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Defining Our Landscapes: What Is a Wolf Tree?

February 26, 2019

Discover what a wolf tree is and how these large, open-grown trees shape forest structure, biodiversity, and long-term habitat health.

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Keeping It Wild At Quakertown Swamp

February 26, 2019

Lately, our conservation stewards have been busy doing maintenance work on our Quakertown Swamp Preserve–but the end goal isn’t to make it look pretty. “We’re trying to keep the surrounding…

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Heritage Conservancy Facilitates the Preservation of Two Properties in Richland Township

February 4, 2019

Ever since the Land Preservation Board for Richland Township made a wish list 15 years ago of the properties it would like to see preserved, two properties remained at the…

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Conservation Ambassador Training

January 14, 2019

Thursday, February 21st(Snow date February 28th)5:00 PM to 6:00 PMAldie Mansion85 Old Dublin PikeDoylestown, PA 18901 Heritage Conservancy is developing a core group of dedicated volunteers who will serve as…

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Pop-up Storytime and Children’s Tour

January 14, 2019

Friday, February 15th10:00 AM to 11:00 AM Aldie Mansion85 Old Dublin PikeDoylestown, PA 18901 Join us for a fun storytime at Aldie Mansion, provided by the Doylestown Library. After the stories…

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Towpaths & Tales

January 14, 2019

Thursday, February 7th7:00 PM to 8:30 PMAldie Mansion85 Old Dublin PikeDoylestown, PA 18901 Take a flight back in time over a much different Delaware Valley—one in which canals that had…

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Sherlock “Homes:” Old House Detective

January 14, 2019

Thursday, January 24th6:30 PM to 8:00 PMAldie Mansion85 Old Dublin PikeDoylestown, PA 18901 Historic research and documents only answer some of the questions about old houses. In order to answer…

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Trash Cleanup for Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

January 14, 2019

Monday, January 21st10:00 AM to NoonBristol Marsh Nature Preserve350 Basin Park, Bristol, PA  19007 – Near Bristol Borough Riverfront ParkOr Croydon Woods Nature PreserveApproximately 1900 Summit Ave. Croydon, PA 19021 Help us…

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Full Wolf Moon Walk & Owl Prowl

January 14, 2019

Friday, January 18th 7:30 PM to 8:30/9:00 PM Heritage Conservancy’s Fuller/Pursell Nature Preservein Springfield Township Some Native Americans referred to the January full moon as the Full Wolf Moon because this was…

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Heritage Conservancy’s Christmas at Aldie Fundraiser Benefits Our Area’s Natural and Historic Heritage

January 14, 2019

Heritage Conservancy, an accredited not-for-profit land conservation and historic preservation organization that is currently in its 60th year, held its 30th annual Christmas at Aldie fundraiser on Sunday, December 2nd….

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Heritage Conservancy Interviews Most Recent Chairmen of the Board

January 14, 2019

Celebrating its 60th year as an organization, Heritage Conservancy sat down with its most recent Chairmen of the Board for a look back on the organization’s successes and what will…

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Heritage Conservancy Visits Germantown Academy for Assembly and Book Delivery

January 14, 2019

On what seemed like a typical school day, students from the Germantown Academy Lower School were recently treated to a not-so-average day! November 13th started out with an enthusiastic assembly for…

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