News, ideas, questions, and observations from Willistown Conservation Trust Staff as we use local conservation to make a broad impact.
What is a Conservation Easement?
Landowners in the Willistown area are the primary stewards of the natural and historic heritage of our countryside. Fortunately, the...
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Food and Feathers
At first glance, Rushton Farm looks like your traditional example of small-scale intensive sustainable agriculture. Crops sit nestled within the landscape...
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Meet Laryssa Terleckyj, our Stewardship Intern
Each summer, Willistown Conservation Trust hosts students who are pursuing degrees related to the conservation work we do here. We...
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You Have Options
Single-use cutlery, food containers, and straws are used for a few minutes and discarded to remain in the environment forever....
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Water, water everywhere and lots and lots to drink
WaEvery so often, a visitor or volunteer at the farm will ask if the water from our well is “safe”...
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Choose to refuse single-use coffee cups
Plastic and paper coffee cups are not recyclable in most locations. Even ‘compostable’ cups are rarely composted as they require...
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Meet Henry’s Garden
In 2012 Henry’s Garden was established in memory of Henry Jordan whose commitment to addressing issues of poverty and access...
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BYOB – Bring your own BAG
The average family accumulates about 60 plastic bags in only four trips to the grocery store. The majority of these...
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New Trees Breathe New Life into Ailing Streamside Meadow
In the haze of a steamy May morning, a team of volunteers, students, and Trust staff met in the dewy,...
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Back to School: Banding a purple martin colony
About a 15-minute drive from Willistown Conservation Trust are the Glen Mills Schools (GMS). While this private institution is closed...
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Meet our Watershed Protection Program co-ops!
Each summer, Willistown Conservation Trust hosts students who are pursuing degrees related to the conservation work we do here. We...
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Refill Your Water Bottle
Human reliance on commercially bottled water is one of the single largest contributors to plastic pollution. At Willistown Conservation Trust,...
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Return on Environment: The Economic Value of Protected Open Space in Chester County, PA
Protected open spaces provide substantial economic, environmental, and health benefits to surrounding communities, but these benefits are often overlooked or...
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For the Love of Birds
Golden-crowned Kinglet banded on October 30th. Photo by Blake Goll On the morning before Halloween, the hedgerows and meadows of...
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Banders Seeing Purple
Yellow-rumped Warbler (After Hatch Year male) banded Tuesday. Photo by Blake Goll This is the time of the season when...
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Thirty-Five Acres Near Kirkwood Preserve Now Permanently Protected
An additional 780 feet of the Crum Creek are protected forever. Another view of the newly protected stretch of creek....
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Ten More Acres on Grubbs Mill Road!
Ben and Kate Etherington The barn at Rooster Run Farm. Two of the Etherington children and the vegetable garden at...
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When it's Cold Outside, I've Got the Month of May
Cape May Warbler banded Wednesday. Photo by Blake Goll As if we weren't already a motley crew, banders donned their...
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Banding Big Day
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Something to Chat About
Yellow-breasted Chat (Hatch Year) banded on Tuesday at Rushton. Photo by Blake Goll Another dreary, drippy morning on Tuesday surprisingly...
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