News, ideas, questions, and observations from Willistown Conservation Trust Staff as we use local conservation to make a broad impact.
The Campaign for Rushton Woods Preserve
THE NEED HAS NEVER BEEN GREATERFor over forty years, land conservation has been a primary focus of our mission resulting...
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Nature at Night: Native Plants for Your Landscape
What if you treated your backyard as a piece of the larger mosaic of a habitat and added native plants...
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Willistown Conservation Trust Welcomes 12 Student Interns This Season
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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VOLUNTEER SPOTLIGHT: Joan Swirsky
Since the Willistown Conservation Trust (WCT) stewardship team began our weekly volunteer days last year, Joan has been our most...
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Sharpen Your Knife Skills for Spring Cooking!
We are thrilled to welcome chef Donna Laveran back to the Rushton Conservation Center and resume our sustainable cooking series!...
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American Woodcock
American Woodcock. Photo by Mike Rosengarten. American Woodcock (Scolopax Minor) An Interview with Lisa Williams, Ruffed Grouse, American Woodcock, and Webless...
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Nature at Night: Ornithology 101 (Part 1&2)
Join Blake Goll, Education Programs Manager, for a virtual two-part session that introduces the study of birds. We will begin...
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The Wonderful Women of Willistown!
Celebrating Women in Conservation: Past, Present, and Future Willistown Conservation Trust Co-Founders Alice Hausmann and Bonnie Van Alen. This March...
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For the Love of Birds
Join Blake Goll, Education Programs Manager, for a virtual session that introduced birds through the lens of why we love...
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Nature at Night: Let’s Get Growing!
Join the Rushton Farm Staff for an informative look at starting seeds for the upcoming season. We will look at...
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The Bees of Rushton Farm: A Pollinator Perspective on Willistown Conservation Trust & Environmental Education
One Sunny midsummer day in 2012 on Rushton Farm, the bees decided to swarm. Noah, a certified apiarist--and the sustainable...
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Flappy Hour: Black Vultures in the Backyard
We are excited to welcome Bracken Brown, Biologist-Naturalist at Hawk Mountain Sanctuary, to join us and discuss the Black Vulture....
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Road Salt and Its Impact on Fresh Water
As winter quickly approaches so does the threat of salt pollution. Since the 1940s, salt has been the number one...
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Winter Solstice
Solar system planets set. The Sun and planets in a row on the universe stars background. Elements of this image...
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Celebrating 11 Years of Bird Banding at Rushton Woods Preserve
Established in 2009 with a grant from the Delaware Valley Ornithological Club (DVOC), our banding station has been a huge...
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A New Path Forward – Our Statement on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
Dear Friends, It has been nearly six months since I wrote to you about the tragic death of George Floyd...
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Giving Thanks to the Okehocking People
With Thanksgiving approaching, it is an appropriate time to reflect upon our connection with the indigenous people who first lived...
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Flappy Hour: Secrets of the Saw-whet Owl
The Trust has been studying the populations of this small migratory owl for the past 10 years as part of...
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Kirkwood Sign Dedication
Fifteen years ago, the 83-acre Kirkwood Preserve was established thanks to a public/private partnership that included Willistown Conservation Trust, Willistown...
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The Old Salt
Noah and I have learned a lot from the “old salts” who entertained us as we grew up. We have...
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