By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager. At Boy Scout camp we had a weather rock—you know, a rock hung from a tripod with a sign on…

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager. Crow’s Nest staff had the privilege this week to participate in a National Park Service program held at Hopewell Furnace…

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager. We are pleased to welcome long-term intern Kendra Maas to Crow’s Nest! She comes to us with a degree in…

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager. Even though the common name, “pagoda” dogwood, makes this plant sound East Asian for the architectural reference, it is actually…

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager. We’re excited to be one of the locations to visit for the Schuylkill Highlands OUTHERE Challenge! Pick up a lanyard…

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager. By now if you’ve driven through this area with the windows open, you know there’s a problem. All over, you…

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager I have long thought that America’s National Parks are sublime, and it took years of planning to get us out…

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager. We don’t have ailanthus trees, the preferred host of spotted lanternfly, at the preserve any more. That species of tree…

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager. Here are a few photos that haven’t made it into a themed blog post but are ones I still want…

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager. Photos by Pete Smyrl and Daniel Barringer. The fifth week of camp is the oldest group and therefore we run a…