Conservation News
Conservation News
Conservation News
Here's a quick guide resource of the latest news and happenings in the world of conservation.
Old-Growth Forest Network
In April of 2023, Rowe Woods was officially inducted into the Old-Growth Forest Network for having some of the last remaining acres of old-growth forest in the nation. The forests that are part of the Old-Growth Forest Network are chosen because they’re among the oldest known forests in their county and have a formal protection in place to ensure the trees and ecosystem are protected from commercial logging.
This induction not only proves that we have this ecologically important habitat on our property, but that our conservation team has been managing this land in a manner that’s helped to keep it healthy.

Christmas Bird Count Results
On Monday, December 26, we took part in the annual Audubon Christmas Bird Count. Nineteen participants walked a combined 11 miles of trails and recorded all of the bird species they identified by sight or sound. We managed to count 34 different bird species, including a flyover of 60 sandhill cranes! The full list of species and numbers spotted is below.
Special thanks go out to Tim Nabors, Jake Sberna, Kelly Volz, Andy Fix, Cathy Corsmeier, and Paul Korn for coming out early Monday morning to help count. And a big shout-out to our Project Feeder Watch groups for counting the birds at our feeders to round out the count.
Species and Total Individuals Spotted
American crow: 5
American goldfinch: 47
American robin: 22
American tree sparrow: 14
Blue jay: 110
Brown creeper: 1
Carolina chickadee: 61
Carolina wren: 20
Cooper's hawk: 4
Dark-eyed junco: 111
Downy woodpecker: 44
Eastern bluebird: 13
Eastern towhee: 49
Field sparrow: 4
Fox sparrow: 1
Golden-crowned kinglet: 8
Hairy woodpecker: 25
House finch:12
Mourning dove: 4
Northern cardinal: 289
Northern flicker: 1
Pileated woodpecker: 4
Red-bellied woodpecker: 60
Red-headed woodpecker: 14
Red-shouldered hawk: 2
Red-tailed hawk: 1
Sandhill crane: 60
Song sparrow: 37
Tufted titmouse: 160
White-breasted nuthatch: 33
White-crowned sparrow: 2
White-throated sparrow: 88
Winter wren: 2
Yellow-bellied sapsucker: 1
