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Crow’s Nest photos of blooms

April 11, 2013

Here are some photos of this week’s blooms. Bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis): Spicebush (Lindera benzoin): Spring beauty (Claytonia virginica): And two more that I just added…

Mariton: It Sprung!

April 10, 2013

by Tim Burris, Preserve Manager Changes are happening quickly.  I found my first Hepatica(Hepatica americana), shortly after Dan posted his beautiful photo.  Since then, a…

Crow’s Nest: The latest news

This week the bloodroot and spring beauties started blooming, and the red maple trees and spicebush are also in flower. Yesterday the American toads started…

Mariton: Storm Clean-Up Update

April 3, 2013

by Tim Burris, Preserve Manager It looks like the removal of downed trees from Hurricane Sandy won’t start until late April.  We had some issues…

Green Hills: Botanical Research

March 30, 2013

This week we laid out study plots at Green Hills Preserve for plant community surveys. We are excited that former Natural Lands Trust board member…

Crow’s Nest: The Force

March 29, 2013

  Members of our volunteer team, the Force of Nature, toured Crow’s Nest this week to talk about current and upcoming projects. Two years of…

Crow’s Nest: Go fly a kite!

March 25, 2013

We held our summer camp reunion this weekend and were happy to see so many campers again. We went on hikes, flew kites (something we…

Mariton: Rewards

by Tim Burris, Preserve Manager If you watch television at all you will be bombarded with rewards.  You can receive rewards for using a certain…

Crow’s Nest: Deer research

March 22, 2013

This winter Pennsylvania Game Commission biologists are conducting a study of deer survival rates and causes of their death. They will be live-trapping deer at…