Daniel Barringer
Daniel Barringer
By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager We have said goodbye to a few trees here this week, the natural outcome of age and the unnatural threat…
By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager Spring is in its glory now. Yesterday had amazing light—dark clouds contrasting with full sun—both morning and evening. The same…
By Daniel Barringer, Prescribed Fire Crew This week Natural Lands prescribed fire crew conducted its fourth burn of this spring, this time at Unionville Barrens…
By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager We had a great night hike on Saturday—actually several, to keep the groups small. Four groups each went to different…
By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager Hope you’re having a beautiful Earth Day! We’re working on some landscaping around the newly-renovated Jacob house at the preserve.…
By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager I am not particularly fond of forsythia, the non-native shrub that has too-garish flowers now and is nondescript the rest…
By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager In just the day since I last wrote about what’s blooming you can add trailing arbutus (Epigaea reopens) and the first of…
By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager After only a week the meadow near the parking lot is showing signs of bright green grass poking up through…
By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager After four years without prescribed fire at Crow’s Nest Preserve, we had a great day of controlled burns here yesterday.…
By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager They’re back! There is a very little bit of fresh beaver sign along the Creek Trail. I thought we had…
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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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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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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