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Crow’s Nest: It’s dry (and warm)

February 24, 2017

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager This is the first time in 20 years of meadow mowing that I have done winter mowing of meadows when…

Crow’s Nest: Winter Scenes

February 9, 2017

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager Last night’s snow left us with some pretty spectacular scenery. The springhouse nestles in the valley, below. This oak-leaf hydrangea…

Crow’s Nest Preserve 25th Anniversary

December 14, 2016

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager The first parcels of Crow’s Nest Preserve were donated to Natural Lands Trust in 1991, so this year we’re celebrating…

Crow’s Nest: Beavers on French Creek

December 9, 2016

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager The other day the Roamers Club came for a hike here and we found this freshly-chewed ash tree along the…

Crow’s Nest: Hazard Tree Work

November 17, 2016

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager We’ve had a number of oaks die this summer, and other species that appear to have succumbed to the drought.…

Crow’s Nest: Remembering Frank Hartung

October 29, 2016

By Daniel Barringer    Photo by Pete Smyrl It is with great sadness that we share the news that Frank Hartung—Farmer Frank at Crow’s Nest—has…

Crow’s Nest: Some fall awesomeness

October 28, 2016

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager It may be cooling down but it’s not winter yet! Here a spotted salamander is hanging out on some leaves…

Green Hills: New kestrel boxes!

October 5, 2016

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager This weekend Jim Moffett, Brett Gundy and I installed two kestrel boxes that Jim had made, using a post design that…

Crow’s Nest: Metamorphosis

September 28, 2016

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager Of course we knew this monarch butterfly would emerge while we were away over the weekend, we’d been counting the…

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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