Imagine these fields filled with fifty houses instead of hay. Another hundred cars sitting in traffic on Charlestown Road. Thanks to the Epstein Family, Charlestown Township, and French & Pickering Creeks Conservation Trust, you don’t have to. This land, the view, and its natural resources are now protected in perpetuity for everyone to enjoy today and for our children read more
Conservation Projects
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October
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October
Willistown Conservation Trust Expands Bird-Tracking Program
A research collaboration led by the Willistown Conservation Trust, in partnership with several state agencies and nonprofits, received a $500,000 grant from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) to dramatically expand a new migration tracking system across a five-state area. The grant, awarded through the Pennsylvania Game Commission and Maryland Department of Natural read more
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September
Allegheny Land Trust Launches Regional Mapping Tool
Allegheny Land Trust (ALT) and the Western Pennsylvania Regional Data Center (WPRDC) have just launched Urban Greenprint, an interactive online regional mapping tool that will guide urban greening priorities. Urban Greenprint features a number of land-use data sets from public-sector, nonprofit, and private organizations, and makes them available for public use. “The tool is read more
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September
The Nature Conservancy Protects 1,620 Acres Along Kittatinny Ridge
The Nature Conservancy (TNC) has secured a conservation easement protecting 1,620 acres in Perry County, near Marysville, after a vote by the Duncannon Borough Council last night. “TNC is proud to play a key role in protecting this beautiful and ecologically important property that is already cherished by people living in the Harrisburg region,” said Bill Kunze, executive read more
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September
Brandywine Conservancy Commemorates Key Battlefield Acquisition
On September 11, 2018—the 241st anniversary of the legendary American Revolutionary War Battle of Brandywine—the Brandywine Conservancy commemorated its acquisition of a key piece of land within the heart of the historic battlefield. Complete with the Museum of the American Revolution’s replica of George Washington’s tent, two of the commander-in-chief’s guards along with read more
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September
Natural Lands Protects 49 Acres of Urban Greenspace
On Thursday, Natural Lands announced 49 acres of the Friends Hospital campus have been placed under conservation easement, permanently protecting it from development. Preservation of this landscape safeguards historical greenspace in Philadelphia and the scenic views from nearby Tacony Creek Park. The easement also formalizes public access to the property’s woodlands, which read more
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September
WPC Protects 377 Acres Along Bald Eagle Mountain
On September 6 the Western Pennsylvania Conservancy announced the donation of a conservation easement from landowners Denny and Joan Thompson to protect 377 acres of forestland along Bald Eagle Mountain in Halfmoon Township, Centre County. This easement safeguards important plant communities and wildlife habitats found within a large 320-acre contiguous forest. This read more
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September
Natural Lands Protects Important Revolutionary War Site
The 88-acre Osborne Hill Farm is quintessential Chester County countryside with rolling fields, buildings from the early 19th century, and pastures. But this landmark site is most notable for its role in American history as the promontory where British general William Howe surveyed the Battle of Brandywine during the Revolutionary War. Today, Natural Lands announced it has read more
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August
Wildlands Conservancy Protects 500 Acres on Blue Mountain
On August 24, Wildlands Conservancy closed on a nearly 500-acre property along Blue Mountain, protecting the land forever. Purchased from the Semmel family, this acreage helps Wildlands close one of the last significant gaps in continuous preservation along Blue Mountain, which has long been a priority landscape. The ridge is not only a cradle for 100-plus miles of Appalachian read more
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August
WVWA Adds Eight Acres to Briar Hill Preserve
One of the few remaining unprotected parcels in the Prophecy Creek corridor in Whitpain Township has been protected by the Wissahickon Valley Watershed Association (WVWA). The 8.01-acre, undeveloped parcel adjacent to the Briar Hill Preserve was part of the former estate of James Cheston IV, a conservation supporter who helped WVWA permanently protect Camp Woods nearly three read more
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August
Another 30 Farms, 2,300 Acres, Protected Through ACEPP
On August 10, Pennsylvania Secretary of Agriculture Russell Redding announced that Pennsylvania’s Agricultural Land Preservation Board permanently preserved 2,303 acres on 30 farms in 16 counties for agricultural production. “These newly preserved farms represent an investment in the future of our state economy, our environment, and the world’s food supply,” said Redding. read more
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July
Lancaster County Conservancy Adds 26 Acres to Tucquan Glen Preserve
The Lancaster County Conservancy recently announced the addition of 26 acres to its popular Tucquan Glen Nature Preserve in Martic Township. The Conservancy will keep the land open as a public nature preserve for recreation and habitat for native plant and animal species. With a third of a mile of healthy streams and riparian buffers, the land is important for water quality in read more
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July
Allegheny Land Trust Protects 12-Acre Farm
Allegheny Land Trust (ALT) and landowner Susan Orenstein worked together to protect 12 acres in Indiana Township using a conservation easement on Catch the Wind Farm. Placing an easement on the farm has ensured that the land will forever be conserved, and will never be developed. “This farm, a portion of a much larger farm that existed here for more than a century, is a read more
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July
Lancaster County Conservancy and Local Hero Protect 104 Acres
Last week, the Lancaster County Conservancy acquired 104 acres of woodland in Hellam Township (York County) from Robert Kinsley. Funded by a unique public–private partnership, this property adds to the Conservancy's Hellam Hills Nature Preserve of protected forests and riparian buffers along the Susquehanna River. The Conservancy began working on protecting these beautiful read more
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June
Central Pennsylvania Conservancy Purchases 79-Acre Property on Kittatiny Ridge
On June 20, the Central Pennsylvania Conservancy (CPC) announced the purchase of a 79.4-acre mountain property between two previously disjointed tracts of State Game Lands 230 in Cumberland County. The property covers the ridgeline at Cranes Gap on the Kittatiny Ridge and is bisected by a historic segment of Cranes Gap Road, which CPC has opened as a trail. CPC will hold the read more
