The Tinicum Conservancy is implementing a strategy to extinguish unwanted oil and gas leases on properties in Upper Bucks County—a first by a conservation organization in Pennsylvania. “I’m excited about this entirely new kind of conservation success. Although individuals have had some success extinguishing leases, this is the first comprehensive strategy put in place to read more
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February
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October
Lancaster Farmland Trust Helps Farmers Clean Up Millcreek Watershed
Lancaster Farmland Trust will receive $198,920 from the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation's (NFWF) Chesapeake Bay Stewardship Fund to help farmers in the Millcreek Watershed improve local water and the health of the Chesapeake Bay. The funding will be used to implement good conservation practices on four strategic farms in the Millcreek in Upper Leacock Township. This read more
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March
2,164 children headed to Millbrook Marsh Nature Center through ClearWater Conservancy’s Spring 2015 ‘Connections’ Program
ClearWater Conservancy awarded $16,632 in funding through its “Connections” program for 2,164 students from 16 area public and private schools to take part in field trips this spring to Millbrook Marsh Nature Center in State College. ClearWater's long-standing "Students-Communities-Streams-Connections" program pays for transportation and admission to the nature center. At read more
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July
Land Trusts Help Get Pennsylvanians Outdoors
The Pennsylvania Land Trust Association is a flagship partner for the Get Outdoors PA initiative, an effort to help people become better connected to the outdoors and to help them grow their appreciation for the protection of our special natural places. Land trusts are an important partner in getting Pennsylvanians outdoors. The initiative officially launched this spring, read more
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May
Shopping Local to Support Farms and Forests: Delaware Highlands Conservancy Releases Short Film
The Delaware Highlands Conservancy has released a new short film about the inter-connectedness of our vibrant local community, our thriving farm and forest economies, and the ways in which shopping local—and utilizing the resource ShopLocalSaveLand.com--can make a big difference. View the video at www.ShopLocalSaveLand.com or www.DelawareHighlands.org. Produced in our Upper read more
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April
Brandywine Conservancy Plants 25,000th Tree
The Brandywine Conservancy's Reforestation Campaign will achieve its five-year goal ahead of schedule when it plants its 25,000th tree in East Brandywine Township on April 19, 2014. The Brandywine Conservancy will plant 600 native trees along the East Branch of the Brandywine at a property owned by East Brandywine Township. Native hardwood tree species to be planted will read more
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November
Catalyst for Conservation: New Book Chronicles Brandywine Conservancy’s Successful Work to Conserve King Ranch Property
Thousands of acres permanently protected from development help keep the Brandywine watershed healthy Catalyst for Conservation traces the history of the Brandywine Conservancy’s work to save the property from development, which ultimately resulted in permanently protecting 4,596 acres by conservation easements and setting aside another 771 acres as the Laurels read more
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January
Catalyst for Conservation: New Book Chronicles Brandywine Conservancy’s Successful Work to Conserve King Ranch Property
Thousands of acres permanently protected from development help keep the Brandywine watershed healthy Catalyst for Conservation traces the history of the Brandywine Conservancy's work to save the property from development, which ultimately resulted in permanently protecting 4,596 acres by conservation easements and setting aside another 771 acres as the Laurels Preserve. The read more
