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

Bird Banding Bird Conservation Bird ecology

The Wings of Change

Blake Goll – September 19, 2020 –

Bird Banding Bird Conservation Bird Events Conservation Motus Nature Owls

Unraveling the Mysteries of Migration with Motus Technology

Kelsey Lingle – September 14, 2020 –

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Conservation Celebration September 21 – 25

Jspragins – September 14, 2020 –

Farm Interns, Co-Ops Sustainable Agriculture

The Wonder Twins

Fred De Long – August 28, 2020 –

Academic Partners Interns, Co-Ops Watershed

Watershed Department Bids Farewell to Drexel Co-ops

Lauren McGrath – August 28, 2020 –

Native Plants native wildflower meadow Stewardship

Planting in Fall

Mike Cranney – August 27, 2020 –

Lunch & Learn Nature Education

“The Secret Life of the Skunk”

Communications Team – August 25, 2020 –

Bird Conservation Motus

Motus Wildlife Tracking System – A Tutorial

Bird Conservation Team – August 10, 2020 –

Farm Tomato Tasting

Tomato Tasting Recipes

Kelsey Lingle – July 22, 2020 –

Conservation Watershed

How to Safely Pick Up Plastic Litter

Lauren McGrath – July 21, 2020 –

Conservation Watershed

Plastic Free July Tips

Lauren McGrath – July 14, 2020 –

Bird Conservation Bird Events Nature

Nesting Birds in Your Yard

Communications Team – July 9, 2020 –

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 –

Nature 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

The Bluebird Keeper

Blake Goll – June 18, 2020 –

agroecology Farm Nature Preserves

Rejuvenation at Rushton Farm!

Communications Team – June 12, 2020 –

Conservation General

Troubled Times – Striving for a Better Future

Communications Team – June 10, 2020 –

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...

Native Plants Stewardship wildflower meadow

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...

Bird Banding Bird Conservation Conservation

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...

bird decline, climate change, climate emergency, food systems, Native Plants, new years resolution, regenerative farming, sustainability

Conservation Rushton Conservation Center

An Artist’s Thoughts on Conserved Land

Communications Team – December 11, 2019

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Conservation Nature Rushton Conservation Center Stewardship

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...

Conservation Land Protection Nature Watershed

12.7 More Acres Conserved Forever

Communications Team – November 11, 2019

The map of permanently conserved land in the Willistown area just got a little greener, thanks to Lawrie Harris. Lawrie...

Land Protection

12.7 More Acres!

Jspragins – November 11, 2019

The map of permanently conserved land in the Willistown area just got a little greener, thanks to Lawrie Harris. Lawrie...

Staff Stewardship

Welcome Andrew Kirkpatrick

Willistown Conservation Trust – October 30, 2019

We are thrilled to have Andrew Kirkpatrick join the Willistown Conservation Trust staff as Associate Director of Stewardship, working with...

Conservation Land Protection Stewardship

Public Notice of Accreditation Renewal

Erik Hetzel – October 25, 2019

The land trust accreditation program recognizes land conservation organizations that meet national quality standards for protecting important natural places and...

Bird Banding Bird Conservation Bird ecology migration

Our 1000th Bird – A Look at the Numbers

Bird Conservation Team – October 25, 2019

At Rushton we do as the birds do and follow their seasons. Each season is unique in its own way,...

Bird Banding Bird Conservation Farm

Community Supported Avifauna

Blake Goll – October 22, 2019

As this was my first year participating in the Rushton Farm CSA, I noticed some interesting correlations between the harvest...

Bird banding, Black-throated Blue warbler, Community supported agriculture, CSA, fall migration, Scarlet Tanager, Sustainable Agriculture

Conservation Nature Preserves Stewardship Watershed

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...

Bird Conservation Bird ecology migration

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...

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