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A Bald Eagle soars in front of a blurred brown background

Harold N. Peek Preserve

This wetland habitat is an excellent place to observe a wide variety of birds, especially migrating waterfowl and raptors.

Hilly green fields and dark green trees sit under a blue sky with fluffy, white clouds

ChesLen Preserve

ChesLen is the largest privately owned nature preserve open to the public in Chester County.

A waterway cuts between two meadows of tall brown grass under a light blue sky.

Glades Wildlife Refuge

At Glades, the cycles and rhythm of the natural world are evident in the seasonal weather, migrating birds, and fluctuating tides.

Upcoming events

FON Volunteer Class 2019 training at ChesLen. Russ Applegate cutting invasives.

Bryn Coed Preserve | Volunteer Service

Volunteer - Nurture Nature - CANCELLED

A forest of tall trees with green leaves.

Hildacy Preserve | Member DiscountGeneral Events

Winter Wander Forest Bathing Walk - CANCELLED

a black spotted salamander in the grass.

Virtual EventGeneral Events

Outdoors Online - All About Salamanders

a pinecone in a tree with golden needles

Stoneleigh: a natural garden | Stoneleigh Natural GardenVolunteer Service

Volunteer - Winter Gardening

view from Great Lawn looking at tree line towards County Line Road

Stoneleigh: a natural garden | Member DiscountStoneleigh Natural GardenGeneral Events

Bark, Berries, and Boughs Garden Tour

Binky Lee Preserve | Volunteer Service

Volunteer - Care for Nature

Gwynedd Preserve | Volunteer Service

Volunteer - Care for Nature

snowy path through a winter meadow and bright blue sky overhead.

Gwynedd Preserve | General Events

Mantis Meadow Walk

FON Volunteer Class 2019 training at ChesLen. Russ Applegate cutting invasives.

ChesLen Preserve | Volunteer Service

Volunteer - Give Back to Nature

Brown dried ferns in focus against a backdrop of tall trees in late autumn.

Stoneleigh: a natural garden | Stoneleigh Natural GardenVolunteer Service

Volunteer - Winter Gardening

Beams of sunlight pour through green woods around tall dark trees.

Saunders Woods Preserve | Member DiscountGeneral EventsNature Walks

Tricky Tree ID

Mariton Wildlife Sanctuary | General Events

Towpaths & Tales: An Aerial Photographic History of the Delaware Canals

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In the news

A small grayish-brown and white Grasshopper Sparrow on a small branch with a green background

down. but not out.

Claudia Winters, Natural Lands’ assistant preserve manager for Sadsbury, Willisbrook, and Green Hills Preserves, is a self-professed birder. But really, she is a wildlifer. She…

from par to public park.

reuniting Stoneleigh and Oakwell.