Wawa Preserve

Wawa Preserve The 98-acre Wawa Preserve was once used to graze cattle for the Wawa Dairy. Today, it is preserved forever. Learn more at www.natlands.org.

See our website for more information including our history, a trail map, and hours of operation. Wawa Preserve is owned by Natural Lands and operated in partnership with Middletown Township. Parts of the property were once used to graze cattle for the Wawa Dairy. Visitors can enjoy trails that traverse a variety of habitats, including dense woodlands along Rocky Run Creek and sunny meadows filled

with milkweed, goldenrod, and little bluestem. Wawa Preserve is owned by non-profit conservation organization Natural Lands.

If you stood with your feet in the earthUp to your ankles in grassAnd your arms had leaves running over themAnd every on...
06/04/2026

If you stood with your feet in the earth
Up to your ankles in grass
And your arms had leaves running over them
And every once in awhile one of your leafy fingers
Was nudged by a bird flying past,
If the skin that covers you from top to tip
Wasn’t skin at all, but bark
And you never moved your feet from their place
In the earth
But stood rooted in one spot come
Rain
Wind
Snow
Sleet
Thaw
Spring
Summer
Winter
Fall
Blight
Bug
Day
Dark
Then you would be me:
A tree.

Kuskin, Karla, Any Me I Want to Be

📸: Kate Rash

The native American chestnut (Castenea dentata) was functionally wiped out by 1950 from Pennsylvania forests due to a fu...
05/28/2026

The native American chestnut (Castenea dentata) was functionally wiped out by 1950 from Pennsylvania forests due to a fungus introduced to the U.S. at the beginning of the century. It was first observed in the Keystone State in 1908 in Montgomery County. Chinese chestnuts like this one are not affected by the blight.

📸: Adam Hribar

Did you know a chipmunk can carry more than 165 acorns in a day, stuff its cheeks to three times the size of its head, a...
05/21/2026

Did you know a chipmunk can carry more than 165 acorns in a day, stuff its cheeks to three times the size of its head, and dig burrows up to 30 feet long? Oh, and they're cute, too.

📸: Kristen Cooney

There are several species of viburnum native to Pennsylvania, including blackhaw viburnum (Viburnum prunifolium). All sp...
05/14/2026

There are several species of viburnum native to Pennsylvania, including blackhaw viburnum (Viburnum prunifolium). All species produce high-nutrition berries for birds and other wildlife.

📸: Cody Hudgens

The color of Eastern Bluebird eggs is one of life's greatest joys. But, did you know, white eggs can occur? A female tha...
05/07/2026

The color of Eastern Bluebird eggs is one of life's greatest joys. But, did you know, white eggs can occur? A female that lays white eggs will do so all her life. The presumption is that she had an infection in her oviduct that impacted her ability to add pigment to the egg shells.

📸: Caleb Arrowood

Who else thinks Barn Owls look a little like the Porgs from "Star Wars: The Last Jedi"? May the Fourth be with you. 📸: S...
05/04/2026

Who else thinks Barn Owls look a little like the Porgs from "Star Wars: The Last Jedi"? May the Fourth be with you.

📸: Steve Eisenhauer

Red foxes are very adaptable. They eat rabbits, mice, birds, eggs, frogs, even insects or worms. They also eat fruits an...
04/27/2026

Red foxes are very adaptable. They eat rabbits, mice, birds, eggs, frogs, even insects or worms. They also eat fruits and vegetables, fish, carrion, grain, rubbish, and domestic chickens. If they live around humans, red foxes will happily eat pet food.

📸: Adrian Melck

A pair of Blue-gray Gnatcatchers can build up to seven nests in a breeding season. They often re-use nest material from ...
04/20/2026

A pair of Blue-gray Gnatcatchers can build up to seven nests in a breeding season. They often re-use nest material from previous nests, which speeds re-nesting. This can be essential to breeding success, since predation, nest parasitism, or mite infestations frequently cause nest loss and brood failure.

📸: John McNamara

While they are typically green, green frogs can also exhibit shades of brown, bronze, or even blue. They have a bright y...
04/13/2026

While they are typically green, green frogs can also exhibit shades of brown, bronze, or even blue. They have a bright yellow throat, especially in males during the breeding season.

📸: Jill Sabre

What spring ephemerals have you spotted so far this season?📸: Christine Yurick
04/06/2026

What spring ephemerals have you spotted so far this season?

📸: Christine Yurick

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127 Valley Road
Media, PA
19063

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