Conservation People

North Branch Land Trust honored its volunteers and announced its 2015 Volunteer of the Year at a recent dinner held at Sabatini’s Beer Bar. Tina Fiorani was the recipient of this year’s award for her dedicated volunteer efforts at the George & Lillian Picton Wildlife Sanctuary, as well as leading hikes for Land Trust members and for serving on several NBLT committees read more

For the month of November, the Delaware Highlands Conservancy will host writer and photographer Sandy Long as the artist-in-residence at the protected Lemons Brook Farm property in Bethel, NY. The Lemons Brook Farm Artist Residency, a collaborative project between the Delaware Highlands Conservancy and Beautiful Traditions (a community arts integration company) is an artist read more

Lancaster County Conservancy announces that Philip R. Wenger, a local business owner and community leader, will become its next Chief Executive Officer effective December 1, 2015. Phil retired from active leadership at Isaac’s Famous Grilled Sandwiches in 2014. His success as an entrepreneur, his passion and proven track record for helping organizations grow and his vision and read more

North American Land Trust (NALT), a national, not-for-profit land conservation organization, today announced that Stephen Thor Johnson will become President and CEO. He will succeed Andrew L. Johnson (no relation), who founded the organization in 1992. Stephen Johnson of Lincoln, MA, was selected by the Board of Directors following a year-long search after Andrew Johnson read more

Adrienne is primarily responsible for the management of the Spring Creek Watershed's Water Resources Monitoring Project. The position requires year-round collection and management of water quality and quantity data (including baseflow and groundwater), maintenance and analysis of rating curves for 13 stream flow stations, collection of discharge measurements at 15 stations and read more

Tim Herd will serve as the new Executive Director for the Pennsylvania Recreation and Park Society  (PRPS) beginning September 1, 2015.  After a lengthy national search process, Tim has emerged as the unanimous choice of the Board of Directors.  Mr. Herd has been functioning in the Interim Director role for the Society for the past four months, doing a tremendous job. The read more

Deborah Nardone of Halfmoon Township, a longtime champion of natural  places and clean water, has been named Executive Directorof ClearWater Conservancy in State College. A conservationist with a quarter century of experience working in many arenas, from the mountains and valleys of central Pennsylvania to Capitol Hill, Deb looks forward to being ClearWater's fourth Executive read more

Penn Trails LLC is pleased to announce that Amy Lutsko will join its team as our Senior Project Manager, starting September 8th. Amy will be responsible for trail project management including assessments, planning and construction. Amy will also be responsible for developing and delivering training services for our clients. Amy will be leaving the Maryland Park Service, read more

  Adams County native Adam Boyer joined the Land Conservancy of Adams County as its Land Conservation Coordinator on August 3. A 2012 graduate of the Schreyer Honors College at Penn State University, Boyer earned his law degree from Villanova University School of Law last May, with a focus on environmental and land use planning. During law school, Boyer served as read more