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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
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
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Saving Open Space

Communications Team – November 3, 2024
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Impactful Giving

Communications Team – November 3, 2024

Meet WCT’s 2022 Seasonal Interns
Education Interns, Co-Ops

Meet WCT’s 2022 Seasonal Interns

Communications Team – June 29, 2022
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 Two Streams
Nature Science Watershed

The Tale of Two Streams

Anna Willig – June 25, 2022
Every four weeks, the Watershed Protection Program heads over to East Goshen to visit two branches of Ridley Creek near...
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A Cycle of Give and Take
Nature Watershed

A Cycle of Give and Take

Watershed Protection Team – June 24, 2022
By Watershed Protection Program Co-Op Sarah Busby Within our streams, there are many players that work to create a functioning,...
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Beavers Beyond the Dam
Nature Watershed

Beavers Beyond the Dam

Watershed Protection Team – June 22, 2022
By Watershed Protection Program Co-Op Catherine Quinn Beavers are known and loved as one of North America’s favorite stream architects....
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Wetlands & Bogs: Aquatic Ecosystems Undercover
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Wetlands & Bogs: Aquatic Ecosystems Undercover

Watershed Protection Team – June 21, 2022
By Watershed Protection Program Co-Op Catherine Quinn Wetlands are a critical ecosystem in the protection of our watersheds. But what...
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Welcome to Willistown Conservation Trust’s 2022 Creek Week Sponsored by Aqua!
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Welcome to Willistown Conservation Trust’s 2022 Creek Week Sponsored by Aqua!

Lauren McGrath – June 20, 2022
Established in 2017 through a generous grant from the William Penn Foundation, the Watershed Protection Program Team has been working...
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Advocacy Alert! PA Growing Greener Would Invest Millions in Conservation and Outdoor Recreation
Conservation Land Protection Nature Stewardship

Advocacy Alert! PA Growing Greener Would Invest Millions in Conservation and Outdoor Recreation

Kate Etherington – June 1, 2022
Dear Friends and Neighbors, Currently, there is a proposal in the Pennsylvania General Assembly called Growing Greener 3, and its funding affects...
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Rushton Nature Keepers: Inspiring tomorrow’s conservationists
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Rushton Nature Keepers: Inspiring tomorrow’s conservationists

Blake Goll – May 31, 2022
In the midst of today’s chaotic pace and uncertainty, children need more than ever those timeless moments in nature...
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environmentaleducation, kidsandnature
Step Back in Time with Owen McGoldrick
Conservation Education Film Land Protection Nature Preserves Photography

Step Back in Time with Owen McGoldrick

CommIntern – May 24, 2022
All photos are currently on display and for sale in the Rushton Conservation Center, May 17 - August 28. INTRODUCTION...
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WCT Update: Promising News about Kirkwood Farm
Conservation Land Protection

WCT Update: Promising News about Kirkwood Farm

Kate Etherington – April 14, 2022
Dear Friends and Neighbors, Last month, I shared with you that Kirkwood Farm — a 218-acre parcel in the heart...
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Rushton Woods Banding Station Annual Songbird Banding Report 2021
Bird Banding Bird Conservation Uncategorized

Rushton Woods Banding Station Annual Songbird Banding Report 2021

Bird Conservation Team – April 7, 2022
By Alison Fetterman, Bird Conservation Associate & Northeast Motus Project Manager and Blake Goll, Education Programs Manager In April 2021,...
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Open Space and Water Quality | Lessons Learned from Three Years of Stream Monitoring
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Open Space and Water Quality | Lessons Learned from Three Years of Stream Monitoring

Watershed Protection Team – April 7, 2022
By Anna Willig, Watershed Conservation Associate and Lauren McGrath, Director of Watershed Protection Program Since 2018, the Watershed Protection Program...
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WCT Update on Rock Hill Farm
Conservation Land Protection

WCT Update on Rock Hill Farm

Kate Etherington – March 18, 2022
Dear Friends and Neighbors, I am writing to you once again with another important land protection update.  As many of...
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Women in Agriculture: Testimonials from Rushton Farmers
agroecology Farm Interns, Co-Ops Staff

Women in Agriculture: Testimonials from Rushton Farmers

Molly Clark – March 7, 2022
In honor of Women's History Month, we are going to hear from the women farmers -- previous staff, interns, and...
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Women in Agriculture: The Future of Sustainable Farming
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Women in Agriculture: The Future of Sustainable Farming

Molly Clark – March 7, 2022
Women’s history month is an excellent time to draw attention to the significant, yet historically underappreciated, role that women play...
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Rethinking Lawns: Fighting Climate Change with Native Plants
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Rethinking Lawns: Fighting Climate Change with Native Plants

CommIntern – February 28, 2022
By Monica McQuail, Willistown Conservation Trust Communications Specialist Photos by Blake Goll, Willistown Conservation Trust Education Programs Manager With the...
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WCT Update on Kirkwood Farm
Conservation Land Protection

WCT Update on Kirkwood Farm

Kate Etherington – February 24, 2022
Dear Friends and Neighbors, For over 25 years, land protection has been the core of Willistown Conservation Trust’s (WCT) mission....
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The Rhythm of Winged Creatures
Bird Banding Bird Conservation

The Rhythm of Winged Creatures

Blake Goll – February 9, 2022
Rushton Farm Bird Banding Station | Annual Year in Review 2021
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Bird banding, Bird Conservation, migration, regenerative farming, songbirds
The Trust Teams up with Project Plastic at Ashbridge Preserve to Clean Up Microplastics Using Innovative Device: The Plastic Hunter
Science Watershed

The Trust Teams up with Project Plastic at Ashbridge Preserve to Clean Up Microplastics Using Innovative Device: The Plastic Hunter

CommIntern – February 1, 2022
Last year we learned that Microplastic Pollution is No Small Problem, after our Watershed Protection Program discovered the dangerous presence...
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The Trust Receives 525K from DCNR for Land Conservation
Land Protection

The Trust Receives 525K from DCNR for Land Conservation

CommIntern – January 4, 2022
We have exciting news to share! The Trust will soon receive two grants from PA DCNR to further land conservation...
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