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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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A Love Letter to the American River Otter

Watershed Protection Team – June 14, 2025
Uncategorized

Testing the Waters (Literally!) of a Water Chemistry Career

Watershed Protection Team – June 13, 2025
Watershed

Reading the Riparian Zones: What Trees Reveal About Watersheds

Watershed Protection Team – June 12, 2025
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Secrets of a Photosynthetic Powerhouse: Diatoms in Detail

Watershed Protection Team – June 11, 2025
Watershed

Mighty Microbes: Microalgae and Their Many Gifts

Watershed Protection Team – June 10, 2025
Watershed

Still Waters Run Deep – With Plastic: The Pervasive Particles in our Watersheds

Watershed Protection Team – June 9, 2025
Uncategorized

Welcome to Creek Week 2025!

Watershed Protection Team – June 8, 2025
Land Protection

Willistown Conservation Trust Accreditation Renewal Public Notice

Willistown Conservation Trust – June 5, 2025
Uncategorized

Rushton Woods Banding Station – 2024 Year in Review

Bird Conservation Team – May 16, 2025
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Beavers return to Ashbridge Preserve

Watershed Protection Team – May 16, 2025
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Transforming a Community

Mike Cranney – May 16, 2025
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Rushton Farm: A Recipe for Change

Molly Clark – May 16, 2025
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Beauty in the Brambles: A Primer for Seeing Your Wild Shrub Habitat in a New Light

Blake Goll – May 16, 2025
Uncategorized

WCT Receives “Protect Your Drinking Water” Grant

Kate Etherington – April 23, 2025
Watershed

Freeze-thaw Erosion

Sarah Barker – March 17, 2025
Uncategorized

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

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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The Tale of Charlie Woodscomb: a True Beaver Pioneer
Watershed

The Tale of Charlie Woodscomb: a True Beaver Pioneer

Watershed Protection Team – June 29, 2023
By Watershed Protection Program Co-op Sarah Barker Deep in the sleepy haze of a deciduous forest dawn, between bowing black...
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Northern Snakehead: A Voracious Predatory Invasive
Watershed

Northern Snakehead: A Voracious Predatory Invasive

Watershed Protection Team – June 28, 2023
By Watershed Protection Program Co-op Sally Ehlers The northern snakehead (Channa argus) is a type of fish that is originally...
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Willistown Conservation Trust and Natural Lands Receive $25,000 from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology to Reverse the Decline of Grassland Birds in Chester County
Bird Banding Bird Conservation Conservation Motus Nature Preserves

Willistown Conservation Trust and Natural Lands Receive $25,000 from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology to Reverse the Decline of Grassland Birds in Chester County

CommIntern – June 28, 2023
The land trusts will promote land management practices that benefit the Bobolink, Eastern Meadowlark, and Grasshopper Sparrow Eastern Meadowlark captured...
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The Tiny Invader: New Zealand Mudsnails in Pennsylvania
Watershed

The Tiny Invader: New Zealand Mudsnails in Pennsylvania

Watershed Protection Team – June 27, 2023
By Watershed Protection Program Co-op Sally Ehlers Have you ever heard of the New Zealand mudsnail (Potamopyrgus antipodarum)? These tiny...
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Biofilms: Underdog Ecosystem Engineers
Watershed

Biofilms: Underdog Ecosystem Engineers

Watershed Protection Team – June 26, 2023
By Watershed Protection Program Co-op Sarah Barker Biofilms are all around us! Often thought of as pests in any environment...
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A Microcosm of Macroinvertebrates
Watershed

A Microcosm of Macroinvertebrates

Anna Willig – June 25, 2023
By Watershed Conservation Research and Data Specialist Anna Willig Aquatic macroinvertebrates — animals without a backbone that are visible to...
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Taking the Temperature of Local Streams
Watershed

Taking the Temperature of Local Streams

Anna Willig – June 24, 2023
By Watershed Conservation Research and Data Specialist Anna Willig One of the most basic, yet most critical, aspects of stream...
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Welcome to Creek Week 2023!
Watershed

Welcome to Creek Week 2023!

Lauren McGrath – June 23, 2023
By Watershed Protection Program Director Lauren McGrath Welcome to Willistown Conservation Trust’s 2023 Creek Week! We are so excited to...
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Willistown Conservation Trust to Establish a Public Preserve on Recently Sold Kirkwood Farm Property
Conservation Land Protection

Willistown Conservation Trust to Establish a Public Preserve on Recently Sold Kirkwood Farm Property

Communications Team – June 7, 2023
A conservation outcome for Kirkwood Farm has been guaranteed, thanks to Willistown Conservation Trust who — with support from conservation...
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An Intro to Easement Monitoring
Land Protection Stewardship

An Intro to Easement Monitoring

Andrew Kirkpatrick – May 30, 2023
By Stewardship Director Andrew Kirkpatrick Every fall, the Stewardship Team heads out to monitor all of our conservation easements. In...
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