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2020 Awards

Lifetime Conservation Leadership Award

The Lifetime Conservation Leadership Award recognizes individuals who have made outstanding contributions to conservation in Pennsylvania over the course of their life & career. Each year, PALTA solicits nominations for the award and a committee determines the winner.

The Association is pleased to announce that Molly Morrison has been selected as this years recipient of the Lifetime Conservation Leadership Award in recognition of her tremendous service to the cause of conservation in Pennsylvania. Molly joins 16 other Pennsylvanians who have received this award since its inception in 2004. For more information, please see press release by Natural Lands.

The award presentation will take place during dinner on Thursday, April 2nd. To purchase tickets, please contact Carol Grayshaw at cgrayshaw@conserveland.org or by phone (717) 219-4074.

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Local Government Conservation Leadership Award

The Pennsylvania Land Trust Association is pleased to announce Bushkill Township as the recipient of the 2020 Local Government Conservation Leadership Award. This award honors counties and municipalities for their commitment to conservation. Bushkill Township joins 17 other local government entities in receiving this recognition since 2007.

Bushkill Township has provided leadership in advancing the conservation of natural resources through the development of the Open Space Program, which aims to preserve and protect natural spaces within the Township. Since its inception in 2007, the Open Space Program has allowed Bushkill Township to acquire approximately 700 acres and 35 conservation easements, protecting vital and scenic natural resources.  (photo: Ballas Meadow Passive Recreational Park, taken by Jason Smith)

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People & Projects

  • Part of Brandywine Battlefield Preserved in Westtown Township

    Part of Brandywine Battlefield Preserved in Westtown Township

    Natural Lands announced on October 26, 2020 the permanent protection of nearly 10 acres of land along the fast-developing Route …Read More »
  • Unlikely Partners BalletX and Natural Lands Make Nature Center Stage

    Unlikely Partners BalletX and Natural Lands Make Nature Center Stage

    What does it look like when the regions oldest and largest land conservation organization and Philadelphia’s Premier Contemporary Ballet Company …Read More »
  • Heritage Conservancy Sets Pioneering Example of Partnership and Preservation with Manoff Market Gardens

    Heritage Conservancy Sets Pioneering Example of Partnership and Preservation with Manoff Market Gardens

    Freda R. Savana for Heritage Conservancy It could be said that Gary and Amy Manoff have farming in their blood. …Read More »
  • Berks Nature Closes on a Conservation Easement of Olivet Blue Mountain Camp

    Berks Nature Closes on a Conservation Easement of Olivet Blue Mountain Camp

    On September 30th, 2020, Berks Nature closed on a conservation easement project in the Schuylkill River Watershed, Kittatinny Ridge and …Read More »
  • Fifteen More Acres Protected Forever!

    Fifteen More Acres Protected Forever!

      Article originally published in September 2020 by Willistown Conservation Trust. The final conservation chapter to the 15-acre Stonehedge Farm …Read More »
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