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Patterns On The Land, Or, How Dry Is It?
May 27, 2023
By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager. We’re experiencing an extremely dry month of May. Plant growth is slowing and turf is beginning to go summer dormant […]
Late Frost And Sensitive Fern
May 20, 2023
By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager. We usually consider May 15 to be our last likely frost date, but this year (early Thursday morning May 18) […]
Call Of The Wild. Eastern Coyotes In Our Neighborhoods.
May 17, 2023
It’s dusk at Natural Lands’ Gwynedd Preserve. The sun has just dipped below the horizon and the sky is the color of the pinkish-purple Echinacea […]
May Flowers In April
April 29, 2023
By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager. Now is the time to get to the preserve for peak spring wildflowers. Many are running 1 – 2 weeks […]
Acres Added To Poconos Preserve
April 19, 2023
MEDIA, Pa., April 19, 2023 – Natural Lands announced today the addition of 373 acres to its Bear Creek Preserve in Luzerne County, PA, bringing […]
Abundance Of Spring Wildflowers
April 10, 2023
By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager. Spring ephemeral wildflowers are abundant now. Among the earliest is bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis) which opens up on sunny days to […]
Pollinator Meadows In Progress
April 7, 2023
Insects are the foundation of all life on Earth, and pollinators are especially vital. The U.S. Department of Agriculture estimates that 80 percent of the […]
Permanent Preservation Of 100 Acres Of Old-growth Forest
April 1, 2023
MEDIA, Pa., April 1, 2023 – Natural Lands announced today the successful preservation of 100 acres of old-growth forest through a conservation easement. A survey […]
Rx Fire At Crow’s Nest Preserve
March 26, 2023
By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager. On the first day of Spring this year we held a small prescribed fire of a meadow at Crow’s Nest […]
Medicinal Use Of Prescribed Fire On Preserves
March 24, 2023
The day after the spring equinox, a group of preserve managers and other stewardship staff gathered at our Gwynedd Preserve, located in North Wales, PA, […]
