News, ideas, questions, and observations from Willistown Conservation Trust Staff as we use local conservation to make a broad impact.
Shocking Report Illustrates the Importance of Land Protection
Yesterday an alarming study in the journal Science was released, which detailed the dramatic and shocking decline of birds in...
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Riparian Buffer Planting – Step 3. Preserve
The final blog post in our series of 3 is designed to help you plant native trees and shrubs in...
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Riparian Buffer Planting – Step 2. Plant
Welcome to the second in a series of 3 blog posts to help you plant native trees and shrubs in...
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Riparian Buffer Planting – Step 1. Prepare
This is the first in a series of 3 blog posts to help you plant native trees and shrubs in...
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Somewhere Over the Rainbow
You smile as the familiar catbird belts out its harsh petition for the sun to rise now. Above you, a...
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Why Riparian Buffers are So Important & How You Can Help Them
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
This past week we welcomed back the Haverford Crew Team for their annual workday at Rushton Farm. It was their...
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Southbound
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
Fall migration is just around the corner. And that means the banding station at Rushton Woods Preserve will be back...
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What is a Conservation Easement?
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
At first glance, Rushton Farm looks like your traditional example of small-scale intensive sustainable agriculture. Crops sit nestled within the landscape...
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Meet Laryssa Terleckyj, our Stewardship Intern
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
Single-use cutlery, food containers, and straws are used for a few minutes and discarded to remain in the environment forever....
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Water, water everywhere and lots and lots to drink
WaEvery so often, a visitor or volunteer at the farm will ask if the water from our well is “safe”...
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Choose to refuse single-use coffee cups
Plastic and paper coffee cups are not recyclable in most locations. Even ‘compostable’ cups are rarely composted as they require...
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Meet Henry’s Garden
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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BYOB – Bring your own BAG
The average family accumulates about 60 plastic bags in only four trips to the grocery store. The majority of these...
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New Trees Breathe New Life into Ailing Streamside Meadow
In the haze of a steamy May morning, a team of volunteers, students, and Trust staff met in the dewy,...
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Back to School: Banding a purple martin colony
About a 15-minute drive from Willistown Conservation Trust are the Glen Mills Schools (GMS). While this private institution is closed...
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Welcome to the Rushton Conservation Center
Here at Willistown Conservation Trust, we take our commitment to protecting the land very seriously. Over the past fifteen years,...
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