Stewardship
Audubon Partnership/Important Bird Area
Preserve ManagementWillistown Conservation Trust currently owns and manages two preserves in the Willistown area. We maintain these lands for the preservation and enhancement of their natural and scenic features and appropriate public access and education. Ashbridge Preserve is a 55 acre mix of early and mid-successional woodland, with old fields and open wet meadows. It contains the main stem of the Ridley Creek, a small tributary, and associated wetlands and floodplains. Kirkwood Preserve is an 83 acre primarily rolling grasslands with scarttered trees and a few woodlands. Some wet meadow surrounds the main stem of the Crum Creek. See the map of Kirkwood. Mowing Plan for Kirkwood
Preserve The decision to restrict dogs at Kirkwood Preserve was deliberated carefully by the Trust's Board of Trustees and was voted on unanimously shortly after the purchase of the preserve in 2005. All Trustees and staff members are dog lovers and would love to walk their dogs at Kirkwood, but after careful consideration, realized that it is best to have an area where wildlife can exist undisturbed by dogs. To summarize, the Board...more |
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