News and announcements near and far about Willstown Conservation Trust staff, programs, and partnerships. Click the links to read the articles in full! Articles are ordered oldest to newest.
Staff and Events
Daily Local News:
"Willistown Trust’s Van Alen steps aside"
County Lines Magazine:
"Barns & BBQ Tour is Back"
Environmental Voices: The PennFuture Podcast:
Bonnie Van Alen - A Lifetime of Achievement in Conservation
Newtown Square Friends & Neighbors; Newtown Edgmont Friends & Neighbors:
"Discover Willistown Conservation Trust Your Local Environmental Nonprofit"
Main Line Tonight:
"Inside Willistown Conservation Trust’s 11th Annual Barns And BBQ"
County Lines Magazine:
"A Walk Through the Preserves"
Land Protection
County Lines Magazine:
"A wealth of open space comes from private philanthropy"
IN Great Valley Magazine:
"Celebrating Willistown’s Conservation Partners We’re not done yet!"
Daily Local News:
"Commissioners add to Chester County Open Space"
WillisTowne Crier - eNews Edition:
"Kirkwood Preserve Expansion: Over 12 Acres Added"
Patch:
"Willistown Conservation Trust Awarded $525,400 In Grants"
The Malvernian:
"Land Conservation 101"
Daily Local News:
"ChesLen marks milestone open space achievement"
Daily Local News:
"Chester County conservation projects get $2.8 million in state funding"
Daily Local News:
"Willistown trust adds 12 acres to Kirkwood Preserve"
Chester County Government:
"Commissioners Award $2.5 Million in Open Space Preservation and Park Improvement Grants"
Main Line Tonight:
"Willistown Twp.’s Kirkwood Farm Will Become A Nature Preserve"
Stewardship
County Lines Magazine:
"Longing for Life Beyond the Lawn"
County Lines Magazine:
"Late Blooming Wildflowers"
County Lines Magazine:
"Running with the Land"
The Malvernian:
"Rethinking Lawns: Fighting Climate Change with Native Plants"
The Malvernian:
"Rain Gardens: Digging Deeper"
West Chester Award Program:
"Ashbridge Preserve Receives 2022 Best of West Chester Award"
Sierra Club Pennsylvania
"Planting with Purpose: Nurturing Native Flora in Pennsylvania Homes"
WCU The Quad:
"Malvern Residents Work to Save Wildlife Habitat"
County Lines:
"This Spring, Add Some Biodiversity to Your Yard"
Daily Local News
"West Chester Council to Consider Converting Turf to Meadows"
Watershed Protection
Daily Local News:
"Willistown land trust records microplastics in local watersheds"
Coalition for the Delaware River Watershed:
"Member Spotlight: Following Years of Research, Willistown Conservation Trust Finds Water Quality Impairments in the Headwaters of Ridley, Crum, and Darby Creeks"
MSN:
"Morning Briefing"
Land Trust Alliance: Mid-Atlantic Field Notes Newsletter:
"Willistown Conservation Trust assesses, improves local water quality"
The Malvernian:
"What's Flowing Into Our Streams"
Radnor Conservancy Newsletter:
"Community Science Monitoring"
The Malvernian:
"The Price of Safe Travel"
PA Senator Comitta:
"Comitta, Shusterman Announce Funding to Protect Willistown Watershed"
Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment:
"Fostering ecological understanding in and engagement with local communities"
Daily Local News:
"New funding will improve local watersheds in West Chester area"
Stroud Center:
"Why Volunteers Are Tracking Down Road Salt in Streams"
Stroud Center:
"We The Community Scientists"
Community Farm
County Lines Magazine:
"Cultivating Soil, Ecosystems and Community"
County Lines Magazine:
"The Buzz on Bees"
County Lines Magazine:
"Feeding a Community, One Garden at a Time"
Local Farm Products in Chester County:
"Willistown Conservation Trust's Rushton Farm"
County Lines Magazine:
"The Latest Buzz at Rushton Farm"
Bird Conservation
County Lines Magazine:
"Igniting Fascination through Birdscaping"
County Lines Magazine:
"The Bluebird Keeper"
Penn Today:
"Rare sparrows make a guest appearance at Penn"
WillisTowne Crier - eNews Edition:
"Significant Decline In Bird Populations Reported"
County Lines Magazine:
"Beyond Bird Banding"
The Malvernian:
"A Shared Love of our Feathered Neighbors"
The Malvernian:
"Beauty in the Brambles"
Bluebird Trails & Tales:
"Rushton Nature Keeper 'Graduate' Restores Historic Bluebird Trail to Willistown"
County Lines Magazine:
"What’s Ornitherapy?"
The Malvernian:
"A Sense of Wonder"
Daily Local News:
"Mushrooms and meadowlarks? What’s the connection in Chester County?"
County Lines Magazine:
"A Big Journey for a Little Owl"
Education
County Lines Magazines:
"Who Will Protect the Environment?"
Newtown Square Friends and Family Magazine:
"Kate Garchinsky: Newtown Square's Award-Winning Illustrator"
The Malvernian:
"Nature Escapes for Kids Build a Toad Abode with Your Children"
Motus
Guanacaste Dry Forest Conservation Fund:
"Not One, But Two Motus Bird Banding Stations and Counting"
Caledonian Record:
"Bird Researchers In Search Of NEK Sites To Host Data Receiving Towers"
Sierra Magazine:
"What Happens to Birds and Butterflies When They Migrate?"
Monadnock Ledger-Transcript:
"Harris Center teams with wildlife tracker"
New Hampshire Union Leader:
"Stoddard tracking station technology can zero in on butterflies, bats"
Guana Caste Dry Forest Conservation Fund:
"ACG's First MOTUS Station Coming in 2021"
Monadnock Ledger-Transcript:
"Harris Center teams with wildlife tracker"
Harris Center for Conservation Education:
"New Motus station will contribute to migration research"
New Jersey Conservation Foundation:
"Tracking Winged Travelers"
Brandywine Conservancy:
"Preserved Lands in King Ranch area of Chester County Offer Hope and Summer Home for Bobolinks"
New Hampshire Union Leader:
"Tiny transmitters can track migration of Monarch butterflies"
Medium.com:
"Moving Targets"
Carnegie Museum of Natural History:
"U.S. Fish & Wildlife Provides 1.35-Million-Dollar Grant to Consortium Building a Network to Track Migrating Wildlife"
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:
"Mini radios will help scientists study monarch butterfly migration"
