Developing a new strategic plan for PALTA has been a focus of PALTA board members, policy advisory committee members and staff in 2015. A rough sketch of the plan was posted at the Pennsylvania Land Conservation Conference for review and a subsequent draft is posted at ConserveLand.org for comments. The draft plan is linked below. You still have time to submit last-minute read more

Land trusts protected Pennsylvania’s special places and landscapes at an extraordinary pace this last decade. In fact, the past ten years account for 39% of the acreage ever conserved by land trusts. In its most recent biennial census, the Pennsylvania Land Trust Association also found that, between January 1, 2004 and December 31, 2013, Pennsylvania land trusts: protected read more

Pennsylvania land trusts have increased their conservation holdings by 64% in the last ten years. (download Summer 2014 ConserveLand Newsletter for more information and statistics). read more

Although land trusts have been protecting Pennsylvania’s special places since the mid-20th century, their work has accelerated dramatically in the new millennium. The 2011 census of PA land trusts found that the past eight years account for 37% of the acreage ever conserved by land trusts. Conducted biannually by the Pennsylvania Land Trust Association, this latest census found read more