News, ideas, questions, and observations from Willistown Conservation Trust Staff as we use local conservation to make a broad impact.
How Willistown Conservation Trust Helped a Young Birder Like Me
So I do my everyday ritual. I go and get the mealworms from the refrigerator and I blow my whistle...
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Protecting our Feathered Friends: The Importance of Chimney Swift Nest Boxes
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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!
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
A partnership between CRC Watersheds, Willistown Conservation Trust & Stroud Water Research Center and CRC's Sandra Thompson The Chester Ridley...
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Hello Radnor: A New Conservation Easement
By Erik Hetzel, Director of Land Protection and Public Grants The main dwelling on the property faces southeast toward the...
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A Stinky Sign of Spring: Eastern Skunk Cabbage
By John Holback, Stewardship Manager When I think back on the springs of my youth in southern Chester County, I...
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The Human Dimension: A Novel Approach to Conservation
By Aaron Coolman, Motus Technical Coordinator and Avian Ecologist In January, the Bird Conservation Team traveled to West Virgina to...
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Water You Waiting For? Dive into Macroinvertebrates and Stream Health
By Sally Ehlers, 2023 Watershed Protection Program Co-op For over a century, macroinvertebrates have been our partners in understanding the...
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Lessons from Rushton Farm
By Andrew Wraith, Agroecology Project Coordinator As an Environmental Studies student, you might have guessed that I’m a lover and...
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