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September

Allegheny Land Trust to Protect Historic Log Home

09/10/2020

Local non-profit conservation organization Allegheny Land Trust (ALT) has assumed ownership of the historic Walker-Ewing Log House and surrounding grounds in Collier Township. ALT and former owner, the Pioneers West Historical Society, said the transfer of this landmark was initiated to ensure the long-term preservation of the iconic structure and land it rests upon. Located read more

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15
July

French Creek Valley Conservancy Receives Property Donation

07/15/2020

The 21-acre Robert Brace Nature Reserve was recently donated to the French Creek Valley Conservancy by Robert’s sons. The parcel had been in the Brace family for several generations and is part of a much larger working farm on which the Brace family raised cattle for milking and beef production. The property is located off of Kennedy Hill Road in Union Township, Crawford County read more

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2
July

Eden Hill Conservancy Donates Conservation Easements on 207 Acres to WPC

07/02/2020

More than a year ago, the leaders of Eden Hill Conservancy, an all-volunteer land trust located in Huntingdon County, knew they needed to dissolve due to increasing operational challenges. But before doing so, they wanted to transfer their conservation easements to a reputable and accredited land trust in Pennsylvania to hold and steward its two conservation easements, which read more

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26
May

Delaware Highlands Conservancy Receives Major Gift to Establish Van Scott Nature Reserve, an Environmental Education Center and Conservancy Headquarters

05/26/2020

With deep gratitude, the Board of Directors of the Delaware Highlands Conservancy announced on May 26, 2020 that the Van Scott family has donated a 140-acre property in Berlin Township, Beach Lake, Pennsylvania to the Delaware Highlands Conservancy to develop as an environmental learning center, Conservancy headquarters, and for use as a nature reserve. The family has read more

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17
April

French Creek Valley Conservancy Receives Scarlett Property Donation

04/17/2020

  In April 2020, it was announced that Ted and Sally Scarlett of Edinboro donated 110 acres in Washington Township, Erie County to French Creek Valley Conservancy through a Life Estate. The Scarletts purchased a portion of the property to prevent its development as a gravel mine, protecting this unique habitat along the north end of Edinboro Lake. At great personal read more

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3
February

Donated Conservation Easement to WPC Keeps Forested Area, Scenic Views Intact in the Ligonier Valley

02/03/2020

The Western Pennsylvania Conservancy announced today the permanent protection of a 22-acre property in Cook Township, Westmoreland County through a donated conservation easement from property owners Michael Blehar and Beth Evans. The Ligonier Valley property includes 1,000 feet of frontage on Fourmile Run, a tributary to Loyalhanna Creek – a popular 50-mile trout fishery read more

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23
April

Local Nature Writer, Family Donate Conservation Easement on 648 Acres to WPC

04/23/2019

The land described by nature writer Marcia Bonta in her books is now permanently protected, thanks to the donation of a conservation easement to the Western Pennsylvania Conservancy on her family’s 648-acre property in southcentral Pennsylvania. This is among the largest conservation easement donations in the Conservancy’s 86-year history. For nearly 50 years, Bonta and her read more

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30
January

Land Conservancy of Adams County Protects 500 Acres

01/30/2018

The end of 2017 was busy for the Land Conservancy of Adams County--the organization preserved over 500 acres in the month of December, bringing its yearly total to 744 acres. The first December easement was on the Strayer and Nikki Yake farm in Hamilton Township near New Oxford, a 28-acre property with a charming farmstead tucked away from the road. The farm has a 19th-century read more

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31
August

Foundation for Sustainable Forests Protects 17 Acres

08/31/2017

On August 30 the Foundation for Sustainable Forests and Allegheny College accepted the donation of the 17-acre Bail Family Forest in Conneautville, Spring Township, Crawford County from the Richard N. Bail Sr. family in a special event. The Bail Family Forest, named in honor of the late Bail, is located between Blue Falls Road and Thatcher Road and spans a large, forested read more

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10
May

Something New is About To Bloom on the Main Line

05/10/2016

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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March

WPC Announces First Conservation Easement Donation in Potter County

03/24/2016

Today the Western Pennsylvania Conservancy (WPC) announced the donation of a conservation easement from a private landowner, Marjorie F. Green, on her 50-acre property in Homer Township, Potter County. With this donation, Green is ensuring that future land use and development on the property will be limited to protect wildlife habitat, water quality, and forests. Green read more

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  • 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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