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Showing posts with label Trexler Nature Preserve. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Trexler Nature Preserve. Show all posts
Tuesday, May 23, 2017
Wednesday, May 17, 2017
Elk On The Spring Range ...
“The wildlife and its habitat
cannot speak, so we must and we will.”
~ Theodore Roosevelt
~ 1858-1919
~Naturalist & Conservationist
~Naturalist & Conservationist
~26th President of
The United States of America
~ 1901-1909
A herd of elk soak in the beauty of
a warm May afternoon on a hillside dotted with wild yellow mustard at Trexler
Nature Preserve, Schnecksville, Pennsylvania, where elk live as a herd on the
hillsides of the 1,100-acre preserve’s Central Range.
When
the late General Harry C. Trexler established the preserve in the early 1900s,
he did it to save the American bison, elk and white-tailed deer from extinction
and assure the species’ survival.
A
conservationist along the lines of Theodore Roosevelt and John Muir, General
Trexler understood the importance of nature and preserving wildlife in its
natural habitat.
A
successful businessman who amassed a fortune in the timber and cement
industries and founded the Pennsylvania Power and Light Company, General
Trexler began purchasing small farms in the low hills of Lehigh County in 1906.
By 1913, he had transported eight bison and 20 Virginia white-tailed deer to
the preserve. The elk followed soon after.
When
General Trexler died in 1933, he bequeathed the property to the residents of
Lehigh County. Today, the Trexler Nature Preserve is open to the public for
passive recreation and nature watching.
Thursday, March 16, 2017
Winding Winter Way ...
“The road is life.”
~ Jack Kerouac
~ 1922-1969
~ “On
The Road,”
~ 1957
Standing near the Lehigh Valley Zoo
at Trexler Nature Preserve, Schnecksville, Pennsylvania offers a beautiful
winter vista overlooking the historic Schlicher Covered Bridge in North
Whitehall Township.
Game Preserve Road becomes a winding
winter way through the bridge, painting a picturesque rural landscape on a March
afternoon.
Schlicher’s is an historic wooden
covered bridge. It is a 108-foot-long, Burr Truss bridge that crosses the
Jordan Creek and was constructed in 1882. It has vertical plank siding and a
gable roof. It was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980,
and was closed for a time for needed renovations.
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