News and announcements near and far about Willstown Conservation Trust staff, programs, and partnerships.
LAND PROTECTION
Ferretti, Ellen. "A wealth of open space comes from private philanthropy." County Lines Magazine, February 2020, https://countylinesmagazine.com/article/land-conservancies/.
Hetzel, Erik. "Willistown Township & Willistown Conservation Trust Celebrating Decades of Community Conservation Partnership." WillisTowne Crier, December 2020, https://www.willistown.pa.us/CivicSend/ViewMessage/Message/127919?fbclid=IwAR3vw8rpBEA6CFqdYqjggWDcRcW18VZDlHKRiqyK8mqupB2Rr9jZ538Ain0.
STEWARDSHIP
Goll, Blake. "Late Blooming Wildflowers." County Lines Magazine, September 2017 (PDF file).
Hartman, Bill. "Running with the Land" County Lines Magazine, April 2019, https://countylinesmagazine.com/article/running-with-the-land/.
Gaw, Richard. "During pandemic, conservancy leaders encourage public to seek solace at local nature preserves." Chester County Press, March 2020, https://www.chestercounty.com/2020/03/24/304636/during-pandemic-conservancy-leaders-encourage-public-to-seek-solace-at-local-nature-preserves.
Kirkpatrick, Andrew. "Rain Gardens-Digging Deeper." County Lines Magazine, May 2020, https://countylinesmagazine.com/article/rain-gardens/.
WATERSHED PROTECTION
Miller, Susan. "Beryn-Stream Health Study for the Darby Creek Headwaters." Patch, March 2020, https://patch.com/pennsylvania/haverford/berwyn-stream-health-study-darby-creek-headwaters.
COMMUNITY FARM
Gress, Noah, "The Buzz on Bees." County Lines Magazine, April 2017, https://countylinesmagazine.com/article/the-buzz-on-bees/.
De Long, Fred. "Feeding a Community, One Garden at a Time." County Lines Magazine, August 2020, https://countylinesmagazine.com/article/feeding-a-community-one-garden-at-a-time/.
BIRD CONSERVATION
Goll, Blake. "Igniting Fascination through Birdscaping." County Lines Magazine, September 2016 (PDF file).
Goll, Blake. "The Bluebird Keeper." County Line Magazine, August 2018, https://countylinesmagazine.com/article/the-bluebird-keeper/.
Berger, Michele. "Rare sparrows make guest appearance at Penn." Penn Today, November 2020, https://penntoday.upenn.edu/news/rare-albino-sparrows-make-guest-appearance-Penn.
EDUCATION
Goll, Blake. "Who Will Protect the Environment?" County Lines Magazine, August 2019, https://countylinesmagazine.com/article/who-will-protect-the-environment/.
MOTUS
"NH Fish & Game to lead revolutionary migration tracking system." Fosters.com, April 2020, https://www.fosters.com/news/20200426/nh-fish--game-to-lead-revolutionary-migration-tracking-system.
MacRae, Sloan. "U.S. Fish & Wildlife Provides 1.35-Million-Dollar Grant to Consortium Building a Network to Track Migrating Wildlife." Carnegie Museum of Natural History, April 2020, https://carnegiemnh.org/press/u-s-fish-wildlife-provides-1-35-million-dollar-grant-to-consortium-building-a-network-to-track-migrating-wildlife/.
"US Fish and Wildlife provides grant to track species of greatest concern in New England." SentinelSource.com, April 2020, https://www.sentinelsource.com/news/environment/us-fish-and-wildlife-provides-grant-to-track-species-of-greatest-concern-in-new-england/article_cd1c96fd-1c4f-5c22-9f87-d9f0d2eca394.html.
Macdonald, Bridget. "Moving Targets." Medium.com, April 2020, https://medium.com/usfishandwildlifeservicenortheast/moving-targets-3dbe66f3cec0.
"U.S. Fish & Wildlife Provides Grant to Track Species of Greatest Concern to New England." MyChesCo.com, April 2020, https://www.mychesco.com/a/news/u-s-fish-wildlife-provides-grant-to-track-species-of-greatest-concern-to-new-england/.
