Crow’s Nest: Spring will come March 21, 2013Spring may be here, but it hasn’t felt like it much yet. This morning peepers call tentatively from wetlands surrounded by wet snow. They were…
Two birds in the bush is worth…up to three eaglets! March 18, 2013It’s breeding season for many birds right now, and that means chances are good that if you can set your eyes on an eagle nest,…
Unionville Serpentine Barrens plant conservation Posted by William Ryan, NLT researcher Last October, as we counted the last of the warm days of Indian summer, seeds were ripening and dispersing…
Mariton: Hurricane Sandy Walk March 7, 2013by Tim Burris, Preserve Manager (Talking about clearing trails. Photo by Elizabeth Weaver.) Last Saturday, I lead a walk to see the changes in the…
Mariton: Sap’s Running! March 6, 2013by Tim Burris, Preserve Manager This is a photo of a sap-sickle. Sap is rising in the trees. (Another sign that winter has loosened its…
Mariton: Winter Is Over March 1, 2013by Tim Burris, Preserve Manager. Photos by Carole Mebus The Equinox is still 3 weeks away, but Meteorological Winter is over. Today (March 1st) is…
Willisbrook Preserve Workday February 28, 2013Today we had a Land Stewardship workday at Willisbrook Preserve, a site in Chester County that has globally-unique habitat on Serpentine Barrens. We were removing…
Crow’s Nest: Winter mowing of meadows February 24, 2013We’re about 90% finished our annual mowing of meadows at Crow’s Nest. A couple small ones remain to be mowed, and a couple are set…
The Green Hills project day February 22, 2013Stewardship staff got together this week for a workday at blustery Green Hills, cutting down and removing from one site the invasive autumn olive and…
Green Hills Preserve in winter February 18, 2013We’re gearing up for a workday this week at Green Hills—to remove autumn olive and other invasives from a section of the preserve—and I snapped…
