By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager. We’re experiencing an extremely dry month of May. Plant growth is slowing and turf is beginning to go summer dormant…

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager. We are pleased to welcome Kate Viveiros as the Summer Intern in Lands Stewardship at Crow’s Nest. Kate is a…

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager. We usually consider May 15 to be our last likely frost date, but this year (early Thursday morning May 18)…

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager. Last week students from Owen J. Roberts’ Junior ROTC program put in an afternoon of work doing more cleanup at…

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager. Now is the time to get to the preserve for peak spring wildflowers. Many are running 1 – 2 weeks…

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager. We had a lovely Hepatica Hike on Saturday. The rain held off and we saw all the flowers on our…

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager. Spring ephemeral wildflowers are abundant now. Among the earliest is bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis) which opens up on sunny days to…

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager. Volunteers returned to our Deep Woods (the largest contiguous areas of forest at Crow’s Nest, north and south of Northside Road)…