Trout lily (Erithronium americanum) is in full bloom and this has been a great year for it. There are always a lot of (spotted, like…

This Sunday, April 21 we will be hosting the Delaware Valley Orienteering Association meet at Crow’s Nest Preserve. The event begins at 10 am and…

I had the pleasure today of a new experience: co-delivering a webinar on invasive plants with a couple folks from Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and…

I had the privilege earlier this month to attend the Pennsylvania Land Trust Alliance (PALTA) conference at State College. Our GIS specialist at Natural Lands Trust,…

Here are some photos of this week’s blooms. Bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis): Spicebush (Lindera benzoin): Spring beauty (Claytonia virginica): And two more that I just added…

This week the bloodroot and spring beauties started blooming, and the red maple trees and spicebush are also in flower. Yesterday the American toads started…

One year ago today a tree fell on a powerline on the boundary of French Creek State Park and Hopewell Furnace, igniting a wildfire that…

Yesterday we went hunting for round-lobed hepatica in the deep woods. It wasn’t fully open yet, but I couldn’t resist sharing a photo of this…

If you eat you’ll enjoy the Philly Farm and Food Fest at the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia on Sunday, April 14. Cooking demonstrations, workshops…

  Members of our volunteer team, the Force of Nature, toured Crow’s Nest this week to talk about current and upcoming projects. Two years of…