Late winter and early spring is the perfect season to target a few of the troublesome invasive plant species found throughout our area, such as mile-a-minute vine and Japanese stiltgrass. While you may not see these invaders growing now, you can surely find the remnants of last year's plants. There is a very good chance that, come spring, these species will grow again in the same area. Both mile-a-minute and Japanese stiltgrass have seeds that can remain viable for up to 7 years; so in order to eradicate these plants on your property, perpetual maintenance is necessary.

The Brandywine Conservancy is excited to announce the publication of a new book chronicling the permanent protection of more than 5,000 acres of land in Chester County, Pennsylvania once owned by the King Ranch of Texas.

While walking through the meadow at Waterloo Mills Preserve this week, I noticed a hawk flush up from the wetland and land in a tree along the stream. My initial thought, based on the bird's size, was that is was a Red-tailed hawk but after looking at the bird through my binoculars, I saw it wasn't a Red-tail after all...