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Snow covered trees under dark grey skies.

Crow’s Nest: Dramatic Snow

March 4, 2019

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager. This was the heaviest snowfall of the winter (so far!) but it proved easy to plow and shovel and the…

Close up of a tree stump

Crow’s Nest: Tree history

February 21, 2019

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager. I’ve said many times that I prefer trees alive instead of cut, but sometimes we have to take down hazard trees…

Crow’s Nest: The advantages of cold

February 3, 2019

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager. The extreme cold has brought a couple of benefits (two nights we got down to -12 Fahrenheit). Now even 20…

Lights strung between trees in a winter landscape.

Crow’s Nest: Winter Magic

January 30, 2019

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager. I did most of the shoveling last night, before the temperatures dropped. It was lovely to be out in the…

A road through a natural winter landscape.

Crow’s Nest: Sundog

January 23, 2019

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager. Yesterday I saw a phenomenon I consider even more rare than a rainbow: a sundog, or prism of color refracted in…

A green feild with trees in the background.

Farming for soil and water

December 29, 2018

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager. Join our partners at Stroud Water Research Center, for a film screening on January 17: The Lay of the Land:…

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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Close up of a hand holding a pint of beer with the sun and grassy space behind

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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