Jack and I bought a couple more Jersey steers to make them available for Crow’s Nest Preserve’s prescribed grazing program. Our large pair are busy…

It’s a commonly held belief that once land is developed into houses, streets, stores and parking lots, it will never be natural open space again.…

It seemed to rain for a minute every half hour today, alternating sun and dark clouds. Posted by Daniel Barringer on May 4, 2012.

The kids and counselors at our spring WebWalkers program borrowed a trail camera (motion-activated automatic camera) and placed it at various locations around the preserve.…

These lovely flowers (very close up) are from poison ivy (Toxicodendron radicans). It is blooming right now at the preserve, and the vines are humming…

The Building Stewardship staff has moved outdoors for the summer to work on the addition that will go on the back of the lodge house…

The other day I was leafing though the April issue of Natural History magazine and reached the last page, the “Endpaper” column. Written by Rick Pruetz…

As you hike around Crow’s Nest you may notice beehives at several locations at the Preserve. The person responsible for them is Brent Sanders, neighbor…

Any day in which I see both an indigo bunting and a scarlet tanager is a good one. The wet week dried out enough to…

I received an issue of ConserveLand, a publication of the Pennsylvania Land Trust Association. It has recent statistics on the accomplishments of land trusts in…