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Crow’s Nest: Getting to summer

June 22, 2014

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager It’s been a busy late spring with some incredibly beautiful weather (except for just a couple days, it has been…

Crow’s Nest: The Barn as Ark

June 4, 2014

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager It’s the time of year when the farmer is putting up hay: mowing the fields, tedding the hay to help…

Crow’s Nest: After two hailstorms

May 22, 2014

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager Wow. This was unlike anything I have ever experienced. Two heavy hailstorms separated by a few minutes of sun. Just…

Crow’s Nest: Pink Lady’s Slipper Mania

May 15, 2014

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager This is an incredible year for pink lady’s slipper orchids (Cypripedium acaule) at Crow’s Nest Preserve. We don’t have many but…

Green Hills: seeding grasslands

May 13, 2014

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager I spent the day yesterday with the no-till seeder planting 10 acres of crop fields back to grasslands of native…

Crow’s Nest: The big planting

May 10, 2014

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager Actually, it’s not a big area, but it is a LOT of plants. We’re planting meadow plugs on 1 to…

Crow’s Nest: Crazy Clouds

April 25, 2014

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager While I was on the mower late this afternoon I saw the storm front coming in… several families who had…

Crow’s Nest: Eastern newt

April 23, 2014

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager We found this juvenile Eastern newt (Notophalmus viridescens) crossing the road at the visitor center barn at Crow’s Nest yesterday.…

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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