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Landscape painting of Stroud Preserve by Gregory Blue
Natural Lands’ NextGen Council Announces Call for Artists for “Art and Connect”
June 25, 2025
Call for submissions for Art & Connect, a juried exhibition in partnership with the Da Vinci Art Alliance in Philadelphia. The exhibition is open to artists aged 18 and older, working in all mediums and from all backgrounds.
A drone photo of Peacedale Preserve by mark Williams showing some of the 11,020 tree seedlings in photodegradable tree tubes planted in the fields.
Massive Reforestation Effort at Peacedale Preserve
June 17, 2025
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MEDIA, Pa., June 17, 2025 – Natural Lands announced a massive tree-planting effort was completed recently at the organization’s Peacedale Preserve in […]
The 72-acre Recica property, once adjacent to state game lands, is now owned by the PA Game Commission.
Saving 72-Acre Forest Along Kittatinny Ridge
June 9, 2025
Carbon County, PA, and Natural Lands announced completion of the first conservation project to come to fruition through the county’s new Open Space Grant Program. Natural Lands purchased a once-vulnerable, 72-acre wooded property in East Penn Township using grant funds from the program and immediately transferred it to the PA Game Commission as an addition to Game Lands No. 217. The property will be open to the public for recreation and hunting and will remain preserved forever.
A lightening bug (or firefly) perched on a green leaf.
firefly funfacts
June 5, 2025
Fireflies are amazing insects! Did you know…? Fireflies and lightning bugs are the same thing! It’s just a different dialect and depends on where you […]
Eastern box turtle at Mariton
thinking outside the box.
May 16, 2025
Preserve Manager Zane Miller has spotted quite a few box turtles as he goes about his workdays. The more he encountered, the more he began to wonder how robust their population was. So, he set about studying them.
Breinig property along the Kittatinny Ridge
Saving a Kittatinny Forest for People and Songbirds
May 13, 2025
The forested tract in Lehigh County protects scenic views from the Appalachian Trail and offers essential habitat for wildlife.
Stoneleigh potstickers volunteers
tending tomorrow’s transplants.
May 10, 2025
One seed at a time, these volunteers are growing plants to increase the biodiversity both at Stoneleigh and yards, gardens, and patio planters across the region.
Drone image of Crebilly Farm, Chester County, PA
Natural Lands Magazine – Spring/Summer 2025
May 8, 2025
The winter 2024 edition of Natural Lands magazine
