By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager. Photos by Pete Smyrl. Our third week of camp was filled with exploration along Pine Creek, hayrides, and time to…

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager. At our second week of camp, the 4th and 5th graders spent a little time hanging around, and a (very)…

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. Photos by Pete Smyrl and Aubrey Smith. It wasn’t a week of lounging around for the sixth graders at Crow’s Nest…

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…

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager Tents dotted the field behind the barn at Crow’s Nest this week as we hosted the group Schuylkill Acts &…

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager Although Chester County and Pike County remain the only two counties in Pennsylvania as of June 14, 2017 where Emerald…

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager Philadelphia fleebane (Erigeron philadelphicus) is a pretty, native wildflower that is also occasionally a bit weedy—but only in our lawns…

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager We are continuing to address the eventual decline and death of our ash trees due to the introduced pest, emerald…