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Mariton: Clown Pants

April 21, 2015

by Tim Burris, Preserve Manager Dutchman’s Breeches (Dicentra cucullaria) are in bloom right now.  There are a couple of small patches of this wildflower at…

Mariton: Surprise Trout Lily

April 20, 2015

by Tim Burris, Preserve Manager.  Photos by Carole Mebus. Trout Lilies (Erythronium americanum) are found at Mariton, but in all my years here I never…

Crow’s Nest: Legacy plantings

April 17, 2015

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager I am not particularly fond of forsythia, the non-native shrub that has too-garish flowers now and is nondescript the rest…

Crow’s Nest: And add to that…

April 16, 2015

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager In just the day since I last wrote about what’s blooming you can add trailing arbutus (Epigaea reopens) and the first of…

It looks like a duck…and, how!

April 10, 2015

By Debbie Beer, Natural Lands Trust Engagement Manager I recently had the pleasure of serving as a judge of Pennsylvania’s 2015 Junior Duck Stamp contest…

Mariton: White March

April 4, 2015

by Tim Burris, Preserve Manager The precipitation totals are near average at the end of the first quarter.  In March, we received 4.83 inches of…

Crow’s Nest: Something to gnaw on…

April 3, 2015

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager They’re back! There is a very little bit of fresh beaver sign along the Creek Trail. I thought we had…

Crow’s Nest: Looking for spring

April 2, 2015

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager You have to look long and hard for signs of spring this year. Nothing is green yet, none of the…

Mariton: Some Perspective

April 1, 2015

by Tim Burris, Preserve Manager I thought that this was the winter that wouldn’t stop, but this week helped put things in perspective.  I started…