The mobile app for Survey123 adds some great functionality to the ReForesters Plantation Check survey including being able to enter data right in the field, autosaving, saving offline to upload later, and automatic GPS-tagging for report photos. Open this page on your mobile browser and follow the steps below to […]
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Dr. Eugene Potapov from Bryn Athyn College was recently interview by the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette about the white-tailed deer research he and other faculty have conducted with students and PERT staff in and around the Pennypack Preserve over the last ten years. The article highlights some of the ground-breaking methods developed […]
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The Pennypack Ecological Restoration Trust is proud to announce that it has just placed 20.6 acres under a conservation easement! We’re happy to partner with the Sullivan Family to permanently protect their property from development. This easement raises the total amount of land conserved by the Trust to 852 acres, […]
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On February 21, 2017, the Trust purchased an important, 5-acre woodland in Bryn Athyn and added it to the Pennypack Preserve. This forested tract along Paper Mill Road near Cathedral Road is ecologically significant because it expands and buffers Papermill Woods, the largest block of intact forest in the preserve. […]
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This past winter, Executive Director Chris Mendel reached out to members and friends to fund a major reforestation project in the wake of the devastation wrought by the emerald ash borer beetle (EAB) since its arrival in 2014. Among the many areas of the Trust affected by ash mortality, none […]
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On June 6, 2019, John D. Mitchell–whose undergraduate research transformed the mission of the Pennypack Watershed Association–brought his colleague from the New York Botanical Garden (NYBG), Dr. Robert Naczi, for a whirlwind tour of some of Pennypack Preserve’s most unique and high-quality habitats. This brief exploration helped guide valuable discussion […]
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