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Firewood quarantine comes to Chester County

August 27, 2014

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager A disease of black walnut trees called “Thousand cankers disease” has been found in southern Chester County, so that means…

Green Hills luna moth

August 22, 2014

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager While mowing trails at Green Hills Preserve (more on that later) I spotted this luna moth. I usually associate them…

Crow’s Nest Camp Week Five

August 13, 2014

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager Photos by Molly Smyrl, Educator The seventh and eighth graders rounded out the summer’s weeks of camp. All are returning…

Crow’s Nest: New steers

August 12, 2014

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager If you read the Crow’s Nest Facebook page you already know about this: We’ve added a couple new steers at…

Crow’s Nest: Glorious summer

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager We’ve had glorious weather over the last couple weeks and visitors have enjoyed our peak of summer blooms. Until today,…

Mariton: “August” Beginnings

August 9, 2014

by Tim Burris, Preserve Manger These Bluebirds left their box a few days after this photo was taken.  I am seeing them flying around the…

Recharging the Batteries

August 6, 2014

by Tim Burris, Mariton Preserve Manager.  Photos by Tim and Maureen Burris So, where does a Preserve Manager who has a the best job in…

Mariton: July Precipitation

August 5, 2014

by Tim Burris, Preserve Manager. In July, we experienced 7.22 inches of rain at Mariton.  The average is 5.48 inches, so we continue to add…

Mariton: Trees and Shrubs

by Tim Burris, Preserve Manager.  Photos by Carole Mebus. Friday at Nature Camp we concluded our series on plants with the trees and shrubs.  We…