News, ideas, questions, and observations from Willistown Conservation Trust Staff as we use local conservation to make a broad impact.
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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Not Just Smoke and Sparrows
Spider webs illuminated by the dew at Rushton. Photo by Blake Goll Mornings at Rushton this week were humid with...
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U.S. FISH & WILDLIFE PROVIDES GRANT TO TRACK BIRD SPECIES OF GREATEST CONCERN IN MID-ATLANTIC REGION
WILLISTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA (Sept. 21, 2018) -- A research collaboration led by the Willistown Conservation Trust, in partnership with several state...
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How You Like Me Now? Crowds Get Heavy at Rushton
White-eyed Vireo banded at Rushton on Wednesday. Photo by Blake Goll This week of banding was a whirlwind of feathers,...
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It's Raining Warblers, Hallelujah!
Magnolia Warbler (After Hatch Year male) banded at Rushton this week. Photo by Blake Goll Late September is a thrilling...
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Put the Lime in the Chestnut-side
Chestnut-sided Warbler (Hatch Year male) banded at Rushton today. Photo by Blake Goll Strikingly different from the deep calico...
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You Look Like a Tall Glass of Waterthrush
Northern Waterthrush banded at Rushton today. Photo by Blake Goll The sallow leaves fell slowly through the visible cloak of...
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Warblers Comin' in Hot
Magnolia Warbler banded at Rushton today. Photo by Blake Goll/Staff The Rushton banding crew was back at it this morning,...
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If Black-throated Blues are Here, Fall is Near
Black-throated Blue Warbler banded at Rushton Woods Preserve this spring. Photo by Blake Goll/Staff Even though the autumn equinox has...
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Willistown Conservation Trust featured on Front Page of Philadelphia Inquirer
Kat Gord, Director of Rushton Conservation Center, and Bonnie Van Alen, Executive Director, are shown walking through the fields at...
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