News, ideas, questions, and observations from Willistown Conservation Trust Staff as we use local conservation to make a broad impact.
Update Regarding COVID-19 (Coronavirus)
Last updated 6/8/20 Our hearts go out to all of our friends, visitors and supporters during this unprecedented public health...
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Create Your Own Meadow – Step 2: Plant
Mid April – Early May: Once your wildflower plugs arrive, it may be tempting to lay out plants in neatly...
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Announcing Weekly Preserve Workdays
We need your help! Willistown Conservation Trust maintains 3 public preserves, soon to be 4! With so much beautiful habitat,...
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Explore Nature at Willistown Conservation Trust’s Preserves
Did you know that the Willistown Conservation Trust has three preserves that are open to the public year round? This...
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A Farewell and a Welcome
Hello,The recent bittersweet news is that our good friend and colleague, Bill Hartman, has left Willistown Conservation Trust to become...
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Creating Your Own Meadow – Step 1: Prepare
Depending on the size you want, it’s not too late to plan a meadow for your property. Native wildflowers and...
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Behold the Hackberry!
The Society of Municipal Arborists recently announced its 2020 Tree of the Year. It’s the Hackberry (Celtis occidentalis). This tree...
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The Willistown Conservation Trust Staff and Trustees Mourn a Hero of the Countryside
IN MEMORIAM: MRS. J. MAXWELL R. (BETTY) MORAN August 7, 1930 – January 23, 2020 The Willistown countryside lost one...
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What 40 Years of Conserving Land Looks Like
For over 40 years, the Trust has been protecting land in the Willistown area. As we head into 2020, the...
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Resolve to Be a Better Human for Birds (i.e., Earth)
This fall, world scientists made a clear and unequivocal declaration in BioScience Magazine that planet Earth is in a climate...
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With the Spotted Lanternfly it’s Always Squash Season
At our most recent free lunch & learn at the Rushton Conservation Center, Meagan Hopkins-Doerr provided a wealth of useful...
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12.7 More Acres Conserved Forever
The map of permanently conserved land in the Willistown area just got a little greener, thanks to Lawrie Harris. Lawrie...
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12.7 More Acres!
The map of permanently conserved land in the Willistown area just got a little greener, thanks to Lawrie Harris. Lawrie...
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Welcome Andrew Kirkpatrick
We are thrilled to have Andrew Kirkpatrick join the Willistown Conservation Trust staff as Associate Director of Stewardship, working with...
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Public Notice of Accreditation Renewal
The land trust accreditation program recognizes land conservation organizations that meet national quality standards for protecting important natural places and...
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Our 1000th Bird – A Look at the Numbers
At Rushton we do as the birds do and follow their seasons. Each season is unique in its own way,...
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Community Supported Avifauna
As this was my first year participating in the Rushton Farm CSA, I noticed some interesting correlations between the harvest...
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Volunteers Plant 300 Trees To Improve Ridley Creek Watershed
As the sun rose over the meadow that was formerly Ashbridge Lake on October 4, the first of our three...
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First Birds Nanotagged at Rushton Woods Detected by Chesapeake Bay Motus Tower
Exciting news! The first birds ever to be fitted with Motus nanotags at Rushton Woods Preserve have been detected by...
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