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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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Jere Knight: Conservation Advocate of Bucks County
When you walk the Jere Knight Trail at Heritage Conservancy’s Fuller-Pursell Nature Preserve, you’re walking in the footsteps of a woman who spent decades helping people and the environment. To…
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Heritage Conservancy Trains a New Crop of Environmental Educators
Front row from left: Lucas Denton, Megan Myers, Mia Hibbs, and Kate Brenton, back row, from left: Chip Bosch, Tate Pronel, Michaela Yaede, Emma Craven, Andrew Cyr, Garland Lamb, and…
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Celebrating Our Volunteers: An Evening of Appreciation
On February 19, Heritage Conservancy staff and volunteers gathered at Aldie Mansion to celebrate the dedicated volunteers who make our work possible. “You don’t just support Heritage Conservancy, you bring…
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Motus Tower Update: Where Have the Birds Gone?
Science has come a long way since we discovered wildlife migration and debunked the myth that birds hibernate under the ground like their cold-blooded relatives. However, wildlife migration ecology is…
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Say Hello to the Naturemobile!
You might start noticing a bright minivan out on the roads, it’s hard to miss. What was once a plain white Toyota Sienna hybrid has been transformed into a mobile…
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Historic Aldie Mansion
85 Old Dublin Pike
Doylestown, PA 18901
