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February

Tinicum Conservancy implements Strategy to Extinguish Oil & Gas Leases

02/03/2016

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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categories: Conservation Projects
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October

Lancaster Farmland Trust Helps Farmers Clean Up Millcreek Watershed

10/19/2015

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

03/18/2015

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

07/16/2014

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

05/15/2014

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

04/02/2014

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

11/27/2012

  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

01/31/2012

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

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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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