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Mariton: Tipping Stumps

December 21, 2012

by Tim Burris, Preserve Manager While clearing the trails after Superstorm Sandy, I am taking quite a bit of satisfaction tipping stumps.  When many of…

Mariton: Plodding Progress

December 20, 2012

by Tim Burris, Preserve Manager Kevin and I are making progress opening trails after the storm.  Actually, we have done pretty well up to this…

Mariton: South Fox Trail Open

December 14, 2012

by Tim Burris, Preserve Manager The South Fox Trail is now open from the Chimney Rock Trail all the way up the hill to the…

Reading Sigurd F. Olson

December 13, 2012

by Tim Burris, Mariton Preserve Manager I enjoy reading, but don’t consider myself a voracious reader.  Recently I have been reading works of Sigurd F.…

Remembering Tim Parkany

December 10, 2012

This fall Natural Lands Trust lost a great supporter, a co-worker who contributed so much to building stewardship on our preserves and beyond. Tim Parkany…

Mariton: Precipitation Perspective

December 4, 2012

by Tim Burris, Preserve Manager We are on course to end the year quite a bit below the average precipitation.  October was wet with almost…

Crow’s Nest: In the snow…

November 27, 2012

One of the things I love about this job is that some days I end up doing things I had no idea I’d be doing…

Crow’s Nest: On my night table…

November 23, 2012

I have been reading David George Haskell’s The Forest Unseen: A Year’s Watch in Nature. Each chapter is a different day’s observation in a small circle…

Crow’s Nest: It must be getting cold…

November 9, 2012

….if Seamus is wearing his snazzy new blanket, custom tailored to fit his thin frame. Also we moved the cattle to their winter pasture today—three…