Crow’s Nest: And now for something completely different February 15, 2019By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager. It’s been a long time for me since college physics where we did a little playing around with circuit boards,…
Crow’s Nest: The advantages of cold February 3, 2019By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager. The extreme cold has brought a couple of benefits (two nights we got down to -12 Fahrenheit). Now even 20…
Mariton: White Blossoms January 31, 2019by Tim Burris, Preserve Manager I was standing on the River Lookout Trail on Wednesday morning looking up the little hollow. This is a good…
Crow’s Nest: Winter Magic January 30, 2019By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager. I did most of the shoveling last night, before the temperatures dropped. It was lovely to be out in the…
Crow’s Nest: Sundog January 23, 2019By 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…
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?” …
Mariton: Ironwood January 17, 2019by Tim Burris, Preserve Manager There are several tree species from around the world that are commonly called Ironwood. As would be expected they all…
Crow’s Nest: Looking forward and looking back January 1, 2019By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager. 2018 was a year of rain and acronyms. We had the most rain ever, it seemed, and everything is still…
Farming for soil and water December 29, 2018By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager. Join our partners at Stroud Water Research Center, for a film screening on January 17: The Lay of the Land:…
Mariton: Look Up! December 28, 2018by Tim Burris, Preserve Manager. Look up! As a kid, a normal activity for me was to lie on my back and look up at…
