Zega-Lockatong Preserve contains acres of old-growth forest, which includes many healthy beech trees. Beech Leaf Disease (BLD) is causing these trees to die back, creating light gaps on the forest floor. The BLD [...]

Help protect the old-growth forest system at Zega! We will be working on removing shrubby invasive plants, caging saplings growing in canopy gaps, and maintaining active stewardship areas. We’ll record observations of beech [...]

This month we will work on maintaining the new and old deer exclosures and explore what’s been growing inside. We’ll hopefully find some plants that are preferred by deer, who don’t get much [...]

We will be working on improving the shrubland at Quakertown Preserve by removing the woody invasive shrubs to make room for the diversity of native shrubs growing there. We’ll also collect cuttings of [...]