DCNR is in the process of writing a new strategic plan -- designed to set its mission and overarching goals for forestlands in Pennsylvania. The plan guides how the department provides leadership in forest management and conservation on both public and private lands in urban and rural areas. Citizens are invited to give input regarding the future of commonwealth forests by read more
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August
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July
DCNR Bureau of Forestry Strategic Plan Stakeholder Input Session with PALTA and Friends
The PA DCNR Bureau of Forestry is in the process of writing a new strategic plan that will set the bureau’s mission and overarching goals. It will guide how the bureau provides leadership in forest management and conservation on both public and private lands in urban and rural areas. The bureau is conducting a series of stakeholder group consultations to gather input during read more
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June
DCNR Bureau of Forestry Strategic Plan
The Pennsylvania DCNR Bureau of Forestry is in the process of writing a new Strategic Plan that will set the Bureau’s mission and overarching goals. It guides how the Bureau provides leadership in forest management and conservation on both public and private lands in urban and rural areas. The survey is intended to obtain input pertaining to the new Bureau of Forestry read more
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June
Applications Open for Women and Their Woods Virtual Educational Retreat, Fall 2020
Forest landowners and aspiring landowners from across the mid-Atlantic region are invited to attend a virtual educational retreat to learn more about managing their forestland and connecting with other forest landowners. As guidance continues to unfold regarding the gathering of groups in the Fall of 2020, the Delaware Highlands Conservancy and their partners are poised to read more
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October
Foundation for Sustainable Forests Protects 55 Acres in Crawford County
The Foundation for Sustainable Forests (FSF) has protected 55 acres of working woodlands in perpetuity thanks to a fortunate series of events and the generosity of an inspiring couple in Virginia. Thompsons’ Wood, as it will now be called, is the combination of an adjacent forest already conserved and managed by FSF and this newly acquired parcel, totaling 179 acres read more
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June
Foundation for Sustainable Forests Protects 436 Acres in Warren County
The Foundation for Sustainable Forests recently conserved 436 acres of working woodlands in Warren County’s Southwest and Eldred townships. The conserved lands are comprised of three parcels within the Caldwell Creek watershed, a priority area of conservation for FSF. In 2017, the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources’ Community Conservation read more
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February
Foundation for Sustainable Forests Acquires 144 Acres
A 144-acre forest in Erie County's Wayne Township has been donated to the Foundation for Sustainable Forests (FSF) to be conserved in perpetuity as a sustainable working woodland. Under the stewardship of the FSF, the land will remain a part of the local community by staying on the tax rolls, providing jobs through active forest management, and providing an educational setting read more
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August
New Report: Sustaining and Improving Forests
A new report by Jeanne Riley and Paul Solomon titled Sustaining and Improving Forest Land Through Comprehensive Plans details the benefits of forest, analyzes threats facing them, and describes tools that municipalities can use to maintain and protect forest land. View the full report here. read more
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June
Shultzabarger Appointed as State Forester
A veteran of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resource’s Bureau of Forestry has been appointed state forester and will serve as director of the bureau. Ellen M. Shultzabarger, who has worked for 14 years in various positions in the Bureau of Forestry, began as bureau director on June 12. “The director plays a critical role in the daily operations of the read more
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June
Hawk Mountain Sanctuary and The Nature Conservancy Protect 2,400 Acres
Hawk Mountain Sanctuary and The Nature Conservancy announced today that the two will protect over 2,400 acres of Sanctuary forestland for generations to come. “Hawk Mountain sits on the Kittatinny Ridge, a globally significant migration super highway. Our goal is to protect this international flyway and to guarantee that our refuge for raptors—and the people who enjoy read more
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May
The Conservation Fund Completes the Largest Purchase by a Land Trust in State History
The Conservation Fund has announced the purchase of 32, 598 acres of sustainable timberland surrounding the city of Johnsonburg in Elk and McKean counties. The purchase was made through The Conservation Fund's Working Forest Fund. It is the largest single purchase of land by a nonprofit conservation organization in Pennsylvania history. “We are in an entirely new era of read more
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January
Spruce Plantings on Game Lands Will Help Northern Flying Squirrel
Scattered remnants of a diminishing boreal forest are the last footholds for the state-endangered northern flying squirrel in northeastern Pennsylvania. The diminutive nocturnal rodent, with its disproportionately large eyes and unique ability to glide through the air, is in trouble. Forest fragmentation, the loss of trees necessary for food and shelter, and competition with a read more
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December
Foundation for Sustainable Forests Receives Grant to Protect 292 Acres
The Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR) has awarded the Foundation for Sustainable Forests $725,000 to protect open space in Warren County as part of the Community Conservation Partnerships Program, also referred to as C2P2. The grant will support the purchase and protection of 292 acres of forested land in the Caldwell Creek watershed in read more
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August
Foundation for Sustainable Forests Protects 17 Acres
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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January
Natural Lands Trust Preserves 80 Acres for Hopewell Big Woods
Natural Lands Trust (NLT) has preserved and transferred 80 acres of high-quality forest in Robeson Township, Berks County, to the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR). Quaker Hill is located in the heart of the Hopewell Big Woods, the largest block of contiguous forest between New York and Washington, D.C. The are has been the focus of conservation efforts read more
