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…

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager. Photos by Pete Smyrl. Our fourth week of camp was 1st and 2nd graders, getting comfortable in the remote campsite…

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager. Photos by Pete Smyrl. The 3rd and 4th graders of week three explored the preserve and worked on mapmaking skills…

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. Photos by Pete Smyrl and Molly Smyrl. The second week of camp was as much of a blast as the…

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…