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River running through a forest with fall colors
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Natural Lands’ Bear Creek Preserve in Buck Township, Luzerne County, PA.

Bear Creek Preserve Expands by 53 Acres

August 4, 2025

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MEDIA, Pa., August 4, 2025 – Natural Lands announced today the addition of a 53-acre property to its Bear Creek Preserve in […]

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An asphalt paved trail curves to the right through a green forest.
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Sadsbury Woods ADA-accessible trail through the forest in summer

Accessible Trail at Sadsbury Woods Completed

July 30, 2025

Natural Lands has completed an ADA-compliant trail at Sadsbury Woods Preserve in Coatesville, Chester County.

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Summer campers pose on the footbridge they built.
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Summer campers pose on the footbridge they built at Crow’s Nest Preserve.

Boardwalks Protect the Environment at Crow’s Nest Preserve

July 29, 2025

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager. I have a lot more to write about highlights from the last five weeks of summer camp, but want to […]

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A dark red Peacedale Preserve sign in a field newly planted with tiny seedlings in protective tree tubes.
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A dark red Peacedale Preserve sign in a field newly planted with tiny seedlings in protective tree tubes.

Growing a Forest at Peacedale Preserve

June 17, 2025

Natural Lands planted more than 11,000 native trees and shrubs at its Landenberg, PA, property to improve water quality and offer habitat to wildlife.

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A firefly on a green leaf
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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 […]

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JROTC Cadets pose along the trail where they spread gravel.
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JROTC Cadets pose along the trail where they spread gravel.

Owen J. Roberts Navy JROTC Finishes Another Trail

May 29, 2025

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager. Cadets from the Owen J. Roberts High School Navy JROTC program came out to Crow’s Nest Preserve again this year […]

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An eastern box turtle crawling through leaf litter on the forest floor
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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.

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A group of people in hats and coats sit in a circle outdoors
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Nature As Healer workshop at Hildacy Preserve, spring 2025

nature as healer

April 28, 2025

For the second time, Natural Lands’ Hildacy Preserve hosted Nature as Healer: A Writing Workshop with instructor Naila Francis of This Hallowed Wilderness. Despite 20 […]

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