Natural Lands

Natural Lands’ landscapes are spectacular places to view the autumn display.

Several members of the Natural Lands team spanning our conservation,?development, communications, design, and engagement disciplines?were honored to attend the Land Trust Alliance's 2024 Rally Conference held in beautiful Providence, Rhode Island. After five full days of exploration, education, and inspiration, we've come back together absolutely teeming?with new ideas to bring to the?table as we begin crafting our next strategic plan. Thank you to everyone who plays a role in making Rally happen. #landconservation #conservation #conference

Natural Lands’ preserve visitors are as diverse as the plants and wildlife found there. As part of our efforts to celebrate this diversity and make everyone feel welcome in the outdoors, our interpretive signs now include QR codes that link to a Spanish language version of these informative signs:

Two of our inaugural NextGen Council members and current co-chairs are in the news! Leah and Jason Morganroth are an incredible duo who really embody our land for life, nature for all mission. Read more about their story and the work they and their colleagues on the NextGen Council are doing in the Philadelphia area to help amplify our message: https://lnkd.in/eXAXBbxF

We're #hiring a part-time Engagement Coordinator at Stoneleigh: a natural garden ?? The Stoneleigh Engagement Coordinator will work with staff to execute public programs, coordinate event rentals, engage volunteers, and connect audiences to our work. The Stoneleigh Engagement Coordinator works under the supervision of and in close collaboration with the Stoneleigh Engagement Manager. Learn more and apply today: https://lnkd.in/egseV_Pa #eventplanning #engagement

We're hiring a part-time Plant Recorder at Stoneleigh: a natural garden ?? The Plant Recorder’s primary role is to maintain and update all plant collection information, including the plant records database. They will also be required to perform, as needed, any and all additional tasks necessary for the continued development of Stoneleigh.? This is a part-time position and the person who fills this role will be expected to work approximately 15 hours per week. Learn more and apply today: https://lnkd.in/eF9t5dnY #hiring #botany #horticulture

National Wildlife Day was founded in 2005 to help bring awareness to endangered species both near and far. To help honor the mission, here are a few locally endangered species spotted on our own properties over the years: Little brown bat ??: Adrian Melck ??: Saunders Woods Preserve Mud turtle ??: Mae Axelrod ??: Glades Wildlife Refuge Flying squirrel ??: Steve Eisenhauer ??: Harold N. Peek Preserve Black-crowned Night heron ??: Bill Moses ??: Glades Wildlife Refuge Short-eared owl ??: Ron Zigler ??: Gwynedd Preserve American bittern ??: Mike Coll ??: Hildacy Preserve Land preservation and conservation is paramount to the continued survival of so many species, including far more critters than just those on this list. We deeply thank our community for helping us to continue this work. We also cannot express enough gratitude to our amazing stewardship team who work so tirelessly to control exotic and invasive species, promote biodiversity, plant more tress, sow more seeds, and so on and so forth. Preserving open space is just the first step — taking care of that space so that nature can thrive is an ongoing journey. One that we are happy to be on. You can help support the mission by donating or becoming a member today: https://lnkd.in/d-JCWJS #NationalWildlifeDay?#endangeredspecies?#nativespecies?#stewardship

It's official: Natural Lands and Lower Merion School District reach an agreement for sale of Oakwell. The 13-acre site in Villanova, PA is directly adjacent to Natural Lands’ Stoneleigh: a natural garden. Natural Lands is the intended buyer for approximately 10 acres of the property, which would expand Stoneleigh and reunite two important landscapes. Read more:

We had a great day at beautiful Bartram's Garden yesterday at this year’s awards ceremony for the PECO Green Region grant recipients. Lots of great projects in the works — including this one in Ridley Township. Natural Lands has been a proud partner in this program for 20 years and counting.

The Barn Owl is a widespread species, but its population is declining in parts of its range, including New Jersey. The NJ Coastal Barn Owl Project began in 2021 as a collaborative effort among Conservation Science Global, Natural Lands, NJDEP Fish & Wildlife, and the Conserve Wildlife Foundation of New Jersey to provide nesting sites for Barn Owls in our coastal marshes. By installing Barn Owl boxes in suitable habitat, we are increasing the chances of successful breeding and providing researchers with a rare opportunity to study this secretive and hard-to-detect species. Many thanks go out to Zac Bohm, one of our preserve managers in New Jersey, and everyone else on the team involved in this important project. Check out more of their important work: CONSERVATION SCIENCE GLOBAL Conserve Wildlife Foundation of New Jersey #NewJerseyFishAndWildlife?#BarnOwl?#BarnOwls?#marshland?#NewJerseyWildlife?#AnimalConservation?#BirdConservation?#WildlifeConservation