By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager. July represents a second peak season of wildflowers at Crow’s Nest Preserve. Sun-loving native perennial wildflowers fill the meadows, hedgerow…

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager. Last year we planted buffer strips of native wildflowers around some of the farm fields. Our farmer paid for the seed…

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager. The seasonally-muddy Creek Trail has gotten a lot easier to hike. Yes, this weekend parts are under water as French…

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager. Today we lost a specimen tree that has been appreciated by many preserve visitors: the yellowwood (Cladrastis kentukea), likely the…

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager. As is often the case, I’ve fallen behind on providing an update on spring blooms. It’s a wonderful sight and…

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager. Happy Earth Day! I hope you get out to enjoy nature wherever you are. Crow’s Nest is a good place…

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager. The spring wildflower season is underway and it would be a full time job to keep up with what’s happening—but…

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager. We held our first prescribed fire of the year—or rather in two years—at Crow’s Nest yesterday. The meadows scheduled for last…

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager. Now that the yellow-spotted salamanders and wood frogs have crossed local roads to get to vernal pools, the sounds of…

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager. Ok, it may not feel like it yet, but it might later this week! Here are a few summer photos…