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Welcome to the Willistown Conservation Trust Blog

News, ideas, questions, and observations from Willistown Conservation Trust Staff as we use local conservation to make a broad impact.

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Rushton Woods Banding Station – 2024 Year in Review

Lindsey McQuiston – May 16, 2025
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Beavers return to Ashbridge Preserve

Lindsey McQuiston – May 16, 2025
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Transforming a Community

Lindsey McQuiston – May 16, 2025
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Rushton Farm: A Recipe for Change

Lindsey McQuiston – May 16, 2025
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Beauty in the Brambles: A Primer for Seeing Your Wild Shrub Habitat in a New Light

Lindsey McQuiston – May 16, 2025
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WCT Receives “Protect Your Drinking Water” Grant

Lindsey McQuiston – April 23, 2025
Watershed

Freeze-thaw Erosion

Lindsey McQuiston – March 17, 2025
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Two Roads Diverged

Willistown Conservation Trust – February 25, 2025
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Northern Saw-whet Owl 2024 Field Research

Aaron Coolman – February 13, 2025
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Choose Native Plants: Our New Responsibility Made Easy by a Local Techie

Lindsey McQuiston – January 27, 2025
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Busy Beavers Revive Thirsty Landscapes

Watershed Protection Team – December 17, 2024
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The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Awards $1 Million Grant to Protect Open Space

Kate Etherington – November 20, 2024
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Hot, Dry and Salty: The Impact of Droughts on Freshwater Systems

Watershed Protection Team – November 15, 2024
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Willistown Conservation Trust Teams Up With Inveraray HOA to Plant 400 Trees and Shrubs!

Watershed Protection Team – November 11, 2024
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The Story Behind Ohana Farm

Willistown Conservation Trust – November 6, 2024
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Building a Native Plant Nursery

Stewardship Team – November 4, 2024
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Restoring the Land

Communications Team – November 3, 2024
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Mussel Memory: Discoveries of the Darby and Cobbs Creek Community Science Program

Lauren McGrath – November 3, 2024
Bird Conservation Bird ecology

Saving Birds through Coffee

Blake Goll – November 3, 2024
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Gardening for Cleaner Water

Communications Team – November 3, 2024

Saving Open Space
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Saving Open Space

Communications Team – November 3, 2024
Another successful initiative takes rootat Kestrel Hill Preserve What can be done to protect beautiful but rapidly disappearing wilderness, vulnerable...
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Impactful Giving
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Impactful Giving

Communications Team – November 3, 2024
By David L. Unruh, Board of Trustees Most donors to Willistown Conservation Trust (WCT) are likely familiar with the common...
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A Small Fish Navigating a Big Sea: My Experience at a Global Conference
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A Small Fish Navigating a Big Sea: My Experience at a Global Conference

Anna Willig – October 2, 2024
By: Anna Willig, Conservation Data and GIS Specialist In August, I had the privilege of attending the Annual Meeting of...
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Tracking Northern Saw-whet Owls Across North America
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Tracking Northern Saw-whet Owls Across North America

Aaron Coolman – September 1, 2024
By: Aaron Coolman, Motus Technical Coordinator and Avian Ecologist Aaron with a tagged Northern Saw-whet Owl in Nova Scotia This...
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The Making of a Lifelong Nature Keeper
Education Nature Education Rushton Nature Keepers

The Making of a Lifelong Nature Keeper

Blake Goll – August 30, 2024
One of our primary goals in connecting youth to nature is to transform their mindset to viewing themselves as part...
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nature education, youth and nature
How Willistown Conservation Trust Helped a Young Birder Like Me
Bird Conservation Nature Education Rushton Nature Keepers

How Willistown Conservation Trust Helped a Young Birder Like Me

Blake Goll – August 15, 2024
So I do my everyday ritual. I go and get the mealworms from the refrigerator and I blow my whistle...
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Bird boxes, nature education
Protecting our Feathered Friends: The Importance of Chimney Swift Nest Boxes
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Protecting our Feathered Friends: The Importance of Chimney Swift Nest Boxes

