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A brown and grey snake.

Crow’s Nest: Eastern Milk Snake

April 13, 2019

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager. Under a tarp in the backyard at the preserve I found this beautiful Eastern milk snake (Lampropeltis triangulum triangulum). Ours…

A group of people in safety fire uniforms gather around a truck in a natural landscape.

The way-back machine… (prescribed fire)

April 11, 2019

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager. You could say that prescribed fire resets the plant community into a slightly earlier state, burning off built-up organic matter and…

A group of people in fire gear pose for the camera in a natural landscape.

Prescribed Fire at Unionville Barrens

By Daniel Barringer. Our crew assembled last Thursday to conduct a prescribed fire at the Unionville Barrens at Cheslen Preserve. Preston Wilson ignites one side…

A worker outdoors in a natural landscape.

Crow’s Nest: Everything we build…

April 10, 2019

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager. …will eventually need to be taken down. Or maintained. Here Aubrey is digging out the concrete in which a split…

A group of four people smile in forest.

Crow’s Nest: Spotted Lanternfly Research

April 7, 2019

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager. Researchers from Penn State will be doing research at Crow’s Nest this year on the spotted lanternfly (Lycorma deliculata), the…

A person in protective fire gear works on a prescribed burn.

Crow’s Nest: Rx Fire

April 3, 2019

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager Yesterday we completed the prescribed burns in two meadows at Crow’s Nest; one above the Chief’s Grove and another small…

An elevated boardwalk through a forest.

Crow’s Nest: Recollecting our Roots

April 1, 2019

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager. Yesterday I attended the retirement tribute to Paul Meyer, the Director of Morris Arboretum of the University of Pennsylvania. I…

A woodfrog emerges from the water surrounded by brown leaves.

Crow’s Nest: Amphibian crossing

March 21, 2019

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager. Photos by Bill Moses. With the rain and (relatively) warm temperatures there are apt to be many amphibians on the…

A person works on a tall nest box in a field.

Crow’s Nest: New kestrel box

March 17, 2019

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager. Force of Nature volunteer Jim Moffett built us a kestrel box and we used his design of swing-down post that…

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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A crowd of people sitting on haybales and camping chairs while the sun goes down.

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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