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A visit to Burden Hill
By Daniel Barringer, Crow’s Nest Preserve Manager. First of all, let me tell you, there’s not much of a hill at Burden Hill. I have…
Crow’s Nest: Night lighting
By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager. In an effort to make the preserve more accessible for evening programs we are gradually upgrading the outdoor lighting, illuminating…
Crow’s Nest: Hazard Tree Work
By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager. We worked with a contractor this week to take down a bunch of hazard trees. Along Hopewell Road there were…
Crow’s Nest: The Office
By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager. What, your office doesn’t look like this? Monday was a glorious day to spend cleaning up piles of branches from…
Crow’s Nest Camp Week Five
By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager. Photos by Molly Smyrl, Pete Smyrl, Aubrey Smith, Serena Hertzog, and Daniel Barringer. Our last week of camp is a joyous reunion…
Mariton: Which End is Up?
by Tim Burris, Preserve Manager This Monarch caterpillar was on some Purple Milkweed (Asclepia purpurascens) near the shop. Right now the fields are full of…
Woodcraft
by Tim Burris, Mariton Preserve Manager Besides wetland wildflowers, I love looking at roots, stumps and logs that have been preserved in the waters of…
Crow’s Nest Camp Week Four
By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager. Photos by Aubrey Smith, Pete Smyrl, and Serena Hertzog. Our fourth week of camp also featured adventures in the woods and…
Mariton: What’s For Dinner?
by Tim Burris, Preserve Manager. Recently, Maureen and I went to the Adirondacks to canoe. Some of our canoeing friends camped in the same campground…