Scenes of High Point Preserve Autumn 2024

This video features the change of seasons from Fall to Winter in Northeast PA at Silver Lake and the High Point Preserve. Local wildlife prepares for winter, including porcupine, raccoon, fox, bobcat, coyote, barred owl, chickadees, Downy woodpecker, Great Blue Heron, and Kingfisher. First time we have seen a mother porcupine nursing a young porcupine.…

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Conservancy Currents Newsletter Fall 2024

Read about a new blight, a day of beetle hunting, a book that explores the abilities and senses of plants, and more, in: Now It’s the Beech Trees Hunting Season Looking for “Larry” ‘Tis the Season Book Review: The Light Eaters, by Zoë Schlanger, 2024 Thank you, members of the Edward L. Rose Conservancy, for your continued support!…

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Life on a Log – Fall 2024 Nature Video

This video provides a look at a variety of creatures that are our neighbors at Silver Lake and the High Point Preserve in NorthEast PA.. As trees come to the end of their life cycle, a fallen log can become an important travel path for many animals, saving energy or providing access. In this video…

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Summer Nature Video from the High Point Preserve 2024

This Summer’s nature watch brought some unusual sightings and behaviors. We have been monitoring a porcupine den for a number of years, and this Summer some Turkey Vultures decided to move in for their nesting needs. Turkey vultures often nest in cavities and caves along rock outcrops. In this video, captured between June 2024 and…

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Conservancy Currents Newsletter Summer 2024

2024 has been a busy growth year for the Edward L Rose Land Conservancy. In the Summer 2024 newsletter, gain insight into the acquisition of the Woodbourne Forest and Wildlife Preserve, some efforts for protect our Hemlock forests, and about threads of very interesting local history. The acquisition effort was long, competitive, and complicated.  The…

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Summer Wildlife video from Highpoint Preserve

We are blessed with an amazing variety of wildlife in the Highpoint Preserve, one of the natural places protected by the Edward L Rose Land Conservancy. In this video there are many species of birds, a black bear family, an ermine, beaver, and muskrats. One of the background music songs, “Old Wayne Rounds” was written…

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Celebration held for transfer of Woodbourne to E.L. Rose

Celebration Held – June 12, 2024 Transfer of Woodbourne Forest and Wildlife Preserve to E.L. Rose Land Conservancy An Official Transfer celebration was held at Salt Springs State Park to share in the bright future of the merging of the Woodbourne family with the E.L. Rose family. A positive event was held with refreshments and…

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Annual Meeting Planned – Saturday July 27, 2024

The Board of Directors of the Edward L. Rose Land Conservancy invites members to attend its annual meeting, currently scheduled for Saturday, July 27, 2024. We at the E.L. Rose Land Conservancy seek to protect forests, farms, wildlife habitat, and water quality in northeastern Pennsylvania and in south central New York. A small organization, we…

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Spring Conservation Currents Newsletter

Spring is upon us, and with it the latest issue of Conservancy Currents from the Edward L. Rose Land Conservancy.   Articles include: The Edward L. Rose Conservancy Acquires the Woodbourne Preserve Welcome Bill Fischer to the board Passing of Conservancy Founder Patty Bloomer The Conservancy’s New Administrator, and From the Editor Link to the Newsletter

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Passing of Patty Bloomer

It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Patty Bloomer, Vice-President of the Edward L. Rose Land Conservancy. Patty was an original co-founder of the Conservancy and has been an active and passionate supporter of the organization and its mission for almost four decades. It is with her guidance that the Conservancy…

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