The Brandywine Conservancy is excited to announce it has been awarded a $200,000 grant from the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF). As part of NFWF’s 2019 Delaware River Restoration Fund, this grant is a multistate investment to restore habitats and deliver practices that ultimately improve and protect critical sources of drinking water. With these funds, the read more
Conservation Projects
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October
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October
Pocono Heritage Land Trust Receives $250,000 Grant to Clean Up Streams
The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) recently announced 41 grant awards totaling more than $6.9 million for water quality restoration and habitat conservation throughout the Delaware River watershed. Pocono Heritage Land Trust will receive $250,000 to improve habitat for fish and wildlife at six locations in the Brodhead Creek Watershed, leveraging public and read more
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October
DHC Protects Foster Hill Farm; Seeking Conservation Buyer
Foster Hill Farm, the former Milford home of local businessman and philanthropist Dick Snyder, has been transferred to the Delaware Highlands Conservancy and permanently protected with a conservation easement. A conservation easement permanently protects a property’s natural values while the landowner continues to own and manage the land, subject to the permitted uses read more
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September
Heritage Conservancy Adds Duval Property to Historic Register
Thanks to the hard work and dedication of Laure Duval, her property in Tinicum Township has now become the latest addition to Heritage Conservancy’s Register of Historic Places. Also known as the Anderson Farm, Duval’s property derives its name from one of its most notable owners, Frederick O. Anderson, the first advertising editor of Life magazine. Anderson bought the farm read more
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September
French and Pickering Creeks Conservation Trust Opens New Preserve
On September 14, French and Pickering Creeks Conservation Trust invited the community to join in celebration of the long-awaited official opening of the Thomas P. Bentley Nature Preserve. Protecting this preserve has been the Trust's largest undertaking in its history. Ray Bentley cut the ribbon in honor of his father, Thomas, a long-time neighbor and supporter of the Trust, read more
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September
Wildlands Conservancy Permanently Protects 60+ Acres in the Lehigh Valley
In late August 2019, Wildlands Conservancy permanently protected more than 60 acres in the Lehigh Valley. The greater part of this acreage will become a new nature preserve in Lower Macungie Township, while the balance expands Wildlands’ Emmaus-based South Mountain Preserve in Upper Saucon Township. “If ever there was a time to be in what we call ‘the forever business’, it’s read more
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September
LCAC Protects 17 Acres of Family Woodland
Some preservation projects undertaken by the Land Conservancy of Adams County are more impactful than their acreage might suggest. A recent project preserving just 17 acres of woodland in Huntington Township is one example. The Sauble and Weaver families work their land together as a partnership. Together, they donated an easement to the Land Conservancy on a 17-acre patch read more
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August
Manada Conservancy Preserves 225 Acres on Peter’s Mountain
In 2007, Manada Conservancy placed a conservation easement on the 41-acre heart of a unique swamp ecosystem on the north side of Peter’s Mountain in Wayne Township. However, that swamp system extends well beyond what we had protected, for several miles, on a shelf of the mountain. It holds pools of water, running streams, and contributes to both a very unique plant and aquatic read more
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August
Natural Lands Transfers 59 Acres of Land for Public Use
On August 15, Natural Lands announced the conservation and transfer of 59 acres of formerly private land to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The land will now be available for public use and forever protected from development. The first property is an eight-acre parcel owned by the Keller family and is immediately adjacent to Nockamixon State Park in Haycock Township, Bucks read more
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August
Heritage Conservancy Protects Beloved Maximuck Farm
When it comes to Bucks County’s most iconic properties, there are few as beloved as Maximuck’s Farm Market in Buckingham Township. Located in a prime spot at the corner of Long Lane and Street Road, the expansive 102-acre property has been family owned and operated for more than six decades. Created through the dedication, vision, and hard work of Walt and Sally (Tanner) read more
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August
101-Acre Meng Preserve Transferred to Natural Lands
Natural Lands announced on August 5 that it has taken ownership of the 101-acre Meng Preserve in Lower Frederick Township. The property was once the home of Eva R. Meng who gifted the land in her will to Valley Forge Audubon Society in 1994. The preserve will remain open to the public for passive recreation. “Natural Lands has held the conservation easement on Meng Preserve read more
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August
Land Conservancy of Adams County Preserves 144-Acre Farm
Towards the end of July, the Land Conservancy of Adams County finalized a conservation easement on Jeff and Deborah Seibert's 144-acre farm in Hamilton Township. The farm was preserved through a partnership with NRCS and the Adams County Green Space Grant Program, and brings the Conservancy's total preserved acreage to 11,299. For Jeff and Deborah Seibert, the decision to read more
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July
Heritage Conservancy Helps Conserve Property, Protecting Drinking Water
In conjunction with local townships and state and federal agencies, Heritage Conservancy recently facilitated the placement of a conservation easement on the 35.5-acre Seifert property, which is located on Martin’s Lane in Springfield Township, Bucks County, and Lower Saucon Township, Northampton County (the property crosses county lines). The property is located adjacent to read more
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July
The Nature Conservancy Adds 175 Acres to Cherry Valley National Wildlife Refuge
The Nature Conservancy (TNC) recently purchased and transferred two properties to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), adding 175 acres to the Cherry Valley National Wildlife Refuge. Conservation of the properties safeguards habitat for plants and animals under a changing climate, while protecting headstream waters that flow into the Delaware River. The read more
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July
Lancaster Conservancy Protects 49 Acres of Wetlands; Opens Forest Garden
Last month, the Lancaster Conservancy and partners gathered at the Conoy Wetlands Nature Preserve to celebrate two momentous occasions: the Conservancy’s acquisition of 49 acres along the Northwest Lancaster County River Trail in Conoy Township, expanding the Conoy Wetlands Nature Preserve to 71 acres, and the formal opening of the Conservancy’s Falmouth Forest Garden on the read more
