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Crow’s Nest: Online meeting of Wild Ones

December 9, 2020

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager. We had been planning to host meetings of a newly-forming local chapter of Wild Ones at the Crow’s Nest barn—and…

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Crow’s Nest: Your first visit

November 22, 2020

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager I think it’s safe to say that all Natural Lands preserves’ staff sweat over making sure people have a good…

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Crow’s Nest plants we love: Fothergilla

November 12, 2020

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager. It is difficult to imagine a single plant with better fall color than this fothergilla, or witch-alder. I hesitate to…

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Crow’s Nest: Scary stuff

October 31, 2020

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager. Happy Halloween! In the spirit of the event here’s a photo from the woods for you to consider. What do…

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Crow’s Nest: Peak fall color?

October 18, 2020

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager. We had a hard frost this morning, so that should speed along the fall color. We’d previously had a couple…

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Crow’s Nest: fall color update

October 13, 2020

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager Fall color is progressing, with the red maples in the floodplain forests of French Creek nearing their peak. Above, you…

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Crow’s Nest: Fall Foliage Forecast

October 9, 2020

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager. Leaf peepers alert! While the season so far has been beautiful, we’re not at peak fall color yet. Which is…

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Crow’s Nest: Opening a window

September 20, 2020

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager. Many plants grow very well here; we are fortunate for that. Some of our land stewardship, pruning and weeding, I think…

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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