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Crow’s Nest: Welcome Kate Viveiros

May 25, 2023

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager. We are pleased to welcome Kate Viveiros as the Summer Intern in Lands Stewardship at Crow’s Nest. Kate is a…

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Crow’s Nest: JROTC volunteer cleanup

May 12, 2023

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager. Last week students from Owen J. Roberts’ Junior ROTC program put in an afternoon of work doing more cleanup at…

Bladder-like flower of pink ladies' slipper

Crow’s Nest: May flowers in April

April 28, 2023

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager. Now is the time to get to the preserve for peak spring wildflowers. Many are running 1 – 2 weeks…

Maroon 3-petaled flower of wild ginger growing along the ground under the leaves

Crow’s Nest wildflower walk recap

April 17, 2023

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager. We had a lovely Hepatica Hike on Saturday. The rain held off and we saw all the flowers on our…

Bloodroot wildflower

Crow’s Nest: Abundance of spring wildflowers

April 10, 2023

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager. Spring ephemeral wildflowers are abundant now. Among the earliest is bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis) which opens up on sunny days to…

Prescribed fire in progress at Crow's Nest Preserve

Rx fire at Crow’s Nest Preserve

March 26, 2023

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager. On the first day of Spring this year we held a small prescribed fire of a meadow at Crow’s Nest…

Picture of a book, Wild Philly, by Mile Welbacher, published by Timber Press isn 2023.

A new guide to Wild Philly

March 8, 2023

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manger. One of these days I’ll write about books on my night table again, or write about podcasts I listen to while…

Find Yourself Outside

Are you up to the challenge? Explore all 20 of our featured preserves and Stoneleigh: a natural garden, and collect all the code words to receive a Natural Lands “Find Yourself Outside” t-shirt.

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Music. Without Walls.

Rock, roots, and rhythm. No matter what the style, music is better with nature as the backdrop.

So get your groove on this year with Natural Lands at these amazing events!

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Pints on the Preserve

East Branch Brewing Company will be pouring suds on select Saturdays, beginning at 2:00pm. Enjoy refreshments with a take-your-breath-away view.

 

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