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Crow’s Nest: Opening a window

September 20, 2020

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager. Many plants grow very well here; we are fortunate for that. Some of our land stewardship, pruning and weeding, I think…

A natural summer landscape with a meadow and a large tree on the left side with sun shining through it's branches.

supporter shout out.

September 16, 2020

It’s a challenging time and we are extra appreciative of the businesses and organizations across the region that support us. These entities—through contributions of time…

Fungi growing on a log

Mariton: Dead Man’s Fingers

September 5, 2020

by Tim Burris, Preserve Manager It is a little early for Halloween, but I recently found a Dead Man’s Finger along the trail.  This is…

Mariton: Black Birches

September 3, 2020

by Tim Burris, Preserve Manager A few years back I noticed some of the Black Birch (Betula lenta) trees were dying in Mariton’s forest.  There…

Sunlight streaming through the branches of the trees.

Crow’s Nest: What goes up…

August 29, 2020

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager. We’ve had a challenging few weeks cleaning up from storms at the beginning of August. We cleaned up the trees…

A fallen tree in a natural setting.

Crow’s Nest: Hairy weather

August 7, 2020

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager Something more than five inches of rain fell on Tuesday in only a few hours, resulting in what we think…

Close up of a tiny moth standing on a finger.

Crow’s Nest: Camera technology

August 2, 2020

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager. Yesterday, as a tiny eastern tailed blue butterfly (Cupido comyntas) landed on my hand and I took a photo of…

Close of up of a spotted lanternfly held in someone's hand

Crow’s Nest: Citizen scientist observation

July 31, 2020

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager. The citizen-scientist in our household, age 11, found his first adult spotted lanternfly of the year yesterday, July 30, 2020.…