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A lightening bug (or firefly) perched on a green leaf.
firefly funfacts
June 5, 2025
Fireflies are amazing insects! Did you know…? Fireflies and lightning bugs are the same thing! It’s just a different dialect and depends on where you […]
JROTC Cadets pose along the trail where they spread gravel.
Owen J. Roberts Navy JROTC Finishes Another Trail
May 29, 2025
By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager. Cadets from the Owen J. Roberts High School Navy JROTC program came out to Crow’s Nest Preserve again this year […]
Eastern box turtle at Mariton
thinking outside the box.
May 16, 2025
Preserve Manager Zane Miller has spotted quite a few box turtles as he goes about his workdays. The more he encountered, the more he began to wonder how robust their population was. So, he set about studying them.
Nature As Healer workshop at Hildacy Preserve, spring 2025
nature as healer
April 28, 2025
For the second time, Natural Lands’ Hildacy Preserve hosted Nature as Healer: A Writing Workshop with instructor Naila Francis of This Hallowed Wilderness. Despite 20 […]
Forested hills and meadow at sunset at Crow’s Nest Preserve
Earth Day Reflections
April 22, 2025
By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager. Spring is upon us and the ephemeral wildflowers are incredible right now. Crow’s Nest Preserve lags behind much of the […]
Prescribed fire burning grasslands at Crow’s Nest Preserve
Prescribed Fire Improves Grassland Habitat
March 12, 2025
Prescribed fire more closely mimics a natural process than mowing, an alternative we use when burning is not possible.
A ring-neck snake on stone at Crow’s Nest Preserve.
Office Hours
February 7, 2025
I don’t spend a lot of time in the office—but in the winter you may find me in the visitor center barn office.
Volunteers posing in front of the woods they are taking care of at Crow’s Nest Preserve.
Weather Holds For Volunteers!
February 6, 2025
Despite some rough weather in the last few weeks we had a decent day for February’s hardy volunteers at Crow’s Nest Preserve.
