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Crow’s Nest: Camp Week Three

August 1, 2017

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager. Photos by Pete Smyrl. Our third week of camp was filled with exploration along Pine Creek, hayrides, and time to…

Mariton: When the Bergamot Blooms

July 23, 2017

by Tim Burris, Preserve Manager.  Photos by Carole Mebus. Right now the Wild Bergamot (Monarda fistulosa) is blooming in Mariton’s fields.  It is the lavender…

Mariton: Nest Box Inside and Out

July 21, 2017

by Tim Burris, Preserve Manager Carole Mebus recently took this photo of a male Eastern Bluebird taking food into one of the nest boxes in…

Crow’s Nest: Camp Week Two

July 20, 2017

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager. At our second week of camp, the 4th and 5th graders spent a little time hanging around, and a (very)…

Crow’s Nest: The hot garden

July 12, 2017

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager. It seems appropriate, as it is now hot, to highlight a garden that makes effective use of a hot space—the…

Crow’s Nest: Camp Week One

July 10, 2017

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager. Photos by Pete Smyrl and Aubrey Smith. It wasn’t a week of lounging around for the sixth graders at Crow’s Nest…

Mariton: 27th Annual Butterfly Census

July 3, 2017

by Tim Burris, Preserve Manager.  Photos by Carole Mebus. We conducted the 27th Annual Butterfly Count on Saturday.  It was postponed last week because of…

Green Hills: Footbridge Finished!

July 1, 2017

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager. It’s official, the footbridge at Green Hills Preserve is finished! This links the original trails to the new Clarence Trail loop…

Green Hills: Photographers’ alert!

June 30, 2017

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager. Right now, this weekend, is your best chance ever to see the full display of black-eyed Susans we planted in…