By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager. Arachnophobes, do not scroll down. I saw a couple of these large spiders along the Creek Trail yesterday each with…

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager. Photos by Daniel Barringer and Steve Eisenhauer. This year’s theme at camp is maps. We’re reading them and making them…

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager. I’m not sure I’ve ever noticed the flowers of Virginia creeper (Parthenocissus quinquifolia) before, shown here with the new buds. We…

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager. Over the last few days we’ve seen the next stage in the larval form of the invasive spotted lanternfly (Lycormis…

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager. Another blistering day just beginning: I was reminded as I wished for more shade in our yard, that the best…

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager. Okay, this one is a bit subjective… but I like it and we have one in our yard at the preserve (which…

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager. This past week the students from Schuylkill Acts and Impacts spent two nights camping at Crow’s Nest traveling on their…

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager. This beautiful black rat snake (Pantherophis alleghaniensis) was resting on a stump in the back yard. A few hours before…

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager. This garter snake was hanging out in the kids’ play area yesterday and was obliged to pose for a photo.…

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager. In May our family camped in southwestern Virginia, went to Trail Days in Damascus, and volunteered for a couple days…