Natural Lands - The Magazine of Natural Lands Fall/Winter 2017, Issue 151 | Page 2

contents 1 natural lands number 151  •  fall/winter 2017 nature sustains humans who sustain nature. editor  Kirsten Werner art director  Holly M. Harper contributors  Dan Barringer, Suzanne Barton, Oliver Bass, Kelsey Boyd, Mandy Dollar, Ann Hausmann, Molly Morrison, Erin McCormick, Sean Quinn, Rick Tralies We cannot create a community that cares about conservation without first providing access to open space. 6 making meadows. Restoring 90 acres of former row crops to native meadows is just the latest accomplishment at Green Hills Preserve. 4 NEWS 9 CARING FOR NATURE Natural Lands Hildacy Preserve 1031 Palmers Mill Road, Media, PA 19063 t 610-353-5587  |  f 610-353-0517 [email protected] | natlands.org pay attention. be astonished. tell about it. 10 SAVING OPEN SPACE recent land conservation successes. Information filed with the Attorney General concerning this charitable solicitation and the percentage of contributions received by the charity during the last reporting period that were dedicated to the charitable purpose may be obtained from the Attorney General of the State of New Jersey by calling 973-504-6215 and is available on the internet at www.state.nj.us/lps/ ca/charfrm.htm. Registration with the Attorney General does not imply endorsement. 15 CONNECTING PEOPLE TO THE OUTDOORS a weekend. a way of life. #naturallands   facebook.com/NatLands       twitter.com/natlands     The official registration and financial information of Natural Lands Trust, Inc. may be obtained from the Pennsylvania Department of State by calling toll free, within Pennsylvania, 1-800-732-0999. Registration does not imply endorsement.   instagram.com/natural.lands cover: an enthusiastic participant in our Mighty Mud event at Stroud Preserve this summer, photo by: Mae Axelrod N ATUR A L L A N DS . SPRI NG / SUMMER 2 017 1 nature sustains humans who sustain nature. BY MOLLY MORRISON, PRESIDENT Overstimulated by the pace of change, divided by politics or beliefs, and challenged to find and hold onto those things that bind us together. We are living in an unsettling time. Many of us are searching for those things that unify us to a degree that is greater than those that rend us apart. I would propose that among the resources we share—which cross generations and geography and cultures—it is land and the nature it sustains that have the greatest power to unite us. Conservation, which Natural Lands has prac- ticed for almost 65 years, reflects values that Stroud Preserve | West Chester, PA | 571 acres