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Category: Field Trips

The enhanced pool
May 11January 28 Donna L. Long

Field Trip: Jenkintown Creek and a Not Quite Vernal Pool

Snow-Covered Pines at Cape May National Wildlife Refuge. USFWS/public domain.
January 12May 31 Donna L. Long

National Wildlife Refuges in the Mid-Atlantic Region

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June 9January 17 Donna L. Long

Forest Bathing: 15 Minutes to Good Health

The Ultimate McMansion - Versailles in France
January 9January 2 Donna L. Long

Paris Lessons: Versailles, the Ultimate McMansion

flowers in the Luxembourg Gardens in Paris, France
January 8January 2 Donna L. Long

Paris Lessons: Public Gardens and City Life

Street trees long the Quai De Conti in Paris. Photo by Donna L. Long.
January 7January 2 Donna L. Long

Paris Lessons: Street Trees and Strolling in the Shade

January 6January 2 Donna L. Long

Paris Lessons: Bikes, Trains and Automobiles

The base of the Eiffel Tower. Photo by Donna L. Long.
January 5January 19 Donna L. Long

Paris Lessons: How to Make a Liveable City

Trees along a path in the Wissahickon Valley Park. Photo by Donna L. Long.
November 29January 28 Donna L. Long

Hiking the Lower Wissahickon

ferns in wetland
September 11January 28 Donna L. Long

Field Trip: Swamp Serenity

Hawk Mountain - overlooking the mountains on the Piedmont Plateau
May 24May 3 Donna L. Long

The Piedmont Plateau: The Gently Rolling Hills of Philadelphia

a hidden pond
May 22February 19 Donna L. Long

A Warbler Walk in the Morning

Atop Philadelphia's City Hall looking east - a broad flat coastal plain
May 17December 14 Donna L. Long

Philadelphia’s Coastal Plain

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February 7January 2 Donna L. Long

Photos from the Lakota Wolf Preserve

Tufted Titmouse in the underbrush at Tinicum NWR in Philadelphia
January 19January 2 Donna L. Long

A Wetland Walk at Tinicum NWR

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