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art along the trails.

April 19, 2024

Along the Walking Trails Please enjoy beautiful, nature-inspired paintings amongst the trees. An exhibition of original paintings by Ann Hopkins Wilson will be on display at Natural…

Outside view of historic barn at Crow's Nest Preserve showing masonry wall and wood shingle roof.

Crow’s Nest: The Unfamiliar Familiar

April 2, 2024

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager. While we wait a little longer for spring to arrive (it’s coming!) here’s a look any something familiar, but in…

Wawa Preserve to get added amenities.

April 1, 2024

Natural Lands announced today that it has acquired a small parking lot adjacent to its Wawa Preserve in Delaware County. The conservation non-profit intends to…

A meadow being burned to promote native species.

Crow’s Nest: Prescribed Fire 2024

March 15, 2024

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager. Wednesday this week was our annual prescribed fire refresher training. A required part of the fire program, this involves a…

invasive mantid removal

March 14, 2024

Early spring is the season for removing Chinese mantis oothecae (or egg cases) at Stoneleigh: a natural garden. Introduced to the United States in the…

Crow’s Nest: Movie Night!

March 6, 2024

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager. We’re very excited to be hosting a screening of a one-hour film, Hidden Rivers, that explores the rivers and streams of…

A person holding a wood frog in their hands.

Crow’s Nest: Just like that, Spring!

March 5, 2024

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager. Just a couple weeks ago we were under snow. Subtly but surely we’ve turned the page into spring. We may…

A barn owl that can't be released to the wild being shown to an audience

Crow’s Nest: I Heart Owls

February 23, 2024

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager Dawn White brought a couple owls and plenty of owl pellets (the undigestible material, fur and bones, they cough up…

Winter view of a stream meandering through snow toward an arched footbridge and forest

Crow’s Nest: Showy snow

February 13, 2024

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager. It was worth getting outside as soon as the snow stopped today, while it still clung to tree branches. Above,…