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Mariton: American Chestnuts

September 12, 2012

by Tim Burris, Preserve Manager Today, it is hard for us to fathom the impact of the chestnut blight on our landscape.  The American Chestnut…

Mariton: Another Hickory Horned Devil

August 30, 2012

by Tim Burris, Preserve Manager A month ago, there was a Blog Post about the Hickory Horned Devil that Jarrod Shull found at Binky Lee.  Since I had…

Crow’s Nest: Sedge

Here’s a photo of a sedge, Carex intumescens, with a small spider on it. Species identification of sedges is not a place I normally go but…

Crow’s Nest: Native fern diversity

August 24, 2012

Now that summer is ending I am finally getting around to compiling data that was gathered at the beginning of the season. On June 9…

Crow’s Nest: Beach reading

August 23, 2012

In addition to spending some time on the beach this summer with a good old-fashioned paperback novel, I read some nonfiction related to my interests…

Mariton: Rubs Me Wrong

by Tim Burris, Preserve Manager Just a little reminder, it is time to protect your trees and shrubs against buck rubs.  Deer antlers (which grow…

Green Hills: Vistas

August 3, 2012

Our new preserve in Berks County is very beautiful and an exciting project. We’ve barely begun stewardship there (cleaning up some debris and introducing ourselves…

Binky Lee Preserve: Giant Creepy Crawlies

August 2, 2012

 By Ariel Senko, communications intern  This impressive hickory horned devil caterpillar was photographed by Jarrod Shull at Binky Lee Preserve. Preserve manager Darin Groff found it hanging from…

Crow’s Nest Summer Scenes

July 31, 2012

This twelve-spotted skimmer dragonfly (Libellula pulchella) paused in our goat pasture at Crow’s Nest: And here is an unusual sunset from last Friday night: It…