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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

Beaver Business
Nature Preserves Science Watershed

Beaver Business

Anna Willig – January 4, 2022
Please Note: The Watershed Protection Team is excited to welcome our newest team member and encourages all visitors to keep...
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Bird Conservation Group Receives Funding from U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to Track Important Migratory Routes along the Northeast
Bird Conservation Motus

Bird Conservation Group Receives Funding from U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to Track Important Migratory Routes along the Northeast

CommIntern – December 1, 2021
The ability of scientists to track migrating animals as small as hummingbirds and butterflies along the Atlantic Coast will take...
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Willistown Conservation Trust and Delchester Group Inc. Partner to Permanently Protect 16 Acres on Grubbs Mill Road
Conservation Land Protection

Willistown Conservation Trust and Delchester Group Inc. Partner to Permanently Protect 16 Acres on Grubbs Mill Road

CommIntern – November 22, 2021
Of the 16 acres, nine will be added to the Trust’s Kirkwood Preserve Willistown Conservation Trust is pleased to announce...
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Connecting Students to Bird Conservation
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Connecting Students to Bird Conservation

Blake Goll – November 17, 2021
I had the fortune to connect with a group of such educators who dedicated time during the pandemic to exploring...
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AIM Academy, Bird boxes, Bird Conservation, environmental education
A Macroinvertebrate’s Thanksgiving Feast
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A Macroinvertebrate’s Thanksgiving Feast

Anna Willig – November 16, 2021
Each fall, trees provide a veritable Thanksgiving Feast for aquatic macroinvertebrates. They spend the whole spring and summer preparing this...
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A Suburban Nature Lover Seeks Legacy Easement to Protect Her Native Plant Oasis
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A Suburban Nature Lover Seeks Legacy Easement to Protect Her Native Plant Oasis

Blake Goll – October 25, 2021
By Blake Goll, Education Programs Manager and Erik Hetzel, Director of Land Protection Photos by Blake Goll Meandering along the...
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A Rushton Nature Keeper “Graduate” Restores Historic Bluebird Trail to Willistown
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A Rushton Nature Keeper “Graduate” Restores Historic Bluebird Trail to Willistown

Blake Goll – October 25, 2021
By Education Programs Manager Blake Goll Photos by Blake Goll Almost ten years ago, a little girl named Siana Christaldi...
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Volunteer Spotlight: Eagle Scout Will Hetzel Leads Troop 106 in Building Bog Bridges at Ashbridge Preserve
Staff Stewardship Trails Volunteers

Volunteer Spotlight: Eagle Scout Will Hetzel Leads Troop 106 in Building Bog Bridges at Ashbridge Preserve

Andrew Kirkpatrick – October 25, 2021
By Director of Stewardship Andrew Kirkpatrick Photos by Director of Land Protection Erik Hetzel It has been over five years...
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Honoring Bonnie’s Legacy and Looking to Willistown Conservation Trust’s Future
General Land Protection Staff

Honoring Bonnie’s Legacy and Looking to Willistown Conservation Trust’s Future

CommIntern – October 5, 2021
Within the ever growing area of Chester County lies a hidden swath of land that sits in stark contrast to...
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Flooding 102
Watershed

Flooding 102

Anna Willig – August 30, 2021
Flooding 102 Last week we looked at the basics of flooding, learning about what constitutes a flood and how floods...
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Flooding 101
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Flooding 101

Anna Willig – August 23, 2021
As we approach the last few weeks of summer heat and humidity, we approach peak seasons for thunderstorms and flooding....
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pollution
Shining a Light on a Different Type of Stream Pollution
Conservation Education Land Protection Science Watershed

Shining a Light on a Different Type of Stream Pollution

Zack Smith – August 11, 2021
Lights are everywhere around us and have many uses, often at night, that benefit our health and safety. We put...
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pollution
Wildflowers at our Nature Preserves
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Wildflowers at our Nature Preserves

CommIntern – July 8, 2021
Across all of our preserves and properties, Willistown Conservation Trust boasts unique habitat supporting a wide variety of native wildflowers....
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Native Alternatives to Invasive Plants
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Native Alternatives to Invasive Plants

Andrew Kirkpatrick – July 6, 2021
Every time I walk into a nursery or big box store I feel a great temptation to purchase the prettiest...
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Microplastic Pollution is No Small Problem
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Microplastic Pollution is No Small Problem

Zack Smith – June 30, 2021
By Zack Smith Mankind’s mass production and consumption of plastic has reached all corners of our globe, from the depths...
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Plastic Free July: Tips from the Trust
Plastic Free July Staff

Plastic Free July: Tips from the Trust

CommIntern – June 30, 2021
Planning Plastic Free Events This year, in honor of Plastic Free July, consider throwing a Plastic Free 4th of July...
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Plastic Free July Resources
Plastic Free July Watershed

Plastic Free July Resources

Watershed Protection Team – June 30, 2021
Watch A Plastic Ocean | You may remember this documentary from our film presentation - it's now available on Netflix!Plastic...
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WCT Goes Plastic Free!
Plastic Free July Staff

WCT Goes Plastic Free!

CommIntern – June 30, 2021
This month of July, the entire staff of Willistown Conservation Trust is taking the challenge to go plastic free for...
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Creek Week: Harmful Algae Blooms
Nature Science

Creek Week: Harmful Algae Blooms

Watershed Protection Team – June 25, 2021
The arrival of warm weather means summer is coming and peak swimming season is right around the corner. However, when...
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Creek Week: Agricultural Grazing & Its Impact on Streams
Nature Science Watershed

Creek Week: Agricultural Grazing & Its Impact on Streams

Watershed Protection Team – June 24, 2021
Headwaters throughout the United States constantly face many pressures that threaten their integrity. New housing developments, new roads, yards and...
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