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“The River Flows Through Art”—A Michener Art Museum and Heritage Conservancy Collaboration

March 27, 2019

A powerful partnership has been forged! Heritage Conservancy has teamed up with the James A. Michener Art Museum for “The River Flows Through Art: A Catalyst for Change” educational program….

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Bucks County Property Added to National Register of Historic Places

March 27, 2019

The Fullam House (pictured above) has been nominated to the National Register of Historic Places!

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Bird Box: Creating Homes for Local Wood Ducks

March 19, 2019

Wood Ducks need houses too! Our conservation steward team (a.k.a. our “Stew Crew”) Nina and Jim have been working to make our Lindsay Farm Preserve a more “homey” space for…

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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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