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Daniel Barringer

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Crow’s Nest: Plow with the snow

February 3, 2014

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager These words of advice appear in the snow plow user manual: plow with the snow. By the time the blizzard…

Crow’s Nest: For the Birds

January 25, 2014

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager Winter is hard on the wildlife around us, yet they are amazingly adapted to it. We put out bird seed,…

Crow’s Nest: The Leopold Chair

January 19, 2014

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager Each year, usually around the holidays, I try to treat myself to a special project to complete at the preserve.…

Crow’s Nest: The end of winter(berry)

January 18, 2014

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager Today is the day that the robins will finish off the winterberry holly fruit. Yesterday was the day they started.…

Crow’s Nest: Photogenic snow

December 10, 2013

This snow has been particularly beautiful. When I was a kid, it never seemed to snow before Christmas; I remember because we always wanted a…

Crow’s Nest: Mowing in December

December 4, 2013

I don’t think I’ve ever done this before in December, but I mowed the lawn around the visitor center yesterday. It’s not that the grass…

Crow’s Nest/Green Hills: Projects

November 18, 2013

In addition to the invasives management (Norway maples, bittersweet, shrub honeysuckle and autumn olive) that keeps us busy at this time of year, we also…

Crow’s Nest: Exploring the backyard

November 12, 2013

The woods behind the visitor center barn and the tenant house at Crow’s Nest Preserve lead down to French Creek, and provide a wildlife corridor…

Crow’s Nest: Red-headed woodpeckers

November 9, 2013

Birders have been visiting Crow’s Nest Preserve over the last few weeks to see red-headed woodpeckers (Melanerpes erythrocephalus). We’ve seen them here occasionally over 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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