Welcome to the Willistown Conservation Trust Blog

You smile as the familiar catbird belts out its harsh petition for the sun to rise now. Above you, a...

The areas surrounding streams, known as riparian buffers, are critical to the protection and health of these precious water resources....

This past week we welcomed back the Haverford Crew Team for their annual workday at Rushton Farm. It was their...

Fall migration is just around the corner. And that means the banding station at Rushton Woods Preserve will be back...

Landowners in the Willistown area are the primary stewards of the natural and historic heritage of our countryside. Fortunately, the...

At first glance, Rushton Farm looks like your traditional example of small-scale intensive sustainable agriculture. Crops sit nestled within the landscape...

Single-use cutlery, food containers, and straws are used for a few minutes and discarded to remain in the environment forever....

WaEvery so often, a visitor or volunteer at the farm will ask if the water from our well is “safe”...

Plastic and paper coffee cups are not recyclable in most locations. Even ‘compostable’ cups are rarely composted as they require...

The average family accumulates about 60 plastic bags in only four trips to the grocery store. The majority of these...

In the haze of a steamy May morning, a team of volunteers, students, and Trust staff met in the dewy,...

About a 15-minute drive from Willistown Conservation Trust are the Glen Mills Schools (GMS). While this private institution is closed...

Human reliance on commercially bottled water is one of the single largest contributors to plastic pollution. At Willistown Conservation Trust,...

Protected open spaces provide substantial economic, environmental, and health benefits to surrounding communities, but these benefits are often overlooked or...

Golden-crowned Kinglet banded on October 30th. Photo by Blake Goll On the morning before Halloween, the hedgerows and meadows of...