Projects
Wood Duck Nesting Box Project – new video
Nesting Boxes Success Some Conservation projects see an immediate benefit. Many other projects require patience and produce results in the long term. In 2015 we built and deployed more than…
Read MoreRaptor Nest Platform Update March 25, 2020
Thought a bit of good news might help to start our day. This morning there was some activity on the nesting platform that we erected in 2019 at Silver Lake…
Read MoreRaptor Nest Platform Project Underway
With a Green Communities grant from the Rockwell Collins Corporation, the Edward L Rose Conservancy and volunteers from Rockwell Collins started a project to encourage raptor nesting in Susquehanna County,…
Read MoreSave the Hemlocks
Project to Save the Hemlock Trees Our Cornell partners found hemlock woolly adelgid growing on hemlock trees in High Point Preserve several years ago. The adelgid is a destructive, non-native…
Read MoreSpring visitor – Spotted Sandpiper
For the fourth year we have deployed floating platforms in Silver Lake with motion activated cameras installed to capture videos of visitors. We have had many surprises including this year…
Read MoreConservation Success Story – Wood Ducks
In Conservation, it is important to have a long term perspective. In 2015, Edward L Rose Conservancy partnered with Rockwell Collins for a Green Communities grant involving the construction of…
Read MoreSpring Visitors to Floating Platform
Spring Visitors to our Floating Platforms: We deployed two floating platforms again this Spring, including motion activated cameras. The platforms are made of cedar, are anchored near the inlet to…
Read MoreCornell Interns Complete Summer Projects
The Conservancy was again blessed and impressed with the energy, intelligence, and hard work from the Cornell interns working on projects at Greenwood Sanctuary and High Point Preserve in the…
Read MoreNesting Boxes at Greenwood Sanctuary
Last Fall, some nesting boxes designed for Wood Ducks and some designed for Owls or Kestrels, were deployed at Greenwood Sanctuary in Dimock, PA. This week we saw swallows skimming…
Read MoreVisitors to Floating Nest
When you decide to hijack a nest site from a Mallard Duck, on a floating platform, and incubate a brood of your own, the 28 days of isolation can be…
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