"Tiny transmitters can track migration of Monarch butterflies." New Hampshire Union Leader, May 2020, https://www.unionleader.com/news/environment/tiny-transmitters-can-track-migration-of-monarch-butterflies/article_824946bc-47b8-5f66-93aa-bf399820e460.html.
Hayes, John. "Mini radios will help scientists study monarch butterfly migration." Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, May 2020, https://www.post-gazette.com/news/science/2020/05/04/monarch-butterflies-migration-Pittsburgh-Pennsylvania-tracking-Carnegie-Motus-transmitter/stories/202005040022.
"U.S. Fish & Wildlife provides grant to track species of greatest concern in New England." The Berlin Sun, May 2020, https://www.conwaydailysun.com/berlin_sun/community/news/u-s-fish-wildlife-provides-grant-to-track-species-of-greatest-concern-in-new-england/article_975db2ce-865d-11ea-bbff-47edd79302bb.html.
Benman, Keith. "SUNY Potsdam joins global network to track migratory birds." WWNYTV, September 2020, https://www.wwnytv.com/2020/09/15/suny-potsdam-joins-global-network-track-migratory-birds/.
Warner, Zoë. "Preserved Lands in King Ranch area of Chester County Offer Hope and Summer Home for Bobolinks." Brandywine Conservancy, October 2020, https://www.brandywine.org/conservancy/blog/preserved-lands-king-ranch-area-chester-county-offer-hope-and-summer-home-bobolinks.
Seitz, Greg. "Nature center adds first St. Croix Valley antenna to wildlife-tracking network." St. Croix 360, October 2020, https://www.stcroix360.com/2020/10/nature-center-adds-first-st-croix-valley-antenna-to-wildlife-tracking-network/.
Byers, Michele. "Tracking winger travelers." New Jersey Conservation Foundation, November 2020, https://www.njconservation.org/tracking-winged-travelers/.
Buell, Bill. "Strawberry Fields Nature Preserve serves double duty as host to bird-monitoring station." The Daily Gazette, November 2020, https://dailygazette.com/2020/11/15/strawberry-fields-nature-preserve-serves-double-duty-as-host-to-bird-monitoring-station/.
"New Motus station will contribute to migration research." Harris Center for Conservation Education, November 2020, https://harriscenter.org/new-motus-station-will-contribute-to-migration-research.
"Wildlife tracking program helps MDC, partners contribute to migratory bird research across the hemisphere." Ozark Radio News, December 2020, https://www.ozarkradionews.com/local-news/wildlife-tracking-program-helps-mdc-partners-contribute-to-migratory-bird-research-across-the-hemisphere.
Pritchard, Jill. "MDC, Motus tracking flight of birds." Herald-Whig, December 2020, https://www.whig.com/mdc-motus-tracking-flight-of-birds/article_03fd8619-f269-54d0-972c-c61585c5f8a6.html.
"Wildlife tracking program helps MDC, partners contribute to migratory bird research across the hemisphere." Areawide Media, December 2020, https://www.areawidenews.com/story/2852443.html.
"ACG's First MOTUS Station Coming in 2021." Guanacaste Dry Forest Conservation Fund, December 2020, https://mailchi.mp/447802d6086f/year-end-news-seasons-greetings-and-thanks-from-gdfcf?e=a6f16a5d7e.
"Stoddard tracking station technology can zero in on butterflies, bats." New Hampshire Union Leader, December 2020, https://www.unionleader.com/news/environment/stoddard-tracking-station-technology-can-zero-in-on-butterflies-bats/article_66d5c889-f326-57f5-abd7-17b67cba4d73.html.
"Harris Center teams with wildlife tracker." Monadnock Ledger-Transcript, December 2020, https://www.ledgertranscript.com/brAuduonWildlifeTracking-ml-122420_-37965578
Brooks, David. "Sensors small enough to ride on a butterfly are changing wildlife biology." Granite Geek, December 2020, https://granitegeek.concordmonitor.com/2020/12/29/sensors-small-enough-to-ride-on-a-butterfly-are-changing-wildlife-biology/.
