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Close up of bark on a tree trunk

Mariton: Hackberry Trees

February 19, 2019

by Tim Burris, Preserve Manager A few weeks ago I wrote about the interesting bark on Ironwood and Musclewood.  Hackberry (Celtis occidentalis) is another tree that…

Crow’s Nest: The advantages of cold

February 3, 2019

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager. The extreme cold has brought a couple of benefits (two nights we got down to -12 Fahrenheit). Now even 20…

Rhododendrons growing in a forest in June.

Mariton: White Blossoms

January 31, 2019

by Tim Burris, Preserve Manager I was standing on the River Lookout Trail on Wednesday morning looking up the little hollow.  This is a good…

Lights strung between trees in a winter landscape.

Crow’s Nest: Winter Magic

January 30, 2019

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager. I did most of the shoveling last night, before the temperatures dropped. It was lovely to be out in the…

A road through a natural winter landscape.

Crow’s Nest: Sundog

January 23, 2019

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager. Yesterday I saw a phenomenon I consider even more rare than a rainbow: a sundog, or prism of color refracted in…

A tree without branches in a winter forest.

Mariton: What’s in a Name?

by Tim Burris, Preserve Manager. I get questions about the Pine Circle Trail (or the Gray Trail). “Where are the pines in the Pine Circle?” …

Close up of tree bark in a winter forest.

Mariton: Ironwood

January 17, 2019

by Tim Burris, Preserve Manager There are several tree species from around the world that are commonly called Ironwood.  As would be expected they all…

A green feild with trees in the background.

Farming for soil and water

December 29, 2018

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager. Join our partners at Stroud Water Research Center, for a film screening on January 17: The Lay of the Land:…