Tag: Nature Preserves
A message from Heritage Conservancy regarding COVID-19
Dear Friends, Heritage Conservancy is staying informed about Coronavirus (COVID-19), and we are actively following guidance and recommendations on preventing the spread of COVID-19. Considering the need for social distancing…
Read MoreTwenty years in the making, the transformation of Doylestown’s Broad Street corridor has begun
A once sprawling maintenance yard–dotted with heavy equipment, road salt storage sheds, and snow plows–is undergoing a transformation that will bring a dramatic change to the landscape along North Broad…
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Livin’ on the Forest Edge
When it comes to the health of wildlife, we don’t often think of the edges of the forest. However, the part of the forest that meets a field is just…
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Aldie Mansion Green Thumb Garden Group
Looking forward to spring? So are we! The Green Thumb Garden Group is gearing up to resume their regular maintenance and beautification activities at Aldie Mansion—and they’re looking for more…
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Celebrating Our 12th Annual MLK Day of Service
“Life’s most persistent and urgent question is, ‘What are you doing for others?’” ~Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Eighty-seven volunteers answered that question this year at Bristol Marsh Nature Preserve…
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A Message From Heritage Conservancy’s President On the Recent Rollback of Clean Water Protections
Yesterday, it was announced that millions of miles of streams and about half of the country’s wetlands were removed from federal protection by the current administration and the EPA. The…
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Mast Trees: Capturing the Fruits of Their Labor
In last month’s Heritage Happenings and on Facebook, we shared a video of beech trees “raining” beech nuts at our Hart’s Woods Preserve in Doylestown. Capturing a moment like this…
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Trumbauersville Borough Acquires 8.5-acre Property to Add to Community Park With Support from Heritage Conservancy
Trumbauersville Borough recently added a neighboring 8.5-acre piece of land to its 12-acre Veterans Park, which currently provides public active recreation opportunities such as a playground, basketball court, and a…
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Old-Growth Forests Bring New Life
This Saturday, November 2nd, Heritage Conservancy and Doylestown Township will celebrate the dedication of Hart’s Woods Preserve into the Old-Growth Forest Network! This 20-acre portion of woods is a classic…
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Promoting Pollinator Species
Many of our pollinator species are at risk, and one reason for that is because of habitat loss. Pollinators species, such as butterflies and bees, are responsible for about 40%…
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Keeping Active Outdoors This Fall
It’s that time of year again–the beach towels are packed away, the empty sunscreen bottles thrown into the recycling bin, our tans slowly fading with the daylight. Another summer has…
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Seeing Change: A Message from Heritage Conservancy’s President
Last month, while attending an Alliance for Watershed Education conference, I witnessed the most remarkable evidence of the positive aspects of our work along the Delaware River. For the first…
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Historic Aldie Mansion
85 Old Dublin Pike
Doylestown, PA 18901
