By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager. This beautiful black rat snake (Pantherophis alleghaniensis) was resting on a stump in the back yard. A few hours before…
By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager. In May our family camped in southwestern Virginia, went to Trail Days in Damascus, and volunteered for a couple days…
By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager Yes, we’ve “spotted” them now, the larvae of spotted lanternflies of which we first saw adults last September. They’re tiny—I…
By Daniel Barringer, Crow’s Nest Preserve Manager. Today was the grand opening of our newest preserve, Stoneleigh: a natural garden. This preserve stretches Natural Lands into…
By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager. This week trailing arbutus (Epigaea repens) is in bloom. It’s a tiny, dainty flower that you can see if you look…
