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A stone farmhouse covered in stucco with a stone retaining wall. In the foreground are yellow goldenrod blooms

new life for the Ralston house.

December 9, 2020

A visit to Bryn Coed Preserve is a picture postcard of the best of Chester County: rolling woodlands, meadows, and farm fields stretch for miles.…

gratitude for the good things.

December 7, 2020

Dr. Sandra Andersson and her husband, Russ, have fallen in love. With open space. All it took was a pandemic. Last December, they ventured out…

A majestic white oak tree in autumn with green trees and shrubs in the backdrop

crafting conservation.

How do conservation easements work? Jessica Neff-Boyd has been in love with Great Oak Farm for decades, long before she owned the 10-acre property in…

Black and white illustration of crowds of people gathering chestnuts from 1878

American chestnuts. growing hope.

December 4, 2020

In 1904, the chief gardener for the Bronx Zoo was making his rounds and noticed some of the American chestnut trees had orange speck-les on…

A forest landscape with a canopy of green leaves.

introducing Meng Preserve.

July 19, 2020

In 1853, famed naturalist Henry David Thoreau wrote of an en-chanting encounter with the Wood Thrush: “This is the only bird whose note affects me…

A person wearing a heavy brown jacket walks through a field full of tree tubes.

planting a forest.

Planting trees is one of the most effective and cheapest ways of taking CO2 out of the atmosphere to tackle the climate crisis, according to…

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leave no trace

May 28, 2020

Natural Lands is unique among the region’s conservation organizations because of how much land we manage and care for. We currently own 43 nature preserves and…

Spotted lanterfies on a tree trunk

Nature Conversations: Spotted Lanternfly

April 14, 2020

The spotted lanternfly is a threat to many crops and trees. The Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture has asked us to “squash it, smash it” when…

new life for one of America’s oldest farms.

November 30, 2019

Just 14 miles northwest of the William Penn statue atop Philadelphia’s City Hall, where Chestnut Hill meets suburban Montgomery County, flocks of Cheviot sheep, herds…

diving in.

November 26, 2019

The sun is just beginning to rise above the trees as Natural Lands volunteer Carol Dailey pushes her scull away from the dock at the…