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Mariton: The Nose Knows

January 16, 2017

by Tim Burris, Preserve Manager These trail camera photos capture the surprise of deer as they came across my trail in a remote part of…

Mariton: Snow Can Be Beautiful

January 13, 2017

by Tim Burris, Preserve Manager This was just one of hundreds of decorated Goldenrod heads after a dusting of snow last week.

Stocking up for Winter Storms

January 9, 2017

by Steve Eisenhauer, Preserve Manager Every winter storm I check the two Screech Owl nest boxes at Harold N. Peek Preserve. Screech Owls aren’t generally…

2016 NLT Nest Box Review

by Tim Burris, Mariton Preserve Manager One of my roles, in addition to managing Mariton, is collecting information about nest boxes from the other NLT…

Mariton: 2016 Precipitation

January 3, 2017

by Tim Burris, Preserve Manager As expected, we ended 2016 with a deficit in precipitation at Mariton. December came in about 1.5 inches below average.  …

Crow’s Nest – Family hikes

January 1, 2017

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager It has been a real pleasure over the holidays seeing how many families have been out hiking together at the…

Crow’s Nest: On my winter night table…

December 24, 2016

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager I have been reading Silas Chamberlain’s On the Trail: A History of American Hiking (2016: Yale University Press). It’s a thoroughly-researched and…

Crow’s Nest Preserve 25th Anniversary

December 14, 2016

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager The first parcels of Crow’s Nest Preserve were donated to Natural Lands Trust in 1991, so this year we’re celebrating…

Crow’s Nest: Beavers on French Creek

December 9, 2016

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager The other day the Roamers Club came for a hike here and we found this freshly-chewed ash tree along the…

Green Hills: Force of Nature Cleans Up

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager Last weekend volunteers at Green Hills cleaned up this old shed and everything that was in it (sinks, lawnmower, lots of…