By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager In the everyday, is the extraordinary. Above, broadleaf or bitter dock (Rumex obtusifolius), a common weed of croplands and disturbed…

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager It’s the time of year when the farmer is putting up hay: mowing the fields, tedding the hay to help…

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager A full day after the hail storm there is still unmelted hail in piles where it washed off the farm…

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager Wow. This was unlike anything I have ever experienced. Two heavy hailstorms separated by a few minutes of sun. Just…

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager This is an incredible year for pink lady’s slipper orchids (Cypripedium acaule) at Crow’s Nest Preserve. We don’t have many but…

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager Actually, it’s not a big area, but it is a LOT of plants. We’re planting meadow plugs on 1 to…

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager While I was on the mower late this afternoon I saw the storm front coming in… several families who had…

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager We found this juvenile Eastern newt (Notophalmus viridescens) crossing the road at the visitor center barn at Crow’s Nest yesterday.…