Tag: bucks county
The Mighty American Sycamore
The American Sycamore (Platanus occidentalis) is among the most recognizable tree species found in the eastern U.S. Even so, their importance to wildlife and people alike is often overlooked. In…
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Conservation Christmas List
What might be on a Christmas list for our wildlife, if they could come together to generate one? “Wildlife” is a very broad term, so wishes would likely vary. Pine…
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A Community Effort: Plantings Across Our Nature Preserves
This summer and fall, Heritage Conservancy planted more than 2,000 native trees, shrubs, and wildflowers across our preserves, and it took an entire community to make it happen. From restoration…
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New to Heritage Conservancy’s Register of Historic Places: Lahaska United Methodist Church
Today’s parishioners at the Lahaska United Methodist Church continue to meet in the same sanctuary where the church’s earliest members began worshipping in 1853. This recent addition to Heritage Conservancy’s…
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Quakertown Community School District and Heritage Conservancy Expanded Environmental Science Education for Students
Heritage Conservancy has begun a partnership with Quakertown Community School District (QCSD) to build outdoor activities and teacher training for environmental science education that will serve about 400 high school…
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Heritage Conservancy’s Members Celebrate Conservation Impact at Pollinator Picnic
In September, Heritage Conservancy welcomed members, sponsors, and supporters to our Russell-Mandel Preserve for a Pollinator Picnic Garden Party. This special event was to celebrate the impact of our community’s…
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Identifying Mushrooms in Croydon Woods with Philadelphia Mycology Club
Earlier this month, Heritage Conservancy hosted a Mushroom Identification Hike at our Croydon Woods Nature Preserve, one of the last remaining coastal plain forests in Pennsylvania. The event was co-led…
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Teachers Dive Into Watershed Education Training at Nockamixon State Park
As the school year begins for students across Bucks County and the surrounding area, some local teachers will be bringing new environmental knowledge into their classrooms thanks to a hands-on…
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Manoff Market Cidery: A Story of Local Connection
“Everything my father touches grows,” says Chelsea Manoff as she walks alongside the flower patch of her family’s Bucks County farm, which includes a cidery and popular farm market. Her…
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From Former Cornfield to Pollinator Meadow
In one of this summer’s most ambitious and rewarding projects, our Stewardship Department and summer interns transformed a 15-acre former cornfield at our Lindsay Farm Preserve in Warminster into a…
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Newly Preserved: 90 Acres of Woodland and Family Farm in Hilltown Township, Bucks County
Over the course of spring and two transactions, Heritage Conservancy partnered with Bucks County to preserve a 90-acre rural property in Hilltown Township. The Weikel Property is a valuable mix…
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New to Heritage Conservancy’s Register of Historic Places: County Line Road School House
The project to restore the County Line Road School House over the last 20 years represents a labor of love by community members who believe in the value of preserving…
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Historic Aldie Mansion
85 Old Dublin Pike
Doylestown, PA 18901
