I’ve enjoyed seeing the camera effects people use on social networking sites and decided to play with an app on my phone that produces similar…

I’ve written before about how much we enjoy our winterberry holly (Ilex verticillata) from our kitchen window; the red fruit and the birds they attract…

This week we had a great bunch of kids at camp and we managed to dodge the many thunderstorms that rolled through. Appropriately enough the…

This week on the trails along the creek we have been seeing hundreds of tiny toads, no bigger than houseflies. They are probably similar in…

No matter where you are, this weekend is the Great American Backyard Campout. Get outside and get a different perspective on things. See you outside.…

It has been raining a lot lately and that has posed some challenges for land management. Not only can we not mow trails or lawns,…

We have started laying stepping stones on a path through a wet spot in the woods behind the visitor center. It’s not an official trail…

We are happy to welcome summer intern Luke Hamilton to Crow’s Nest Preserve. He’s already been here a couple weeks and is performing land stewardship…

We’ve held almost 20 contra dances at Crow’s Nest over the last decade, and the floor has taken on a polish from the years of…

Here are a few of the plants blooming over the last couple weeks to now. In the Deep Woods there is some spring cress, Cardamine bulbosa.…