PALTA to Honor Franklin Kury at the 2018 Pennsylvania Land Conservation Conference
The Pennsylvania Land Trust Association is pleased to honor Franklin Kury for his extraordinary contributions to conservation. Elected to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for three terms (1966-1972), Kury was a leader in the enactment of fundamental environmental laws.
He was the author and lead advocate for the 1971 amendment to the state constitution that declares the people’s right to a clean environment and requires government to steward parks and other public lands in trust for the people. His finely crafted work, largely ignored by the courts for decades, is now fundamentally reshaping Pennsylvania law as the PA Supreme Court affirms the intent and prudence of the Environmental Rights Amendment.
PALTA will present the award at the 2018 Pennsylvania Land Conservation Conference.
Please join us to honor Franklin Kury during Thursday’s dinner (April 12). If you have already registered and wish to add the dinner to your registration, please contact Carol Grayshaw at 717.230.8560.
