News, ideas, questions, and observations from Willistown Conservation Trust Staff as we use local conservation to make a broad impact.
State of Our Streams Report Chapter 1: Introduction and Basic Stream Parameters
By Anna Willig and Lauren McGrath | Willistown Conservation Trust Watershed Protection Program Cover Photo by Jennifer Mathes The focus...
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Rushton Farm’s First Purple Martins
Purple Martins at the Rushton Farm hotel this spring. Photo by Aaron Coolman Eight years ago, our Bird Conservation Program...
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Project Plastic and the Hunt for Microplastics
By Amy Amatya of Project Plastic Some of the greatest challenges humanity faces today — pandemics, climate change, water contamination...
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Plastic Free July Local Lessons from The Przybylowski Family
During this year’s Plastic Free July, the Trust is committing to going plastic free and highlighting tips and tricks to...
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Microplastics: The ever present contaminant
By Watershed Protection Program Co-Op Vincent Liu Large-scale plastic production has been around since the 1950s, and while plastics existed...
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Reducing Single-Use Plastics | What You Can Do to Help
By Outreach & Communications Intern Niya Moss Most people find single-use plastics simple and convenient, but there are alternative, more...
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Save the Humans! | The Dangers of Plastic Pollution
By Outreach & Communications Intern Niya Moss When people think of plastic pollution, their first thought is usually “save the...
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The Burden of Expanding Plastic Production and Use: A Great Product or a Horrific Product? Your Choice
By Carol L. Armstrong, Ph.D., ABN, Friends of Heinz Refuge, Board of Directors Did you know that right here in...
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Plastic Free July Local Lessons: How Malvern Buttery Reduces Their Plastic Use
Introduction During this year’s Plastic Free July, the Trust is committing to going plastic free and highlighting tips and tricks...
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Plastic Free July 2022: Will You Join the Challenge?
During the last couple of years, and especially during the heights of the pandemic, we have witnessed a drastic increase...
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Meet WCT’s 2022 Seasonal Interns
Internships are an integral part of Willistown Conservation Trust’s (WCT) work. Each year hardworking students join our team and bring...
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The Tale of Two Streams
Every four weeks, the Watershed Protection Program heads over to East Goshen to visit two branches of Ridley Creek near...
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A Cycle of Give and Take
By Watershed Protection Program Co-Op Sarah Busby Within our streams, there are many players that work to create a functioning,...
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Dragonflies: Nature’s Most Successful Predator
By Watershed Protection Program Co-Op Sarah Busby With their flashy colors, compound eyes, and two sets of wings, dragonflies can...
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Beavers Beyond the Dam
By Watershed Protection Program Co-Op Catherine Quinn Beavers are known and loved as one of North America’s favorite stream architects....
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Wetlands & Bogs: Aquatic Ecosystems Undercover
By Watershed Protection Program Co-Op Catherine Quinn Wetlands are a critical ecosystem in the protection of our watersheds. But what...
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Welcome to Willistown Conservation Trust’s 2022 Creek Week Sponsored by Aqua!
Established in 2017 through a generous grant from the William Penn Foundation, the Watershed Protection Program Team has been working...
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Advocacy Alert! PA Growing Greener Would Invest Millions in Conservation and Outdoor Recreation
Dear Friends and Neighbors, Currently, there is a proposal in the Pennsylvania General Assembly called Growing Greener 3, and its funding affects...
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Rushton Nature Keepers: Inspiring tomorrow’s conservationists
In the midst of today’s chaotic pace and uncertainty, children need more than ever those timeless moments in nature...
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Step Back in Time with Owen McGoldrick
All photos are currently on display and for sale in the Rushton Conservation Center, May 17 - August 28. INTRODUCTION...
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