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Remembering the Honorable William Hart Rufe III (September 6, 1932 to January 14, 2025)

The Honorable William Hart Rufe III, known affectionately to friends and family as Hart, passed away at the age of 92 in Ft. Pierce, FL, on January 14, 2025, due to natural causes. Born on September 6,1932, in Sellersville, PA to parents William Harold and Frances Appenzeller Rufe, Hart was the oldest of four children, [...]

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Heritage Conservancy Preserves 60 Acres of Land in Bucks County in December

This past December, Heritage Conservancy preserved a total of 60 acres of Bucks County natural and farmland in three separate Conservation Easements. All of these easements closed in the same week! This brings our 2024 tally to 335 acres of conserved land. Conservation easements put in place by Heritage Conservancy allow private owners to protect [...]

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Join a Conserved Property Monitoring and Meet the Pigs and Camels!

Boots on the Ground: Conservation in Action Mary Lou McFarland pulls into a small gravel parking area just off a main road in Dresher on a crisp fall morning. She is outfitted in a neon yellow vest for visibility to hunters and carries an iPad, pepper spray, and chocolates. Our boots on the ground, Mary [...]

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Seeps and Springs and Crawly Things

Despite climate change, things still get pretty frigid here in the northeast. You can see it in aquatic environments, where surface waters fall still, momentarily becoming sheets of ice. Small ponds transform into arenas for ice hockey, and lakes and reservoirs offer ice fishing opportunities for men much braver than I. Even stretches of rivers [...]

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Guests Celebrate Heritage Conservancy’s Work and Mission at Our Annual Christmas at Aldie Fundraiser

On Sunday, December 8th, brimming with plaid tidings, approximately 180 friends, supporters, and community members joined us for our 36th annual Christmas at Aldie celebration. The event this year, in the theme of plaid and in the new style of a cocktail party, was a heartwarming opportunity to celebrate the mission of Heritage Conservancy. It [...]

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New to Our Register of Historic Places: Te Deum, Historic Farm in Yardley

Our area is home to many notable historic sites and properties, and a recent addition to Heritage Conservancy’s Register of Historic Places is no exception. The stone farmhouse on a 2-acre property in Yardley called Te Deum maintains local significance as an enduring example of early 19th-century architecture and for its association with several generations [...]

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Staff Favorites: Holiday Reading Recommendations

Winter is the perfect time to cozy up and learn more about nature. Whether you are looking for gift ideas for the nature lover in your life, a downtime-friendly book for this winter, or have a specific nature-related research question, you’ll want to read this list of book recommendations from our Heritage Conservancy staff! These [...]

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Heritage Conservancy’s New After-School Programs Served Over 60 Students in Lower Bucks This Fall

This fall Heritage Conservancy initiated four new after-school nature programs for middle and grade school students in Bristol Township School District. The programs served over 60 kids, teaching them about nature and their local outdoor environment. “Students really enjoyed the activities,” said Kaylyn Brindisi, Community Programs Associate at Heritage Conservancy, who led the programs. “A [...]

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Meet the Yellow-Rumped Warbler, Our Region’s Lone Warbler for Winter Birding

Warblers are a celebrated group of birds, and for good reason. They’re beautiful, they’re very diverse, and they’re temporary – warblers are among the many types of birds that only hang around temperate regions for short periods of time.  Here in the northeast, warblers show up in spring, around the same time that insects become [...]

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Heritage Conservancy’s First Pawpaw Festival Brings Out a Crowd

On a sunny Saturday earlier this month, almost 90 people joined us for our first-ever Pawpaw Festival, a celebration of the local fruit and other native trees and plants. “I was inspired to start a pawpaw festival to share my passions for conservation, science, native plants, and work I do here at Heritage Conservancy,” says [...]

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Events

    1. 100 Wild Words Contest

      February 15 @ 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm
    2. Volunteer Information Session

      March 27 @ 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm
    3. Aldie Spring Garden Cleanup

      April 1 @ 9:30 am - 3:30 pm
    4. Supporting Environmental Literacy Across the Curriculum with the MWEE Framework

      April 9 @ 9:00 am - 3:00 pm
    5. Mulch Madness

      April 15 @ 9:30 am - 3:30 pm