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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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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
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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
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Saving Open Space

Communications Team – November 3, 2024
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Impactful Giving

Communications Team – November 3, 2024

The Human Dimension: A Novel Approach to Conservation
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The Human Dimension: A Novel Approach to Conservation

Aaron Coolman – April 29, 2024
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
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Water You Waiting For? Dive into Macroinvertebrates and Stream Health

Watershed Protection Team – April 29, 2024
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
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Lessons from Rushton Farm

Willistown Conservation Trust – April 29, 2024
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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Birds as Barometers of Ecosystem Health Rushton Woods Banding Station Year in Review 2023
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Birds as Barometers of Ecosystem Health Rushton Woods Banding Station Year in Review 2023

Bird Conservation Team – April 29, 2024
By Alison Fetterman, Avian Conservation Biologist and Blake Goll, Education Programs Manager Introduction | As field biologists living in a...
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WCT Preserves Watson Easement
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WCT Preserves Watson Easement

Erik Hetzel – January 17, 2024
On December 5, 2023, WCT accepted its first-ever donation of a conservation easement on a property located in Radnor Township,...
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Ashbridge Tree Planting
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Ashbridge Tree Planting

Anna Willig – January 3, 2024
The end of the year marks the end of the planting stage of the Ashbridge Tree Planting. Since 2019, generous...
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Partnership Update
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Partnership Update

Anna Willig – January 3, 2024
The Darby Creek Community Science Monitoring Program (DCCS) is a collaborative project between Willistown Conservation Trust, Darby Creek Valley Association...
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The Season of Giving
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The Season of Giving

Communications Team – November 20, 2023
Make a smart investment The end of the year is a great time to reflect upon the organizations in your...
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Reversing the Decline of Grassland Birds in Chester County
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Reversing the Decline of Grassland Birds in Chester County

Zoe Warner – October 30, 2023
While the sun is still below the horizon, the Eastern Meadowlark’s lilting song floats over the field, seeooaa seeadoo, slowly...
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Reflecting on a Summer at Rushton Farm
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Reflecting on a Summer at Rushton Farm

Willistown Conservation Trust – October 30, 2023
Fresh out of college, my first venture into the ‘real world’ has likely looked different than that of plenty of...
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COMING SOON: Kestrel Hill Preserve
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COMING SOON: Kestrel Hill Preserve

Willistown Conservation Trust – October 30, 2023
A new 90-acre nature preserve at Kirkwood Farm While the price to acquire the land was high, all agreed resoundingly...
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Diatoms Illustrate How Land Use Can Alter Stream Health in Ridley Creek
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Diatoms Illustrate How Land Use Can Alter Stream Health in Ridley Creek

Sarah Barker – October 30, 2023
Diatoms are a single celled algae which form the foundation of stream ecosystems; they provide oxygen through photosynthesis, and act...
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Twenty Acres of Woodland Habitat Conserved
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Twenty Acres of Woodland Habitat Conserved

Erik Hetzel – October 30, 2023
In October 2023 longtime resident and Willistown Conservation Trust (WCT) supporter Beverly Hattersley generously granted a conservation easement on her...
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Kirkwood Steps Up!
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Kirkwood Steps Up!

Andrew Kirkpatrick – October 30, 2023
Willistown Conservation Trust’s (WCT) Kirkwood Preserve boasts a rich tapestry of wide-open meadows, a meandering creek, wooded slopes, and riparian...
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Watershed Co-ops Independent Projects
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Watershed Co-ops Independent Projects

Watershed Protection Team – September 27, 2023
As we look back on the summer, we are so proud of the independent projects that Sarah and Sally have...
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Lose the Lawn
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Lose the Lawn

Andrew Kirkpatrick – August 24, 2023
Earlier this year, the Trust received the exciting news that we had received a grant from the Pennsylvania Department of...
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PolyGone Systems | Eliminating Plastic from our Waterways at Ashbridge Preserve
Plastic Free July Watershed

PolyGone Systems | Eliminating Plastic from our Waterways at Ashbridge Preserve

Watershed Protection Team – July 25, 2023
By Daelin Brown, PolyGone SystemsThere are somewhere between 83 and 358 trillion plastic particles floating around the world in our...
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How to Make Your Own Native Terrarium
Native Plants Nature Plastic Free July

How to Make Your Own Native Terrarium

Watershed Protection Team – July 18, 2023
By Sarah Barker Terrariums are a fun and easy way to engage with the environment. It only takes one afternoon...
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Let’s Go Plastic Free — In Community
Plastic Free July Watershed

Let’s Go Plastic Free — In Community

Watershed Protection Team – July 5, 2023
By Pam Kosty Most of us know: plastic, especially single-use plastic, is a big problem in our world today. And...
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Meet WCT’s 2023 Seasonal Interns
Education Interns, Co-Ops

Meet WCT’s 2023 Seasonal Interns

Communications Team – June 29, 2023
Internships are an integral part of Willistown Conservation Trust’s (WCT) work. Each year, hardworking students join our team and bring...
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