Thursday, October 29, 2020
By: Carina Ricciardi, Land Stewardship Intern
When you’re outdoors, you may not have a first aid kit handy for bug bites, skin scrapes or skin irritations. Luckily, some common plants can relieve pain and help heal minor scratches, burns and itches.
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By: Susan Charkes, Easement Steward
North America’s largest rodent, the beaver (Castor canadensis), is supremely well adapted to life in and around fresh water. In December 2018, Conservancy staff discovered a new beaver dam and lodge at Waterloo Mills Preserve that had re-routed a stream and inundated the Preserve’s wet meadows. While some of the adverse impacts included the destruction of healthy trees, there have also been some surprising benefits as a result of the Preserve's newest inhabitants.
Continue ReadingSunday, June 2, 2019
By: Kelly Ford, Easement Stewardship Intern
Many invasive species become such a large and familiar part of our landscape that we stop noticing them. Common Reed or Phragmites australis may be one of these plants. It lines highways, fills drainage basins, dominates floodplains and in some places covers thousands of acres. It is so common that even though it often grows to well over 10 feet, we barely notice it. In the northeastern United States and Canada this one plant has cost millions to state and local economies.
Continue ReadingThursday, May 30, 2019
How would you feel about a visitor who arrives without warning, then decides to camp behind your house for a few weeks, singing loudly and raising a family? And oh yes, he’s brought a dozen friends?You might feel differently if your visitors are Bobolinks. These brilliantly colored...
Continue ReadingFriday, May 10, 2019
By: Melissa Reckner, Program Manager, Penguin Court
In 2015, the Brandywine Conservancy took ownership of Penguin Court, Richard M. Scaife’s former family estate in Laughlintown, Westmoreland County, PA...
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By: Susan Charkes, Easement Steward
In spring, keep your eyes and ears open to experience one of nature’s most amazing phenomena: bird migration. Using both modern technologies and old-fashioned observation, scientists are learning more about where birds go and what they need to survive the journey.
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