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October

ALT Protects Land Along Montour Trail

10/18/2019

Local land conservation non-profit Allegheny Land Trust (ALT) has acquired 38.5 acres of woodlands along the Montour Trail and Montour Run in Moon Township. ALT finalized the purchase of this green space today after a year-long fundraising campaign ensuring that the natural landscape along this portion of the popular trail and stream will remain forever wild. “This read more

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categories: Conservation Projects
29
July

The Nature Conservancy Adds 175 Acres to Cherry Valley National Wildlife Refuge

07/29/2019

  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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categories: Conservation Projects
18
June

DCNR Highlights Plan to Mitigate and Adapt to Climate Change on Public Lands

06/18/2018

On June 14, Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR) Secretary Cindy Adams Dunn released the department's Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation Plan outlining 123 action steps to be undertaken to make the commonwealth more resilient to potential impacts from a changing climate. “As the state’s leading conservation agency, DCNR is using the best available read more

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categories: Public Policy
19
January

Report: Energy Development on State Lands in Pennsylvania

01/19/2018

Pennsylvania has historically been, and continues to be, home to an abundant array of energy resources like oil, gas, coal, timber, and windy ridgetops. Expectedly, these natural resources are found both on publicly and privately held land. In Pennsylvania, the bulk of public lands are managed by two separate state agencies: the Department of Conservation and Natural read more

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categories: Public Policy
11
October

Natural Lands Trust and Partners Build Community Park

10/11/2016

On October 7, more than 200 volunteers joined Natural Lands Trust, KaBOOM, PECO, and city officials to build a new community playground at Patton/West End Park in Coatesville, Chester County. The playground was designed in August by a planning committee, which incorporated the input of local children in its choices of equipment and color. It includes swings, slides, read more

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29
January

Allegheny Land Trust Protects Two New Green Spaces

01/29/2016

Allegheny Land Trust (ALT) closed on two projects at the end of 2015, starting 2016 with 194 additional acres in Franklin Park and Bell Acres Boroughs. The 168-acre Linbrook Woodlands in Franklin Park and 26-acre Hunt Road property in Bell Acres are now part of ALT’s more than 2,000 acres of protected green space in Allegheny and Washington Counties. The completion of these read more

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30
July

Allegheny Land Trust Closes on Sewickley Green Space

07/30/2015

On July 15, 2015, Allegheny Land Trust purchased a 32-acre parcel to add to the Waterworks Greenway Project in Sewickley, creating a 41-acre green space. The land trust purchased the property from Sewickley Borough for $250,000. The heavily wooded conservation area is the second phase of ALT’s Waterworks Greenway Project; phase one protected an adjacent 9-acre tract. Using a read more

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7
January

Allegheny Land Trust Closes on Fifth Property of the Year

01/07/2015

On December 31, 2014, Allegheny Land Trust (ALT) closed on the 8.5-acre Fairhill Recreation Association project in Sewickley, making 2014 the first year in the organization’s 20-year history to acquire five properties in one calendar year. ALT acquired 76 acres in 2014, and brought the organizations total protected green space to over 1,700 acres in Allegheny and Washington 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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