Bird Conservation Team – August 1, 2024
Chimney Swifts (Chaetura pelagica) are fascinating small birds with a cigar-shaped body and long narrow wings, known for their distinctive...
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Meet WCT’s 2024 Seasonal Interns
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Meet WCT’s 2024 Seasonal Interns

Communications Team – July 3, 2024
Andrew Wraith (He/Him) | Conservation AssociateAndrew is a current graduate student in Environmental Studies at the University of Pennsylvania, but...
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Willistown Conservation Trust Receives Second Grant from Cornell Lab of Ornithology
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Willistown Conservation Trust Receives Second Grant from Cornell Lab of Ornithology

Bird Conservation Team – July 1, 2024
On May 15, 2024 the Cornell Lab of Ornithology awarded Willistown Conservation Trust (WCT) $25,000 through the Land Trust Bird...
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Creek Week 2024: Case Study of Little Crum Creek Park
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Creek Week 2024: Case Study of Little Crum Creek Park

Watershed Protection Team – June 29, 2024
By: CJ Chen, Spring 2024 Watershed Team High School Intern From going out to nature preserves and injecting trees with...
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Creek Week 2024: Invasive Carp Species in the United States
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Creek Week 2024: Invasive Carp Species in the United States

Watershed Protection Team – June 28, 2024
Calvin Keeys For hundreds of years, people have been moving to the United States and bringing parts of their culture...
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Creek Week 2024- Aquatic Parasites: Unexpected Anti-heroes
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Creek Week 2024- Aquatic Parasites: Unexpected Anti-heroes

Watershed Protection Team – June 27, 2024
By: Sarah Barker Parasites have a pretty bad reputation, which is well-deserved in most cases, but did you know that...
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Creek Week 2024: Invasive Riparian Plants
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Creek Week 2024: Invasive Riparian Plants

Watershed Protection Team – June 26, 2024
By: Daniel Price Plants are an interesting metric to assess environmental health. The common thought that “green is good” when...
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Creek Week 2024: From Floods to Flourishing: The Magic of Bioretention Basins
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Creek Week 2024: From Floods to Flourishing: The Magic of Bioretention Basins

Watershed Protection Team – June 25, 2024
By: Ryan Ferguson It was a dark and stormy night. You just bought a cozy lawn chair to relax in...
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Creek Week 2024: Happy Soils, Healthy Streams
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Creek Week 2024: Happy Soils, Healthy Streams

Watershed Protection Team – June 24, 2024
By: Rhys Hals  Erosion of streambeds is a major threat to the health of our ecosystems. Some erosion over time...
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Welcome to Creek Week 2024
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Welcome to Creek Week 2024

Watershed Protection Team – June 23, 2024
By: Lauren McGrath Welcome to Creek Week, our annual week-long celebration of Ridley, Crum, and Darby Creeks.  Since its inception...
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Kestrel Hill Preserve Update: Native Meadow Conversion
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Kestrel Hill Preserve Update: Native Meadow Conversion

Stewardship Team – May 29, 2024
John Holback | Stewardship Manager Our new 90 acre Kestrel Hill Preserve (KHP) contains about 25 acres of what were...
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AQUA Grant Awarded to Willistown Conservation Trust
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AQUA Grant Awarded to Willistown Conservation Trust

Lauren McGrath – May 20, 2024
Pictured left to right | Patrick Starr, Executive Vice President, South East Region, PA Environmental Council, Lauren McGrath, Director of...
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River Otters Return to Make a Splash in Ridley Creek!
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River Otters Return to Make a Splash in Ridley Creek!

Lauren McGrath – May 8, 2024
Newtown Square, PA - May 3, 2024 - Willistown Conservation Trust is pleased to announce the return of American river...
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Partnering for Cleaner Waters
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Partnering for Cleaner Waters

Watershed Protection Team – May 6, 2024
A partnership between CRC Watersheds, Willistown Conservation Trust & Stroud Water Research Center and CRC's Sandra Thompson The Chester Ridley...
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