By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager. In May our family camped in southwestern Virginia, went to Trail Days in Damascus, and volunteered for a couple days…

I’m just going to put this out there without byline: a stunning photo of a Red-eye Vireo taken by volunteer Jim Moffett on our Deep…

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager Yes, we’ve “spotted” them now, the larvae of spotted lanternflies of which we first saw adults last September. They’re tiny—I…

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager. This week trailing arbutus (Epigaea repens) is in bloom. It’s a tiny, dainty flower that you can see if you look…

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager. Sure, we’ve still had snow flurries in what should be mid-spring the last two days. But each season has its…

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager. Spring is unfolding before us now, a little late but all the more worth it for that. On sunny days…

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager Let’s take stock of where we are this April 2. We believe spring will come though we have to look…

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager. No, this isn’t an inquiry into the whereabouts of long-lost rock stars… though their work does elevate them to rock-star…