By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager. We found our first spotted lanternfly (Lycorma delicatula) here just a few weeks ago, and previously hadn’t seen any of…

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager. This has been a particularly good year for caterpillars, it seems. Or perhaps I have seen more because I spend much…

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager. Yesterday we created a new hedgerow from scratch along Harmonyville Road, on the only remaining stretch that didn’t already have…

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager. It’s a beautiful time of year as our farmer brings in the corn. As the combine collects the kernels the…

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager. Drawings by Aubrey Smith. We have new native wildflower gardens around the addition to the visitor center barn. Assistant Preserve…

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager. I left our trail camera out for a whole year—an act my friends say takes great self-control but really I…

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager. A pair of Jersey bull calves have arrived at Crow’s Nest Preserve to begin grazing for habitat management. They’ll need…

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager. This beautiful ring-necked snake (Diadophis punctatus edwardsii) was sheltering under our rain barrel at the visitor center. Yes, that’s 3/4″ gravel, so…

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager. It seems appropriate, as it is now hot, to highlight a garden that makes effective use of a hot space—the…

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager. I love this time of year. Yes, we’ve had some hot days, and the work load can be relentless in…