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A tall tree surrounded by bright yellow leaves on the ground.

Crow’s Nest: Roadside photo shoot

November 6, 2019

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager. On this blog we don’t talk much about trees that are not native to our region (unless they are also…

Hopewell Furnace internship opportunity

October 31, 2019

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager. Our friends at Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site, just upstream from Crow’s Nest Preserve, have an internship opportunity as a…

Spotted lanternfly surround the base of a tree.

Crow’s Nest: lanternfly update

October 22, 2019

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager. Photos by Daniel Barringer and Erin Smith. This summer we saw no early instars of the invasive spotted lanternfly, a big change…

An autumn landscape with a blue sky, forest and field. A small structure is nestled into the landscape.

Crow’s Nest: Autumn scenes

October 20, 2019

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager. Visitors to the preserve often say that they value the vistas; here is the one from Northside Road looking north. The valley…

West Vincent Sustainability Fair

October 19, 2019

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager. While today was a big day for Natural Lands at the Cheslen Chase for Open Space, we also had a…

A group of people in a wooden trailer in a natural landscape.

Crow’s Nest: Volunteers rock Creek Trail!

October 11, 2019

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager. Volunteers from GSK spent a morning volunteering at Crow’s Nest yesterday: they spread two tons of gravel on the surface…

A large feild with cows behind a fence.

Crow’s Nest: Regenerative Grazing

October 4, 2019

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager. A couple weeks ago I attended a workshop on regenerative grazing that was sponsored by PASA, the Pennsylvania Association for Sustainable…

A boardwalk through a forest.

Crow’s Nest: Boardwalk upgrade

September 27, 2019

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager. This week Aubrey Smith replaced the rotted boards on our first boardwalk along the Creek Trail. This boardwalk dates to…

A row of Black gum trees.

Crow’s Nest Plants We Love: Black gum

September 26, 2019

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager. Black gum (Nyssa sylvatica) is a beautiful tree that we love at Crow’s Nest. Also called tupelo, this is the…

A man drives farm equipment in a natural setting.

Crow’s Nest: Welcome, Alec!

September 24, 2019

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager. We are pleased to report that Alec Moloznik has started his internship at Crow’s Nest Preserve. He will be splitting…

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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