LandLines Newsletter Archive

LandLines is our bi-annual newsletter for conservation easement holders.

2024

Summer 2024 - LandLines

  • 30 Years of Conservation
  • Native and Invasive Species: Sensitive Fern and Amur Cork Tree
  • Farewell from Nicole
  • North and South American Birds to be Renamed
  • PA Tick Research Lab

Fall 2024 - LandLines

  • New Wildflower Meadow Planted at Reserve
  • Spotted Lanternflies Achilles' Heel
  • Eat Your Invasives: Dandy Knotweed Muffins
  • Understanding the Importance of Current Condition Reports

2023

Spring 2023 - LandLines

  • Support Your Local Pollinators and Mow Less
  • The American Marten
  • Fun App for Birders!
  • Native and Invasive Species: Skunk cabbage and Jetbead

Fall 2023 - LandLines

  • Conservancy Responds to Timber Theft on Protected Property
  • A Note From Steve, Summer 2023 Stewardship Intern
  • Beech Leaf Disease
  • Spongy Moth: The Latest Update
  • Native and Invasive Species: Wineberry and Turtlehead

2022

Spring 2022 - LandLines

  • Mason Bees: The Super Pollinators
  • Updates to PA's Noxious Weed List
  • Stewardship of Your Property
  • Native and Invasive Species: Jack-in-the-pulpit and Northern Snakehead

Fall 2022 - LandLines

  • Foraging Staghorn Sumac
  • Environmental Quality Incentives Program
  • Spotlight on Wood Turtles
  • Native and Insave Species: Ground pine and Jimsonweed

2021

Spring 2021 - LandLines

  • How Healthy Is Your Stream? Join the Leaf Pack Network
  • Recipe: Bradford Pear Jelly
  • Native and Invasive Species: Trout Lily and Bradford Pear
  • Native Animal Spotlight: American Eel

2020

Spring 2020 - LandLines

  • Recipe: Strawberry Fleeceflower (Japanese Knotweed) Yogurt Pops
  • Native and Invasive Species Corner: Common Reed (Phragmites)
  • Red-Spotted Newt: An Indicator Species

2019

Spring 2019 - LandLines

  • How to Have Happy Bees
  • Celebrating 25 Years in 2019
  • Welcome New Stewardship Associate

Fall 2019 - LandLines

  • Winning the War on Mile-a-Minute and Kudzu
  • Hemlock Woolly Adelgid and Citizen Science
  • A Note from Nicole

2018

Spring 2018 - LandLines

  • My Ash Trees Are Dying - What Do I Do?
  • Celebrating 25 Years in 2019
  • Recommended Forestry Best Management Practices Related to Spotted Lanternfly

Fall 2018 - LandLines

  • Discover New Ways to Care for Your Woods with MyWoodlot
  • Spotted Lanternfly: How to Identify and Report It
  • Giant Hogweed and Cow Parsnip

2017

Spring 2017 - LandLines

  • A Biologist's Manifesto
  • Meet Your Stewardship Team
  • Conservation Districts--A Local Resource

Fall 2017 - LandLines

  • Funding for Stewardship on Private Lands
  • A note from Cindy, Stewardship Associate
  • Leaving a Legacy, Engaging the Next Generation
  • Replanting After Hemlock Woolly Adelgid

2016

Spring 2016 — LandLines

  • Radical change projected for northern forests is rooted in past, current management
  • Japanese stilt grass and Christmas fern
  • How a fossilized forest in Arctic Norway changed the Earth's climate
  • Clear Choices Clean Water

Fall 2016 — LandLines

  • Riparian Buffer Management
  • Invasive earthworms threaten trees
  • Rebirth after fire
  • Useful app for landowners
  • Mile-a-minute and Virginia creeper

2015

Spring 2015 — LandLines

  • The Importance of Family Forests to Conservation Goals
  • Invasive Species Corner: Tree of Heaven
  • Native Species Spotlight: Milkweed
  • The healing power of nature: Forest bathing
  • The Overlooked Threats to Family-Forest Wood Supplies

Fall 2015 — LandLines

  • The Link Between Japanese Barberry and Lyme Disease
  • The Delaware River Watershed Initiative
  • Building Resilience in the Upper Delaware
  • Invasive Species Corner: Japanese Barberry
  • Native Species Spotlight: Highbush blueberry
  • Stewardship Resources for Landowners

2014

Spring 2014 — LandLines

  • Landowner Story: We Are All Connected
  • Invasive Species Corner: Japanese Barberry
  • Native Species Alternatives: Old Fashioned Weigela, Smokebush
  • The Gift of a Legacy

Fall 2014 — LandLines

  • ATV Trespass: Tips for Landowners
  • Native Species Spotlight: Black Gum Tree
  • Invasive Species Corner: Mile-a-Minute Vine
  • Helping Find Home for the New England Cottontail

2013

Spring 2013 — LandLines

  • Reacting to Reality: Hemlock Woolly Adelgid Forces Management Decisions
  • Native Species Spotlight: Trailing-arbutus
  • Invasive Species Corner: Hemlock Woolly Adelgid
  • Protect Your Forests from Invasive Insects

Fall 2013 — LandLines

  • Enhancing Habitat for Wildlife
  • Native Species Spotlight: Monarch butterfly
  • Invasive Species Corner: Gypsy Moth
  • Recipe: Garlic Mustard Pesto
  • Landowner Spotlight: Partners in Protecting Land

 

2012

Spring — LandLines

  • Habitat Access Program: Stewardship Help for Forest Landowners
  • Forest Lessons: What's Your Acorn Potential?
  • Native Species Spotlight: Cardinal Flower
  • Invasive Species Corner: Didymo ("Rock Snot")

Fall 2012 — LandLines

  • "Green" Yards Protect Streams
  • American Forest Foundation Website for Landowners
  • Native Species Spotlight: Wild Bergamot
  • Invasive Species Corner: Hydrilla

2011

Spring 2011 — LandLines

  • Common Diseases of Mixed Hardwood Woodlots
  • Native Species Spotlight: Bloodroot
  • Invasive Species Corner: Japanese Knotweed
  • Guidelines for Annual Forest Pest Inspections

Fall 2011 — LandLines

  • Woodlots and Boundary Lines
  • Controlling Japanese Knotweed
  • Native Species Spotlight: Goldenrod

2010

Spring 2010 — LandLines

  • Wetlands, Mother Nature's Underappreciated Workhorse
  • Strengthening Your Easement for Perpetuity
  • Signs for Protected Property

2009

Spring 2009 — LandLines

  • Going Native: Make Your Property Healthy
  • Activities on Protected Properties
  • Nesting Birds in Your Open Fields
  • Extinguishing Building Envelopes

Fall 2009 — LandLines

  • The Gas Drilling Challenge
  • A Healthy Forest is No Accident
  • The Neighborly Benefits of Conservation Easements

2008

Fall 2008 — LandLines

  • Pond Care
  • Caring for Your Water
  • Handling Invasives