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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 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.
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 […]
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 […]
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.
Crebilly Farm sunset in summer
saving Crebilly.
May 16, 2025
The 308-acre Crebilly Farm is an oasis of green near the intersection of Street Road and Route 202 in a heavily developed and quickly growing portion of Chester County. Gently rolling fields, rustling leaves in a shady woodland, meandering streams, and birdsong. It’s hard to believe this property was once the subject of heated debate, many late-night township meetings, legal battles, and community petitions.
