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14
October

Save the Date: WeConservePA Conference 2021

10/14/2020

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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categories: Conservation Learning, PALTA News
14
October

Land Stewardship Roundtable: December 1

10/14/2020

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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categories: Conservation Learning, PALTA News
23
September

Here’s Your Chance to Shape the 2021 WeConservePA Conference

09/23/2020

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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categories: General Interest, PALTA News
22
September

Early Registration Now Open for Western PA Land Conservation Summit

09/22/2020

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

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categories: General Interest, Conservation Learning, PALTA News
21
September

Land Trust Leaders’ Roundtable: October 19

09/21/2020

The next land trust leaders' roundtable will be held virtually from noon to 1:15 pm on October 19, 2020. The roundtable is open to executive directors, board chairs, and other land trust leaders. Click here to register. The roundtables have had a few month hiatus. We will now come back together to check in with one another and share and discuss our various efforts to plan read more

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15
September

We Are WeConservePA

09/15/2020

Why the name change? "Our new name concisely states what the directors, committee members, and staff of the organization endeavor to accomplish; the work of member land trusts, open space programs, environmental advisory councils, trail groups, and other conservation organizations engaged with and supported by WeConservePA; and the motivation for the individual persons read more

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categories: PALTA News, General Interest
14
September

About the New Logo

09/14/2020

WeConservePA’s logo features a stylized cone of the eastern hemlock (Tsuga canadensis), Pennsylvania’s official state tree. The shade-tolerant hemlock grows naturally in every Pennsylvania county but especially on relatively moist ridges, ravines, and hillsides. Vast numbers of towering, centuries-old eastern hemlocks greeted colonial settlers. The hemlock’s dense read more

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10
September

Three New Guides

09/10/2020

WeConservePA has published three new guides at ConservationTools.org. The content of each is briefly described below. Adverse Possession in Pennsylvania A long-time trespasser may gain ownership of land by using it with no documented challenge for 21 years. Landowners can avoid this threat with some good, basic practices.  (link, 7 pages) Adding to Land Under Conservation read more

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categories: Conservation Resources, PALTA News
16
September

Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, & Justice Resources

09/16/2020

WeConservePA has compiled links to diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice (DEIJ) resources. Topics range from anti-racism resources, to diversity and inclusion in conservation, to personal reflections. If you are aware of other good resources to include in this compilation, please contact WeConservePA communications specialist, Hilary Hirtle, at hhirtle@weconservepa.org. read more

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15
September

WeConservePA Executive Director Comments on Name Change

09/15/2020

Dear Friends of Conservation, On June 30, 2020, the member organizations of the Pennsylvania Land Trust Association voted to change the Association’s name to WeConservePA. Why the change? The name concisely states what the directors, committee members, and staff of the organization endeavor to accomplish; the work of member land trusts, open space programs, environmental read more

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17
July

2019 Biennial Census Report

07/17/2020

The 2019 biennial census report was recently released. Highlights from the report found that between 2010 and 2019, land trusts in Pennsylvania: Expanded the lands they have conserved by 35%; Conserved 207,000 acres of land (323 sq. mi. - roughly the size of Lehigh County); On average, conserved 57 acres every day; Increased their acreage protected with perpetual read more

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8
June

Conservation and Justice for All

06/08/2020

Dear Friends and Supporters, Conservation is crucial but not sufficient for ensuring that ALL people have the opportunity to live freely and prosper in healthy communities. It is deeply wrong that a Black person has to worry about being accosted and threatened while birdwatching in a park. It is evil that simply encountering law enforcement or jogging while Black can be the read more

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categories: Bigger Picture, PALTA News
1
April

Paycheck Protection Program Application Assistance

04/01/2020

Time is of the essence, as non-profits and business owners across the U.S. get ready to tap into the new Paycheck Protection Program (PPP). The team at RKL has been tracking program developments so that organizations can move quickly to take advantage of these unprecedented emergency forgivable loans. What do you need to know? On March 31, 2020, the U.S. Treasury issued read more

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25
March

2020 PALTA Training Webinars

03/25/2020

In response to the recent cancellation of the 2020 Pennsylvania Land Conservation Conference due to COVID-19, the Pennsylvania Land Trust Association has been working to schedule a series of webinars to fill the gap in training. Webinar trainings covering a variety of topics relevant to land conservation are set to begin April 2nd, and additional trainings will be added as they read more

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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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