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Volunteers rock
By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager. We had a great group of volunteers join us this morning for a brisk workday spreading two tons of gravel…
The Oculus
By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager. If you know me you know I like things that make me look at a landscape in a different way.…
Powered by Nature at Crow’s Nest Preserve
By Ian Palkovitz, Associate Director of Education, NorthBay Adventure. Last week I had the joy of facilitating a pollinators lesson with Pottstown fifth graders at…
Happy Halloween!
By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager. It’s a time of year when we enjoy frightful things, so how about this hammerhead flatworm, a three-lined planarian (Bipalium pennsylvanicum)…
More Red-headed Woodpeckers
By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager. It was 2013 when we last saw Red-headed Woodpeckers in large numbers at Crow’s Nest Preserve. Birders still occasionally report…
Leafpeeper alert!
By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager. Now is the time!! It is sill extremely dry but we had our first frost last Friday and by this…
Finding Balance: Deer Management at Natural Lands’ Preserves
MEDIA, Pa., October 15, 2024 – The most dangerous wild animal in Pennsylvania causes hundreds of injuries or deaths every year. It is ruining crops,…
Bird walk at Crow’s Nest
By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager. Join us next Saturday, October 19 for a bird walk at Crow’s Nest Preserve, 8:30 – 11 am. This is…
Aurora borealis
By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager. It isn’t every day (or night) you get to check something off your bucket list. Last night I did. The…