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

Conservation Watershed

Plastic Free July in the Age of COVID-19

Watershed Protection Team – July 2, 2020 –

agroecology Farm Sustainable Agriculture

Why Donating is Important

Fred De Long – June 29, 2020 –

Preserves Stewardship Volunteers

Stewardship Volunteer Program – Update!

Mike Cranney – June 29, 2020 –

Nature

Fireflies, Moths, and Your Yard in the Dark

Communications Team – June 25, 2020 –

Native Plants

Native Plants for Your Landscape

Jspragins – June 19, 2020 –

Bird Conservation Bird ecology Birds

The Bluebird Keeper

Blake Goll – June 18, 2020 –

agroecology Farm Preserves

Rejuvenation at Rushton Farm!

Communications Team – June 12, 2020 –

General

Troubled Times – Striving for a Better Future

Communications Team – June 10, 2020 –

Bird Conservation Bird ecology Birds Photography

Meet Brian Storey, the Bird Chasing Shutterbug Chef

Communications Team – June 1, 2020 –

agroecology Farm Sustainable Agriculture

Feeding Our Community

Fred De Long – May 27, 2020 –

Native Plants Stewardship wildflower meadow

Our Native Wildflower Meadow: An Example of How to Heal Nature from Home

Blake Goll – May 27, 2020 –

Conservation Native Plants Stewardship

Rain Gardens – Digging Deeper

Andrew Kirkpatrick – May 26, 2020 –

Bird Conservation Bird ecology Bird Events Conservation Uncategorized

Video – 7 Ways to Give Traveling Birds a Boost – Flappy Hour Recap

Communications Team – May 20, 2020 –

Nature Photography Preserves

Tag the Trust, Win Some Swag!

Communications Team – May 14, 2020 –

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Clean Water Science Pioneer – Ruth Patrick

Watershed Protection Team – May 13, 2020 –

Bird Banding Bird Conservation Motus

Moving Targets

Communications Team – April 29, 2020 –

Conservation General Nature

Seeking the Healing Power of Nature on Earth Day

Bonnie Van Alen – April 22, 2020 –

Stewardship Volunteers

Stewardship Volunteer Program

Mike Cranney – April 20, 2020 –

agroecology Farm Sustainable Agriculture

Plants Want to Live

Fred De Long – April 20, 2020 –

Bird Banding Bird Conservation Birds

How the Trust Helps Birds

Communications Team – April 20, 2020 –

Stewardship Watershed

Marvelous Macroinvertebrates

Watershed Protection Team – April 20, 2020

Watch this video webinar of Lauren McGrath, Director of Watershed Protection, to learn more about the secrets of stream insects...

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U.S. Fish & Wildlife Provides Grant to Track Species of Greatest Concern in Northeast

Bird Conservation Team – April 20, 2020

A major grant gives wings to NE Motus Collaboration.

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Nature Nature Education Rushton Nature Keepers

Nature Escapes for Kids: Create Your Own Headdress

Blake Goll – April 9, 2020

Role playing is such a wonderful way for children to mentally escape and be transported to a different time and...

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Interns, Co-Ops Watershed

Meet Our Newest Watershed Team Members

Watershed Protection Team – April 8, 2020

The Watershed Protection Program is thrilled to introduce the newest members of our team: Evan Hunt, Jules Smith and Zack...

Bird Conservation Rushton Conservation Center

Designing the Future of Motus

Bird Conservation Team – April 6, 2020

Birds are on the ropes in our rapidly changing world. One recent report suggests that North America’s bird populations have declined...

Nature Nature Education Rushton Nature Keepers

Nature Escapes for Kids: Healing Forest Art Walk

Blake Goll – March 26, 2020

"The purpose of art is washing the dust of daily life off our souls. "

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Nature Escapes for Kids: Building Toad Abodes and Heart Space

Blake Goll – March 24, 2020

In doing something as simple as building a place for a toad to rest his head, a child is actually...

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Create Your Own Meadow – Step 3: Preserve

Stewardship Team – March 19, 2020

Early May – Early October: Once your wildflowers are planted, regularly inspect your meadow to ensure that invasive weeds are...

General

Update Regarding COVID-19 (Coronavirus)

Willistown Conservation Trust – March 13, 2020

Last updated 6/8/20 Our hearts go out to all of our friends, visitors and supporters during this unprecedented public health...

Conservation Native Plants Stewardship

Create Your Own Meadow – Step 2: Plant

Stewardship Team – March 3, 2020

Mid April – Early May: Once your wildflower plugs arrive, it may be tempting to lay out plants in neatly...

Conservation Nature Stewardship Volunteers

Announcing Weekly Preserve Workdays

Jspragins – February 25, 2020

We need your help! Willistown Conservation Trust maintains 3 public preserves, soon to be 4! With so much beautiful habitat,...

Conservation Nature Stewardship

Explore Nature at Willistown Conservation Trust’s Preserves

Stewardship Team – February 6, 2020

Did you know that the Willistown Conservation Trust has three preserves that are open to the public year round? This...

Staff Stewardship

A Farewell and a Welcome

Bonnie Van Alen – February 6, 2020

Hello,The recent bittersweet news is that our good friend and colleague, Bill Hartman, has left Willistown Conservation Trust to become...

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Creating Your Own Meadow – Step 1: Prepare

Stewardship Team – February 5, 2020

Depending on the size you want, it’s not too late to plan a meadow for your property. Native wildflowers and...

Conservation Land Protection Nature Stewardship

Behold the Hackberry!

Stewardship Team – January 29, 2020

The Society of Municipal Arborists recently announced its 2020 Tree of the Year. It’s the Hackberry (Celtis occidentalis). This tree...

Conservation Land Protection

The Willistown Conservation Trust Staff and Trustees Mourn a Hero of the Countryside

Jspragins – January 27, 2020

IN MEMORIAM: MRS. J. MAXWELL R. (BETTY) MORAN August 7, 1930 – January 23, 2020 The Willistown countryside lost one...

Conservation Land Protection

What 40 Years of Conserving Land Looks Like

Erik Hetzel – January 15, 2020

For over 40 years, the Trust has been protecting land in the Willistown area. As we head into 2020, the...

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Resolve to Be a Better Human for Birds (i.e., Earth)

Blake Goll – January 10, 2020

This fall, world scientists made a clear and unequivocal declaration in BioScience Magazine that planet Earth is in a climate...

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Conservation Rushton Conservation Center Uncategorized

An Artist’s Thoughts on Conserved Land

Communications Team – December 11, 2019

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With the Spotted Lanternfly it’s Always Squash Season

Communications Team – November 14, 2019

At our most recent free lunch & learn at the Rushton Conservation Center, Meagan Hopkins-Doerr provided a wealth of useful...

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