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A (Extensive) Guide to Viburnums: The Best and the Worst
Ornamental viburnums are a staple of the plant nursery trade, but Pennsylvania already has a wealth of native viburnums that go underappreciated. Yet our native viburnums host a whole slew…
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100 Acres Protected: The Zisko Tract Joins William Penn State Forest
Heritage Conservancy is proud to announce the permanent preservation of the Zisko Tract, a nearly 100-acre forested property in Springfield Township, Bucks County. Heritage Conservancy facilitated the grant application and…
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Bucks Barn Voyage: A Historic Tour and a Quiz to Test Your Knowledge
Bucks County has a lot going for it in the summer, but one of the more overlooked day trips doesn’t involve a trail, a town, or shopping. It involves barns….
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4th Graders from Titus Elementary Visit Aldie Mansion
4th Graders at Titus Elementary School in Central Bucks recently spent the day at historic Aldie Mansion for a hands-on educational experience with Heritage Conservancy. This spring marked the third…
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Hart’s Woods: The History of Our First Preserve
Some legacies are measured in decades. Hart’s Woods Preserve is measured in centuries. Tucked along New Britain Road in Doylestown, Hart’s Woods is Heritage Conservancy’s first preserve, and its story…
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Protecting the Headwaters: A New Conservation Easement in Upper Mount Bethel Township
Heritage Conservancy’s conservation successes keep rolling in 2026! In April, Heritage Conservancy partnered with Upper Mount Bethel Township’s Open Space Advisory Board to facilitate a conservation easement on 32.8 acres…
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Starter Warblers: Four Species to Identify This Spring
The warblers have returned. And as is tradition, I will learn their calls and promptly forget them by the same time next year. Certain taxonomic groups have an intimidation factor…
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Added to our Register of Historic Places: Warrington Volunteer Fire Company No.1
Built by community volunteers starting in 1933 and dedicated in 1935, the Warrington Volunteer Fire Company No. 1 firehouse has been officially added to the Heritage Conservancy Register of Historic…
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Tiny, Secretive, and Amazing: Meet the Northern Ringneck Snake
Unlike many other parts of the world, snakes in the northeastern U.S. are (generally speaking) pretty tiny. But similar to snakes anywhere, ours tend to be shy, secretive, and elusive….
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From Lawn to Life: Benjamin Franklin Middle School Students Create a Native Pollinator Garden
This past spring, a group of 6th and 7th grade students at Benjamin Franklin Middle School in Levittown transformed a section of an interior courtyard, once all lawn, into a…
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82 Acres Permanently Preserved in Williams Township
Heritage Conservancy has started the year with another conservation success! In December 2025 and March 2026, Heritage Conservancy partnered with Williams Township’s Land Preservation Board to protect 82 adjoining acres…
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Birds of the Grasslands: A Call for Conservation
Since 1970, North America has lost an estimated 30 percent of its birds, which is nearly 3 billion birds. This staggering statistic comes from a 2019 analysis of long-term monitoring…
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Historic Aldie Mansion
85 Old Dublin Pike
Doylestown, PA 18901
