By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager. We define Stewardship differently at Natural Lands than most other land trusts. For most, it means monitoring lands on which…
By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager. The significant snow has been cleared from driveways and walkways, and I sprinkled new gravel over the snow left in…
By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager. As you may have noticed we’ve been very aggressive about removing ash trees along our roadsides, starting even before the…
This past summer, our land stewardship staff completed the largest restoration project in Crow’s Nest Preserve’s history. It started with a “nudge” from Mother Nature.…
By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager. We had been planning to host meetings of a newly-forming local chapter of Wild Ones at the Crow’s Nest barn—and…
By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager. It is difficult to imagine a single plant with better fall color than this fothergilla, or witch-alder. I hesitate to…
