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A Champion of Open Space

September 14, 2011

We lost this week a champion of open space. Eleanor Morris, co-founder—with her late husband state Representative Sam Morris—of French and Pickering Creeks Conservation Trust.…

Youth Conservation Corps at Binky Lee Preserve

September 13, 2011

Over the past week, our Binky Lee Preserve manager, Darin Groff, had the pleasure of working with a group of 18 young adults on a…

Crow’s Nest rain barrel-just in time!

September 8, 2011

We’ve had more rain than I could have imagined, and all the projects I had planned this week are thrown out the window. Yes, the…

Mariton: West Branch Delaware

September 7, 2011

Over Labor Day weekend, Maureen and I got to paddle another section of the Delaware River. We stayed at our friend’s fishing cottage in Deposit,…

Mariton: Bats

August 30, 2011

The bats have been very active lately. This bat was perched on the Nature Center, near the office, one day last week. I am no…

Mariton: Waiting to Fly

August 12, 2011

The last brood of Bluebirds are leaving the nest. Two birds have already left. The one standing on its siblings has been looking out the…

Postcard from the National Conservation Training Center

August 8, 2011

I was fortunate to be able to attend the Mid-Atlantic Invasive Plant Conference at the National Conservation Training Center in Shepherdstown, West Virginia. Co-sponsored…

Mariton: Bluebirds Growing

August 3, 2011

The 5 baby bluebirds are growing quickly. You can hear them calling from inside when you walk by the nest box. The parents are visiting…

Mariton: Hatched

July 30, 2011

The eggs have hatched, and there are 5 baby bluebirds in the nest box along the driveway. They probably hatched sometime last weekend. I just…

Mariton: Down on the Farm

July 28, 2011

You can’t really talk to children about plants without talking about where our food comes from. So, today we took a field trip to Traugers…

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