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An orange tractor with a brush hog in a meadow.

Mariton: Spring Ritual

March 24, 2022

by Tim Burris, Preserve Manager Every March, I brush hog Meadows #1, #2, and #3 at Mariton.  This project occurs sometime between St. Patrick’s Day…

a small yellowish-green frog is perched on a wet green leaf

a little water. a lot of wildlife.

March 11, 2022

If you visit the wetland areas of Hildacy Preserve (and many of our other properties) this time of year, you’ll be greeted by a chorus…

Volunteers line up for a group photo at garden cleanup

Crow’s Nest: Volunteers clean up

March 9, 2022

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager. Our top-notch volunteers joined us last week to jump-start the process of spring cleanup in the gardens around the visitor…

Freshly hatched Bluebird chicks, with one egg in the process of hatching.

Mariton: Nest Box time

March 6, 2022

By Tim Burris, Preserve Manager I’ve been checking my nest boxes occasionally since January.  Now, I’ve switched to weekly monitoring.    I’m already seeing Bluebird…

Two volunteer vine cutters standing in Mariton's woods.

Mariton: Invasive Plant Thursdays

March 4, 2022

by Tim Burris, Preserve Manager I started the 2022 vine cutting program every other Thursday with volunteers.  We had this program running for several months…

Aerial view of Chief's Grove, meadow, and forest as ice storm clears

Crow’s Nest: Ice and Spring

February 25, 2022

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager. I always kick myself if we have a beautiful snowfall or ice storm and I don’t try to get photos.…

A walnut tree trunk where a branch was pruned grows new trunk tissue

Crow’s Nest: Proper pruning

February 23, 2022

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager. At Natural Lands preserves we try to showcase best management practices for land stewardship, and that includes using proper pruning…

Volunteers posing in front of a hedgerow they helped clear of invasive shrubs and vines

Crow’s Nest: Winter projects

February 4, 2022

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager. It has been a cold winter so far and that helps us get certain work done. Being bundled up in…

Photo of Paul Felton at 101 standing next to his garden.

living a Natural Lands life

January 22, 2022

“Good grief! Almost 101 and still growing trees!” Those were the words that Paul Felton wrote to us in February of 2021, just six months…