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Two volunteers works with hand tools on a wooden boardwalk

building boardwalks. (not bored.)

September 28, 2020

Volunteers jumped at the chance to help Natural Lands staff build a boardwalk at our ChesLen Preserve on September 24. They wielded hammers, drills, and…

A green feild with a forest in the background

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 child jumps from a log into a stream.

Crow’s Nest Family Camp 2020

August 8, 2020

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager. Photos by Molly Smyrl and Sarah Boone. As you know we didn’t hold our traditional summer camp this year due to the…

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…