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

Nature Nature Education Rushton Nature Keepers

Nature Escapes for Kids: Healing Forest Art Walk

Blake Goll – March 26, 2020 –

Nature Nature Education Rushton Nature Keepers

Nature Escapes for Kids: Building Toad Abodes and Heart Space

Blake Goll – March 24, 2020 –

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Create Your Own Meadow – Step 3: Preserve

Stewardship Team – March 19, 2020 –

General

Update Regarding COVID-19 (Coronavirus)

Willistown Conservation Trust – March 13, 2020 –

Conservation Native Plants Stewardship

Create Your Own Meadow – Step 2: Plant

Stewardship Team – March 3, 2020 –

Conservation Nature Stewardship Volunteers

Announcing Weekly Preserve Workdays

Jspragins – February 25, 2020 –

Conservation Native Plants Nature Stewardship

Explore Nature at Willistown Conservation Trust’s Preserves

Stewardship Team – February 6, 2020 –

Staff Stewardship

A Farewell and a Welcome

Bonnie Van Alen – February 6, 2020 –

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Creating Your Own Meadow – Step 1: Prepare

Stewardship Team – February 5, 2020 –

Conservation Land Protection Nature Stewardship

Behold the Hackberry!

Stewardship Team – January 29, 2020 –

Conservation Land Protection

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

Jspragins – January 27, 2020 –

Conservation Land Protection

What 40 Years of Conserving Land Looks Like

Erik Hetzel – January 15, 2020 –

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

Blake Goll – January 10, 2020 –

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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 –

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12.7 More Acres Conserved Forever

Communications Team – November 11, 2019 –

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Welcome Andrew Kirkpatrick

Willistown Conservation Trust – October 30, 2019 –

Conservation Land Protection Stewardship

Public Notice of Accreditation Renewal

Erik Hetzel – October 25, 2019 –

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Our 1000th Bird – A Look at the Numbers

Bird Conservation Team – October 25, 2019 –

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Community Supported Avifauna

Blake Goll – October 22, 2019 –

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Volunteers Plant 300 Trees To Improve Ridley Creek Watershed

Lauren McGrath – October 18, 2019 –

As the sun rose over the meadow that was formerly Ashbridge Lake on October 4, the first of our three...

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First Birds Nanotagged at Rushton Woods Detected by Chesapeake Bay Motus Tower

Bird Conservation Team – October 14, 2019 –

Exciting news! The first birds ever to be fitted with Motus nanotags at Rushton Woods Preserve have been detected by...

Conservation Native Plants Nature Stewardship Watershed

Variety is the Essence of Life

Stewardship Team – October 7, 2019 –

The old saying goes that variety is the spice of life. In nature, variety is the very essence of life....

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Using Motus and Rushton to Study the Wood Thrush

Bird Conservation Team – October 2, 2019 –

The flutelike song of the wood thrush is emblematic of summer mornings at Rushton Woods Preserve. Unfortunately, both the wood thrush...

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Shocking Report Illustrates the Importance of Land Protection

Bonnie Van Alen – September 20, 2019 –

Yesterday an alarming study in the journal Science was released, which detailed the dramatic and shocking decline of birds in...

Conservation Native Plants Nature Stewardship Watershed

Riparian Buffer Planting – Step 3. Preserve

Stewardship Team – September 20, 2019 –

The final blog post in our series of 3 is designed to help you plant native trees and shrubs in...

Conservation Native Plants Nature Stewardship Watershed

Riparian Buffer Planting – Step 2. Plant

Stewardship Team – September 18, 2019 –

Welcome to the second in a series of 3 blog posts to help you plant native trees and shrubs in...

Conservation Native Plants Stewardship Watershed

Riparian Buffer Planting – Step 1. Prepare

Stewardship Team – September 16, 2019 –

This is the first in a series of 3 blog posts to help you plant native trees and shrubs in...

Bird Banding Bird Events migration

Somewhere Over the Rainbow

Blake Goll – September 13, 2019 –

You smile as the familiar catbird belts out its harsh petition for the sun to rise now. Above you, a...

Bird banding, fall bird migration

Conservation Native Plants Stewardship Watershed

Why Riparian Buffers are So Important & How You Can Help Them

Stewardship Team – September 13, 2019 –

The areas surrounding streams, known as riparian buffers, are critical to the protection and health of these precious water resources....

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The Farm Crew

Fred De Long – September 5, 2019 –

This past week we welcomed back the Haverford Crew Team for their annual workday at Rushton Farm. It was their...

Bird Banding Bird Conservation migration

Southbound

Blake Goll – September 2, 2019 –

They grace us with their stunning tropical colors and songs for just a few months before their restless souls are...

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Getting the Band Back Together

Bird Conservation Team – August 29, 2019 –

Fall migration is just around the corner. And that means the banding station at Rushton Woods Preserve will be back...

Conservation Land Protection

What is a Conservation Easement?

Erik Hetzel – August 27, 2019 –

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

Fred De Long – August 20, 2019 –

At first glance, Rushton Farm looks like your traditional example of small-scale intensive sustainable agriculture. Crops sit nestled within the landscape...

Interns, Co-Ops Stewardship

Meet Laryssa Terleckyj, our Stewardship Intern

Jspragins – July 30, 2019 –

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

Watershed Protection Team – July 23, 2019 –

Single-use cutlery, food containers, and straws are used for a few minutes and discarded to remain in the environment forever....

Farm Sustainable Agriculture

Water, water everywhere and lots and lots to drink

Fred De Long – July 19, 2019 –

WaEvery so often, a visitor or volunteer at the farm will ask if the water from our well is “safe”...

Conservation Nature Stewardship Watershed

Choose to refuse single-use coffee cups

Watershed Protection Team – July 16, 2019 –

Plastic and paper coffee cups are not recyclable in most locations. Even ‘compostable’ cups are rarely composted as they require...

Farm Sustainable Agriculture

Meet Henry’s Garden

Fred De Long – July 16, 2019 –

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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