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A red salamander with dark grey spots, sitting on rocks and smiling
red salamander (Pseudotriton ruber ruber)

Sentinel Salamanders.

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 […]

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A group of people and first responders stand in a street, completely flooded by a storm
The overflowing Darby Creek inundated roads in Darby Township, Delaware County, following Tropical Storm Isaias in August 2020.

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 […]

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Two yellow birds with black stripes sit on a branch against a bright green background
A pair of American Goldfinch on a branch.

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 […]

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People lowering a hinged post of a Kestrel nesting box
People lowering a hinged post of a Kestrel nesting box

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 […]

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Ball-shaped clusters of pink flowers of milkweed.
Ball-shaped clusters of pink flowers of milkweed at Crow's Nest Preserve

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. […]

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A stream winds through an early spring woodlands.
A stream winds through an early spring woodlands.

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 […]

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Virginia creeper vine climbs up a standing dead tree.
Virginia creeper vine climbs up a standing dead tree.

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 […]

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Kestrel chicks looking up inside a nesting box.
Kestrel chicks looking up inside a nesting box at Crow's Nest Preserve.

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 […]

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Owen J. Roberts JROTC students with rakes and shovels moving gravel at Crow's Nest's Warwick Woods
Owen J. Roberts JROTC students with rakes and shovels moving gravel at Crow's Nest's Warwick Woods

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 […]

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Two men stand in a forest next to a conservation easement sign.
Jack Stefferud and Phil Smith at conservation easement

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.

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