Natural Lands announced on October 26, 2020 the permanent protection of nearly 10 acres of land along the fast-developing Route 202 corridor in Westtown Township, Chester County. Owned by the Church of the Loving Shepherd, the property was once the site of the 1777 Battle of Brandywine. Now preserved by a conservation easement held by Natural Lands, the land will never be read more
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October
Girty’s Woods Gets DCNR Grant and Full Community Support
Girty’s Woods conservation project aiming to protect the expansive woodlands within Reserve Township, adjacent to Shaler and Millvale hit two key milestones last week when the PA Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR) awarded a $300,000 grant to Allegheny Land Trust (ALT) for the acquisition of the land and the community raised the full $40,000 for the local read more
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October
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 collaborate? This summer, it looked like dancer Ashley Simpson posed in front of a curtain of wildflowers, stretching upward before bursting into a fluid dance in the summer sunshine. Protected by social distance and the ventilation of read more
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October
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. For more than three decades, the couple has lovingly labored to create one of the area’s most bountiful farms in Solebury Township on land that they leased from Heritage Conservancy. Manoff Market Gardens on Comfort Road is rich with acres and acres of sour read more
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October
Save the Date: WeConservePA Conference 2021
Save the Date WeConservePA Conference March 24-26, 2021 Virtual for the first and hopefully only time! Formerly known as the Pennsylvania Land Conservation Conference, the WeConservePA Conference is Pennsylvania’s premier networking, training, and inspirational event for those involved with private and public land conservation. read more
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Land Stewardship Roundtable: December 1
The 12/1 land stewardship roundtable runs is open to all people involved with stewardship of land or conservation easements. The opening theme of the December roundtable addresses the challenges of stewarding land and easements along property borders including neighbor problems. As time allows, we’ll address other topics of interest. (You can propose topics in advance to Andy read more
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October
Wilderness First Responder Course – Jan 2021 at Hawk Mountain Sanctuary
SOLO's Wilderness First Responder (WFR) is the recognized industry standard and the perfect course for anyone working in a position of outdoor leadership or who wants a high level of wilderness medical training. This 8 day course is a comprehensive and in-depth look at the standards and skills dealing with: Response and Assessment, Musculoskeletal Injuries, Environmental read more
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October
Pennsylvania Outdoor Recreation Plan 2020-2024 Educational Webinars
Pennsylvania has a new five-year Outdoor Recreation Plan with five top priorities. The plan – Recreation for All – is a blueprint including 20 recommendations and 70 action steps for meeting the outdoor recreation needs of all Pennsylvanians. Plan developers built the 2020 plan by gathering input on Pennsylvanians’ outdoor recreation needs and wants from recreation read more
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October
PFBC Now Accepting Applications for Boating Facility Grant Program with Special Emphasis on the Delaware River Watershed
As a growing number of communities realize the positive social and economic impacts of having convenient boating access along their local waterways, the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission (PFBC) is excited to offer a round of Boating Facility Grants to help communities capitalize on the surge in new boating activity. The PFBC encourages townships, boroughs, municipal and read more
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October
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 Corridor, Hamburg Borough, Windsor Township. Berks Nature protected 109.28 acres of land owned by the Olivet Blue Mountain Camp. Known locally as the Blue Mountain, the Kittatinny Ridge stretches across the state of Pennsylvania. Berks Nature read more
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September
Conservancy Announces “Nature Heals: Restore, Renew, Reconnect” Photo Contest Winners and Gallery Exhibition
Through summer 2020, the Delaware Highlands Conservancy held its third annual juried photo contest, "Nature Heals: Restore, Renew, Reconnect." The contest invited local photographers to capture striking nature photos from the Upper Delaware River region in five categories: landscape, wildlife, macro, water, and new this year, a youth category for photographers under 18. The read more
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September
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 at Plumsock and Goshen Roads in Willistown has finally concluded. The land is now protected from additional development forever. Many a trail rider or foxhunter is familiar with the fieldstone jump at the southeast corner read more
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September
Wildlands Permanently Protects 187 Acres in the Lehigh Valley
Wildlands Conservancy announced in September 2020 the permanent protection of 187 acres situated in Salisbury and Upper Saucon Townships, Lehigh County. This recent acquisition establishes a new preserve for the Lehigh Valley, the third success of its kind for the organization inside of 2019-2020. “This latest acquisition furthers our commitment to protect the read more
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Here’s Your Chance to Shape the 2021 WeConservePA Conference
You can help shape the agenda for the 2021 WeConservePA Conference (formerly the Pennsylvania Land Conservation Conference). If you would like to be considered for the conference planning committee, please nominate yourself by contacting Carol Grayshaw at cgrayshaw@weconservepa.org, or call 717 219 4074. WeConservePA is looking for insight into what roundtable discussions, read more
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Early Registration Now Open for Western PA Land Conservation Summit
The Western PA Land Conservation Summit will be held virtually via zoom November 12-13, 2020 and will cover 10 hours of programming across 1.5 days. Early registration ends October 21. See the agenda for the full list of available training. read more
