Fly fishing retailer Orvis-Pittsburgh has awarded a $3,000 Conservation Grant to Hollow Oak Land Trust to support of habitat restoration on Meeks Run, one of the cleanest streams in Allegheny County. Although it supports 25 species fish, Meeks Run suffers from urban stormwater runoff, invasive species, and unstable stream banks. With support from the Orvis grant, Hollow read more
Conservation Projects
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July
Making Conservation Happen on the Monocacy
Wildlands Conservancy is making a direct and lasting impact in Northampton County through significant, on-the-ground projects aimed at stream and wildlife habitat restoration on the Monocacy Creek. Monocacy Park Stream Restoration Together with project partners, Wildlands is bringing together a new vision for Bethlehem’s beloved Monocacy Park – one that enhances the public’s read more
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July
Lancaster Farmland Trust Partners with Turkey Hill Dairy to Preserve Local Farm
Lancaster Farmland Trust is excited to join Turkey Hill Dairy in their "Preserve a Farm" campaign, which aims to preserve a 63-acre Amish farm in East Lampeter Township. The campaign is part of the local business's 85th anniversary celebration and inspired by a new line of drinks call "Haymakers," based upon an old recipe to help farmers quench their thirst. Under the read more
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July
Land Conservancy preserves 10 acres in Mount Joy Township
“The more we preserve, the better off we are—and the better off the world is.” Speaking like a true preservationist, Mount Joy Township resident Carol Holtz lives by her words. Holtz recently preserved her 10-acre property through the Land Conservancy of Adams County. Proposed developments in her neighborhood heightened her concerns about pollution, congestion, and stresses read more
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June
Allegheny Land Trust to Develop Short Film on Preserve
Wild Excellence Films (WEF) announced today they have been contracted to produce a film for Allegheny Land Trust (ALT), one of the many new projects for the company in 2016. The high-definition short film will highlight the amazing recreational opportunities and conservation success stories on several Allegheny Land Trust properties in the Pittsburgh area. The featured read more
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June
Winners Announced for Delaware Highlands Conservancy Scholarships
[Hawley, PA and Bethel, NY--] The Delaware Highlands Conservancy has awarded its annual “Delaware Highlands Conservancy/Yeaman Scholarship” in the amount of $1,000 to Daniel Smith, a 2016 graduate of Delaware Valley High School, and the “Vanessa Van Gorder Memorial Scholarship” in the amount of $1,000 to Molly Mowatt, a 2016 graduate of Wallenpaupack Area High School. The read more
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June
Allegheny Land Trust Adds Education Programs
Allegheny Land Trust has launched a new outdoor and environmental education initiative and hired two staff members to manage the new education programs. The land trust welcomes Jessica Kester and Julie Travaglini, both formerly of The Outdoor Classroom, to create additional educational opportunities, especially for school-aged children, at the land trust’s conservation read more
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June
Land Conservancy named Preservation Organization of the Year by the Civil War Trust
The Civil War Trust presented the Land Conservancy of Adams County its Brian C. Pohanka Preservation Organization of the Year Award at its annual conference last week in Gettysburg. The Civil War Trust, the nation’s largest nonprofit organization devoted to the preservation of the nation’s Civil War battlegrounds, presents the award each year to an organization that shows read more
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June
Nichols Run Conservation Easement Completed
North-central Pennsylvania is characterized by its fields and especially by its forests. Because they are widespread features of the landscape, it may sometimes be difficult to understand the need to protect these vital resources. But subdivision, fragmentation, and conversion to other uses continue to threaten the economic and ecological viability of these spaces and the read more
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June
Washington County Community Foundation Bestows $10,000 President’s Choice Award to Independence Conservancy
Independence Conservancy recently received a $10,000 unrestricted grant from the Washington County Community Foundation (WCCF) to help establish the Langeloth Valley Conservation Area near Burgettstown. Voicing her strong support for conservation and environmental preservation, WCCF President Betsie Trew noted that Independence Conservancy has stepped up to fill a void read more
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May
Western PA Conservancy Protects Forested Area in the Laurel Highlands
The Western Pennsylvania Conservancy (WPC) announced today the permanent protection of hundreds of forested acres in the Laurel Highlands along two miles of the Great Allegheny Passage (GAP). Today’s acquisition of a 329-acre tract of land in Black Township, Somerset County, is one of five properties conserved in recent years along the GAP and increased WPC’s Casselman River read more
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May
Wildlands Conservancy Acquires 22 Acres Along the Kittatinny Ridge: A Credit to the Legacy of Conservationist Charlie Nehf
Wildlands Conservancy, the premier nonprofit land trust of the Lehigh Valley and Lehigh River watershed, recently announced the permanent protection of 22 acres of woodlands situated along the Kittatinny Ridge (Blue Mountain) in Washington Township, Lehigh County. The acquired acreage was transferred to the Pennsylvania Game Commission to expand State Game Lands #217. Most read more
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May
Something New is About To Bloom on the Main Line
From Haas family estate to Natural Lands Trust public garden On April 20, 2016, the children of the late John and Chara Haas donated the family’s 42-acre Stoneleigh estate in Villanova to Natural Lands Trust, the region’s oldest and largest land conservation organization. Natural Lands Trust, which owns 43 nature preserves across eastern Pennsylvania and southern New read more
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May
Land Conservancy preserves 157 acres of farmland in Latimore Township
In March, Adams County farmers Kenneth and Mildred Hankey completed a conservation easement agreement with the Land Conservancy of Adams County to preserve a 29-acre parcel of land in Latimore Township outside York Springs. They are currently working with the Land Conservancy on two more conservation easements, on parcels of approximately 70 acres and 58 acres, read more
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April
Connecting a Trail at French Creek State Park
Media, Pa. – On March 25th 2016, Natural Lands Trust purchased a small but significant parcel of land that will be transferred to French Creek State Park. The 2.3 acre section of woodlands is necessary to connect the soon-to-be-completed two-mile section of the Big Woods Trail running through French Creek State Park to the Thun Trail (pronounced “tune”) section of the read more
