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Demolition Crews Pave Way for Nature at Brinton Run Preserve

Brinton Run Preserve is normally a quiet sanctuary for plant and wildlife species, as well as a reverent site commemorating the Battle of Brandywine of the Revolutionary War. But for a few days this winter, the peaceful landscape bustled with the commotion of heavy equipment and construction workers. Demolition crews from TSI Home Improvements tore

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NALT Protects Rare Oak Species in Alabama

Picture an oak in your mind. What do you see? Do you imagine a large, tall tree in the middle of a field? Or do you picture a small, scrubby shrub on a sun-baked rock? Either way, you are right. Oaks come in all shapes and sizes. There are approximately 500 species – everything from

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Stories From the Land, Uncategorized

Brinton Run Preserve in Main Line Today

A Philadelphia area magazine, Main Line Today, has featured NALT’s purchase and preservation of 72 acres of the historic Brandywine Battlefield, which NALT plans to turn into the public Brinton Run Preserve and open to the public. “The Brandywine Valley is our home, and this space is just three miles from our headquarters,” Steven Carter

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Brinton Run Preserve, NALT News

Meet Wyatt Moyer

Wyatt Moyer recently joined our NALT team as a Stewardship Specialist. Along with our field biologists, Wyatt will monitor the land and wildlife protected by NALT across the United States using satellite technology and site visits. “It’s all about ensuring the land and resources are there for future generations,” he said. A graduate of Slippery

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NALT News

An Osprey nesting along the banks of the Sassafras River at NALT's Knights Island Preserve

Boots and Satellites: NALT Biologists Take Steps to Protect the Land

A small fox scrambles across a dirt road. Turkey and deer tracks provide evidence of a marsh visit. A juvenile eagle flies out of an oak tree heading across a field, while an osprey flies over a creek. Just another day in the office for the field biologists at North American Land Trust (NALT). The

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Stories From the Land

Saving the Karner Blue Butterfly

THE GROUP EFFORT TO PRESERVE THIS ENDANGERED BUTTERFLY’S HABITAT IN SARATOGA SPRINGS, NEW YORK May is the ultimate celebration of the spring season; many of us are in the garden getting our hands dirty, the birds wake us up every morning with their melodic tunes, and flowers are bursting with color. In Saratoga Springs, New

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Limited Development, Stories From the Land

Brandywine Battlefield Property Purchased for Conservation

NORTH AMERICAN LAND TRUST AND PARTNERS RAISE $3.85 MILLION TO ACQUIRE 72 ACRES IN DELAWARE COUNTY FOR A PUBLIC PRESERVE As of March 25, 2021, North American Land Trust (NALT) has acquired a historic Brandywine Battlefield property — located on Oakland Road in Delaware County — with the intent to protect the land forever under

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Brinton Run Preserve

Hunting is for Everyone at Long Branch Lakes

HOW PARTNERS ARE CREATING AN INCLUSIVE NATURAL ESCAPE ON A NALT CONSERVATION AREA “The outdoors is for everyone” is a mantra many of us have heard, but what does that actually look like? For someone with mobility challenges, exploring a new outdoor area means planning for the unknown, from start to finish: “transportation, parking, restrooms, curbs,

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Family Lands, Stories From the Land

The Making & Keeping of a Nature Preserve

Bay Creek’s Nature Preserve encompasses woodlands, clear running creeks, glassy ponds, and is naturally populated with hundreds of species of wildlife. It will be traversed by an innovative trail system and will be home to thoughtfully planned activity areas and access points for exploring waterways by kayak or canoe. The Nature Preserve gives Bay Creek

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Stories From the Land

American Battlefield Trust, North American Land Trust Partner to Save Revolution’s Brandywine Battlefield

JOINT EFFORT WILL SEE THE 72-ACRE BRINTON RUN PRESERVE PROPERTY PROTECTED IN A PROJECT VALUED AT $3.85 MILLION The American Battlefield Trust and North American Land Trust (NALT) have launched a fundraising campaign to protect a key portion of one of the critical battles on our journey to independence, Brinton Run Preserve on the Brandywine

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Brinton Run Preserve, Family Lands