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Conservancy Blog

A New Woodland Demonstration Garden

The sun was shining and the temperature was mild on December 1st when The Weeders appeared at our Waterloo Mills Preserve in Devon armed with shovels and smiles and ready to install a new woodland demonstration garden. 

The Weeders first contacted Kevin Fryberger, our natural resources...

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Pennsylvania Migration Count

Last Saturday, our staff participated in the 15th successional Pennsylvania Annual Migration Count (PAMC).

The count takes place each spring on the second Saturday in May.  Last year, 704 observers from 40 counties across Pennsylvania participated in the count and 219 species...

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Surpassing Our Goal...with Help from our Friends

As part of our Brandywine watershed reforestation initiative, the Conservancy is aiming to plant 25,000 trees by 2013. 

This year, we had hoped to plant 5,000 trees on public and private lands within the watershed.  Not only did we reach our goal, we surpassed it by planting 7,650...

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Conservancy Awarded Grant for Water Quality Work

The Brandywine Conservancy has been awarded a $93,000 grant to assist 20 municipalities in southern Chester County with achieving water quality goals. 

The grant, obtained by the Conservancy through the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF), will enable us to work...

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