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Trees turning fall color at Crow's Nest Preserve

Crow’s Nest: Fall Color? Yes!

October 12, 2022

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager. If you’re wondering when to schedule your leaf-peeping, the answer is now. We’ve had our first frost (Sunday morning 10/9)…

A steep, wooded hillside

Crow’s Nest: Varied habitats

September 22, 2022

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager. A few weeks ago I wrote about the highs and lows of the preserve—literally the altitudes that the land here…

A box turtle on a person's hand in the grass.

Crow’s Nest: Reptile Rendezvous

September 1, 2022

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager. On Saturday, September 10, Dawn White from Indian Run Environmental Education Center will be coming by to talk about reptiles,…

Wooded hills and valley at sunset

Crow’s Nest: altitude stories

August 30, 2022

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager. When I walk the dog in the morning I can feel the temperature rise as my feet take me from…

Landscape reflected in the glass door of a tiny library at Crow's Nest Preserve

Crow’s Nest: book love

August 29, 2022

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager. The tiny library at Crow’s Nest Preserve is where nature and literature meet. You can enjoy the view (reflected in…

Crow’s Nest: Everything old is new again

July 19, 2022

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager. You may have read about four Revolutionary War cannons that were found recently on a preserve nearby that is managed by…

Great spangled fritillary butterfly on purple milkweed flower

Crow’s Nest: Milkweed time

June 23, 2022

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager. We are now entering peak bloom time for our purple milkweed (Asclepias purpurascens), with other species shortly behind: common milkweed…

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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A crowd of people sitting on haybales and camping chairs while the sun goes down.

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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Close up of a hand holding a pint of beer with the sun and grassy space behind

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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