By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager Next Saturday night, April 8, we will have our second in a series of environmental films at Crow’s Nest Preserve.…

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager Aubrey installed this week a series of cobblestones under the dripline of the barn addition overhang. Without a gutter the…

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager It was certainly warm enough, but maybe not wet enough, or maybe we were late to the party…

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager This is the first time in 20 years of meadow mowing that I have done winter mowing of meadows when…

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager Last night’s snow left us with some pretty spectacular scenery. The springhouse nestles in the valley, below. This oak-leaf hydrangea…

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager It has been a real pleasure over the holidays seeing how many families have been out hiking together at the…

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager I have been reading Silas Chamberlain’s On the Trail: A History of American Hiking (2016: Yale University Press). It’s a thoroughly-researched and…

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager The first parcels of Crow’s Nest Preserve were donated to Natural Lands Trust in 1991, so this year we’re celebrating…

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager The other day the Roamers Club came for a hike here and we found this freshly-chewed ash tree along the…