	Bird Walk 8am with Shirley Bailey (meet at Visitor Center)
10/20/07:	Quota Muzzleloader Deer Hunt Day 2
10/21/07:	Bird Walk 8am with Norm Saunders (meet at Visitor Center)
10/25, 26, 27/07:	Non-quota Muzzleloader Deer Hunt 3 days (Doe only)
10/28/07:	Bird Walk 8am with Harry Armistead (meet at Visitor Center)
10/28/07:	Deer Hunt Scouting 7am-2pm
10/29/07:	Archery Deer Hunt open
11/03/07:	Youth Hunt in areas N, D, B1, U (Archery closed to Area U)
11/03/07:	Bird Walk 8am with Shirley Bailey (meet at Visitor Center)
11/10/07:	Bird Walk 8am with Terry Allen (meet at Visitor Center)
11/18/07:	Archery Hunt Closed
11/18/07:	Deer Hunt Scouting 7am-2pm
11/18/07:	Bird Walk 8am with Norm Saunders (meet at Visitor Center)
11/20/07:	Friends of Blackwater Meeting - 10am - Visitor Center Conference Room
11/22/07:	Thanksgiving -- Visitor Center Closed
11/25/07:	Bird Walk 8am with Harry Armistead (meet at Visitor Center)
11/26/07:	Quota Shotgun Deer Hunt Day 1
11/30/07:	Quota Shotgun Deer Hunt Day 2
12/01/07:	Bird Walk 8am with Terry Allen (meet at Visitor Center)
12/01/07:	11th Annual FOB Eagle's Nest Christmas Open House - 10am-4pm. Friends of Blackwater's Eagle Nest Bookstore provides specially priced items on sale for Christmas shopping. Also demonstrations, crafts, exhibits, and refreshments.
12/6, 7, 8/07:	Non-Quota Shotgun Deer Hunt 3 days
12/08/07:	Bird Walk 8am with Harry Armistead (meet at Visitor Center)
12/09/07:	Bird Walk 8am with Harry Armistead (meet at Visitor Center)
12/15/07:	Non-Quota Muzzleloader Deer Hunt
12/16/07:	Bird Walk 8am with Norm Saunders (meet at Visitor Center)
12/18/07:	Friends of Blackwater Meeting - 10am - Visitor Center Conference Room
12/25/07:	Christmas - Visitor Center Closed
01/11/08:	Deer Hunt Scouting 7am-2pm
01/12/08:	Archery Deer Hunt opens
01/15/08:	Friends of Blackwater Meeting - 10am - Visitor Center Conference Room
01/31/08:	Archery Hunt Closed
03/15/08:	8th Annual Eagle Festival
04/12/08:	Refuge Earth Week Litter Pickup
05/10/08:	International Migratory Bird Day/Dorchester Heritage Day
06/07/08:	6th Annual Youth Fishing Derby
10/04/08:	13th Annual Refuge Open House
12/06/08:	12th Annual FOB Christmas Open House

Note: Bird walks at Blackwater are free and meet at the Visitor Center. For more information call 410-228-2677 or email maggie_briggs@fws.gov

For schedules of special events at
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