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July 8, 2024
On a rainy evening in March, Kim White donned boots and a reflective vest in preparation for a long night outdoors. Brandishing a plastic five-gallon […]
Looking Downstream.
July 8, 2024
About a half-mile as the crow flies from the Philadelphia Airport, amid the tidal marsh and mudflats at the southernmost point of Darby Creek, a […]
Depth Of Field.
July 8, 2024
David Korbonits knows his way around a garden. He spent 28 years as a horticulturist at Mt. Cuba Center in Hockessin, DE, before retiring in […]
Kestrel Conservation
June 28, 2024
By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager and Claudia Winters, Natural Lands Assistant Manager Claudia Winters, Assistant Manager for Sadsbury Woods, Willisbrook, and Green Hills Preserves, recently […]
Milkweed Season
June 18, 2024
By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager. The perfection of the flower clusters of milkweed (Asclepias syriaca) belies its name that has the word “weed” in it. […]
Easement Protects Forest, Waterways, And Historical Farm
June 11, 2024
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MEDIA, Pa., June 10, 2024 – Natural Lands announced today the preservation of a 95-acre forested landscape in East Nantmeal Township, Chester […]
Leaves Of Three Or Leaves Of Five?
June 10, 2024
Both Virginia creeper (Parthenocissus quinquefolia) and eastern poison ivy (Toxicodendron radicans) are native vines that benefit insects, birds, and other wildlife. However, the latter tends […]
Got Kestrels?
June 7, 2024
By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager. We are so very excited to announce the arrival of some babies at Crow’s Nest! For the first time in […]
JROTC Cleans Up—Again!
June 5, 2024
By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager. Over the last few years the Owen J. Roberts Junior Reserve Officers Training Program has extended a hand to clean […]
More Land Preserved in Stone Hill Greenway
May 14, 2024
Nearly 22 acres of forested land in Lower Frederick and Limerick Townships, Montgomery County, are preserved forever thanks to the efforts of longtime conservation advocate Phil Smith.




