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

planting a forest.

July 19, 2020

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 wooden bench in front of a green meadow.

Crow’s Nest: New bench!

July 18, 2020

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager. At long last we have replaced the bench at the top of the meadow on Fox Hill overlooking the Northside…

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…

A wooden boardwalk winds through a green forest.

Crow’s Nest: New boardwalks!

July 15, 2020

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager. Overnight, we’ve doubled the length of our boardwalks at Crow’s Nest Preserve, thanks to volunteers from the youth group at…

Mariton: June Precipitation

July 12, 2020

by Tim Burris, Preserve Manager. June was yet another dry month for Mariton in 2020.  We are now 6.36” below average for the first half…

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…

An insect is perched on a childs finger.

Crow’s Nest: Family Camp

July 4, 2020

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager. As you may have read elsewhere, we are not holding our traditional summer day camps at Crow’s Nest Preserve this…

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…

A toad looks at the camera on a dirt path

Crow’s Nest: Summer love

June 30, 2020

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager. While I’m not nuts about high heat, humidity, or insects swarming or biting, I do love summer. It’s an easy…