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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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Rushton Woods Banding Station – 2024 Year in Review

Lindsey McQuiston – May 16, 2025
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Beavers return to Ashbridge Preserve

Lindsey McQuiston – May 16, 2025
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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
Watershed

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

Watershed Holiday Gift Guide
Watershed

Watershed Holiday Gift Guide

Watershed Protection Team – December 20, 2022
Check out some of our favorite watershed-themed gifts by clicking the photos to shop! And don't forget to shop local!...
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Help Keep our Drinking Water Clean by Reducing Salt Pollution
Education Watershed

Help Keep our Drinking Water Clean by Reducing Salt Pollution

Anna Willig – December 15, 2022
By WCT Conservation Research and Data Specialist Anna WilligCover Photo by Jennifer Mathes Salt levels, often measured as chloride concentration,...
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Capturing a Snapshot of Darby Creek
Conservation Nature Science Volunteers Watershed

Capturing a Snapshot of Darby Creek

Anna Willig – December 7, 2022
By WCT Conservation Research and Data Specialist Anna Willig  At the beginning of November, the Watershed Protection Program at Willistown...
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Market in the Meadow Vegetarian Chili Recipe
Rushton Conservation Center Sustainable Agriculture Volunteers

Market in the Meadow Vegetarian Chili Recipe

Communications Team – December 6, 2022
This recipe comes from What's Gaby Cooking.Cover photo by Jennifer Mathes You all loved our Vegetarian Chili from Market in...
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My Conservation Journey: A Tale of Two Countries
Bird Banding Bird Conservation Conservation Nature Staff

My Conservation Journey: A Tale of Two Countries

Bird Conservation Team – December 1, 2022
By WCT Bird Conservation Associate Phillys N. GichuruCover Photo by Jennifer Mathes My first memorable conservation experience was when, as...
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Fish Shocking
Education Science Staff Volunteers Watershed

Fish Shocking

Lauren McGrath – November 29, 2022
On Saturday, October 22, the Watershed Protection Program joined scientists from the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University’s Fisheries...
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Chester County Commissioners, PA DCNR, Willistown Conservation Trust, and Willistown Township Celebrate 12-Acre Addition to Kirkwood Preserve
Conservation Land Protection Nature Preserves Stewardship Trails

Chester County Commissioners, PA DCNR, Willistown Conservation Trust, and Willistown Township Celebrate 12-Acre Addition to Kirkwood Preserve

CommIntern – November 2, 2022
Photo from L to R: Julie Graham (WCT), Drew Gilchrist (PA DCNR), Judy Thomas (Chester County Parks & Preservation), Jeanne...
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Your Voice is Valued! Help us Complete Our DEI Audit so Our Organization can Improve its Practices
Staff

Your Voice is Valued! Help us Complete Our DEI Audit so Our Organization can Improve its Practices

Communications Team – October 31, 2022
Cover Photo by Jennifer Mathes In 2020 Willistown Conservation Trust made a renewed commitment to its Diversity, Equity and Inclusion...
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2022 Lenape Sojourn
Conservation Education Land Protection

2022 Lenape Sojourn

Lauren McGrath – September 29, 2022
By Watershed Protection Program Director Lauren McGrath; Photos by Kate Etherington On August 16, 2022, Executive Director Kate Etherington and...
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State of Our Streams Report Chapter 4: Alkalinity and Hardness
Education Science Watershed

State of Our Streams Report Chapter 4: Alkalinity and Hardness

Watershed Protection Team – August 24, 2022
By Anna Willig and Lauren McGrath | Willistown Conservation Trust Watershed Protection Program Cover Photo by Jennifer Mathes Since 2018, the...
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State of Our Streams Report Chapter 3: Specific Conductivity, Chloride, and Nutrients
Education Science Watershed

State of Our Streams Report Chapter 3: Specific Conductivity, Chloride, and Nutrients

CommIntern – August 17, 2022
By Anna Willig and Lauren McGrath | Willistown Conservation Trust Watershed Protection Program Cover Photo by Jennifer Mathes Since 2018, the...
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State of Our Streams Report Chapter 2: Physical Stream Parameters
Science Watershed

State of Our Streams Report Chapter 2: Physical Stream Parameters

Watershed Protection Team – August 10, 2022
By Anna Willig and Lauren McGrath | Willistown Conservation Trust Watershed Protection Program Cover Photo by the Watershed Protection Team Since...
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State of Our Streams Report Chapter 1: Introduction and Basic Stream Parameters
Science Watershed

State of Our Streams Report Chapter 1: Introduction and Basic Stream Parameters

Watershed Protection Team – August 3, 2022
By Anna Willig and Lauren McGrath | Willistown Conservation Trust Watershed Protection Program Cover Photo by Jennifer Mathes The focus...
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Rushton Farm’s First Purple Martins
Bird Banding Bird Conservation Farm

Rushton Farm’s First Purple Martins

Aaron Coolman – July 28, 2022
Purple Martins at the Rushton Farm hotel this spring. Photo by Aaron Coolman Eight years ago, our Bird Conservation Program...
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Project Plastic and the Hunt for Microplastics
Nature Science Watershed

Project Plastic and the Hunt for Microplastics

Watershed Protection Team – July 27, 2022
By Amy Amatya of Project Plastic Some of the greatest challenges humanity faces today — pandemics, climate change, water contamination...
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Plastic Free July Local Lessons from The Przybylowski Family
Plastic Free July

Plastic Free July Local Lessons from The Przybylowski Family

Communications Team – July 22, 2022
During this year’s Plastic Free July, the Trust is committing to going plastic free and highlighting tips and tricks to...
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Microplastics: The ever present contaminant
Education Plastic Free July Watershed

Microplastics: The ever present contaminant

Watershed Protection Team – July 20, 2022
By Watershed Protection Program Co-Op Vincent Liu Large-scale plastic production has been around since the 1950s, and while plastics existed...
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Reducing Single-Use Plastics | What You Can Do to Help
Education Plastic Free July

Reducing Single-Use Plastics | What You Can Do to Help

CommIntern – July 14, 2022
By Outreach & Communications Intern Niya MossCover Photo by Jennifer Mathes Most people find single-use plastics simple and convenient, but...
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Save the Humans! | The Dangers of Plastic Pollution
Education Plastic Free July

Save the Humans! | The Dangers of Plastic Pollution

CommIntern – July 13, 2022
By Outreach & Communications Intern Niya Moss When people think of plastic pollution, their first thought is usually “save the...
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The Burden of Expanding Plastic Production and Use: A Great Product or a Horrific Product? Your Choice
Education Plastic Free July Watershed

The Burden of Expanding Plastic Production and Use: A Great Product or a Horrific Product? Your Choice

Watershed Protection Team – July 13, 2022
By Carol L. Armstrong, Ph.D., ABN, Friends of Heinz Refuge, Board of DirectorsCover Photo by Jennifer Mathes Did you know...
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