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A fallen tree with people working in a snow covered winter landscape.

Crow’s Nest: More ash trees removed

January 24, 2019

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager. Over the last week we’ve completed the next major round of ash tree removals—trees along roadsides that are dying from…

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…

Chickadee fledglings nestled in a wooden nestbox.

Nest Box Report for 2018

January 9, 2019

by Tim Burris, Mariton Preserve Manager Nest boxes were well used at our Natural Lands preserves in 2018. I received reports from 14 preserves after…

Mariton Yearly Precipitation graphic

Mariton: 2018 Precipitation

January 5, 2019

by Tim Burris, Preserve Manager 2018 ended up being one of the wettest years on record. We had quite a surplus at the end of…

Mariton: Blog Posts Looking Back

December 31, 2018

by Tim Burris, Preserve Manager. When Dan Barringer recently posted how long we had been doing the blog (they are now called Field Notes)I was…

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:…