We had spectacular weather in September and the preserve has looked beautiful. But there hasn’t been much fall color, and some of the early color…

We had a fun event this weekend. Natural Lands Trust has such great members: engaged and engaging! Here are a few photos from the event…

Last week the little steers kept getting out of the large pasture unit where we are using them to restore habitat. The electric fence is…

Here’s a native shrub that we love: buttonbush (Cephalanthus occidenatalis). Here, the clusters of fruit are forming where the balls of white flowers have finished.…

If you see white fuzzy clumps on alder twigs this fall, look closely and you will also see ants. The white fuzzy critters are scale…

I’ve written before about a book by Penn professor Witold Rybczynski: Last Harvest: How a Cornfield Became New Daleville (Real Estate Development in America from…

Here’s a photo of a sedge, Carex intumescens, with a small spider on it. Species identification of sedges is not a place I normally go but…

Now that summer is ending I am finally getting around to compiling data that was gathered at the beginning of the season. On June 9…

In addition to spending some time on the beach this summer with a good old-fashioned paperback novel, I read some nonfiction related to my interests…

This twelve-spotted skimmer dragonfly (Libellula pulchella) paused in our goat pasture at Crow’s Nest: And here is an unusual sunset from last Friday night: It…