Featured Project
The Kilmer Property - 88.6 Acres
Wyalusing Borough & Township , Bradford
An impressive number of animals have been observed throughout the Kilmer Property. Included are many uncommon and/or rare species, such as federally protected bald eagles, ospreys and sandhill cranes. This is due to the aquatic habitats and plant diversity offered by the Natural Plant and Wetland Communities. The open water marsh, wetlands, fields, meadows, vernal pool, woodlots, and roadside edges comprise a mix of wildlife habitats benefiting both terrestrial and aquatic animals.
News
April
20
Getting a Jump on Earth Day 2012
Thanks to everyone who came out to clean up our Hanover Marsh Preserve. Special thanks to Pennsylvania Environmental Council, Hanover Area Students and Sallie Mae, and Miracle Commercial Real Estate. Over 140 old tires and loads of trash collected. Let us hope the illegal dumping stops…we will be watching!
Any one interested in helping us clean up or monitor NBLT properties can contact North Branch at 570 696-5545 or at info@nblt.org or at our website at http://www.nblt.org/contact
Thanks again to everyone for a doing such a great job!!!
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Naturalist's Notes
Linking our Forests and Water Together...
Waters’ ability to pass through, or infiltrate, something is based on that object’s permeability. The more compact and less porous a surface, the less permeable it typically is; take for instance concrete versus a forest floor. On a concrete surface such as a depression on a sidewalk a puddle of water remains until it has evaporated or been swept away. On the other hand, take that same amount of water from that puddle on the concrete and place it on the forest floor. It would be absorbed, infiltrated, translocated, and rarely pool except in times of saturation.
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December
12
North Branch Land Trust White Paper on Regional Land Conservation Needs
The people of northeastern Pennsylvania have an opportunity to protect the regions truly outstanding scenic and natural areas including watershed lands, forests, and farmlands – those natural assets that many of us take for granted. Our precious landscapes are being developed at a faster rate than we can protect them and significant natural resources that should be conserved and protected are disappearing. We are at a crossroads! Our region still harbors many wonderful and natural amenities but at the same time many of these natural assets are disappearing due to poorly planned and uncoordinated development practices. Now is the time to both protect these natural assets while educating the regional populous on the need to do so.
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