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. Arachnophobes, do not scroll down. I saw a couple of these large spiders along the Creek Trail yesterday each with…

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager. Photos by Daniel Barringer and Steve Eisenhauer. This year’s theme at camp is maps. We’re reading them and making them…

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager. I’m not sure I’ve ever noticed the flowers of Virginia creeper (Parthenocissus quinquifolia) before, shown here with the new buds. We…

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager. Over the last few days we’ve seen the next stage in the larval form of the invasive spotted lanternfly (Lycormis…

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager. Another blistering day just beginning: I was reminded as I wished for more shade in our yard, that the best…

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager. Okay, this one is a bit subjective… but I like it and we have one in our yard at the preserve (which…

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager. This past week the students from Schuylkill Acts and Impacts spent two nights camping at Crow’s Nest traveling on their…