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A child stands next to a tall plant near a sign that says preserve parking.

Crow’s Nest Guilty Pleasures: Weeds we love

July 21, 2020

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager. To be clear, we’re talking about the plant here, common mullein, Verbascum thapsus. It’s not native, it’s not usually planted, and like…

Close up of a spotted lanternfly

Crow’s Nest: Ailanthus and spotted lanternfly

July 20, 2020

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager. I’ve long been accustomed to telling people that we don’t have any tree-of-heaven (Ailanthus altissima) here at Crow’s Nest Preserve.…

A forest landscape with a canopy of green leaves.

introducing Meng Preserve.

July 19, 2020

In 1853, famed naturalist Henry David Thoreau wrote of an en-chanting encounter with the Wood Thrush: “This is the only bird whose note affects me…

A person wearing a heavy brown jacket walks through a field full of tree tubes.

planting a forest.

Planting trees is one of the most effective and cheapest ways of taking CO2 out of the atmosphere to tackle the climate crisis, according to…

A brown calf runs across a green meadow.

Crow’s Nest: No Bull

July 17, 2020

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager. We have been caring for a new pair of Jersey calves at Crow’s Nest, where they will be helping us…

Black Cohosh blossoms in the woods

Mariton: Black Cohosh

July 7, 2020

by Tim Burris, Preserve Manager During the dog days of summer a walk in a deep shaded forest is a nice break.  Black Cohosh (Actaea…

Wildflower blooms.

Crow’s Nest: Natural Fireworks

July 2, 2020

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager. Many of us won’t be watching firework displays in person this year due to Covid-19—but there are alternatives! Sunrise and…