Press release by North Branch Land Trust on 23 January 2025 Northeastern Pennsylvania conservation non-profit North Branch Land Trust is pleased to announce elevations in leadership for 2025: Emma Thompson, Senior Director of Conservation and Operations;Kay Strickland, Secretary of the Board of Directors; andRobert Neher, new Board Member. Ellen Ferretti, Executive Director: “I am grateful … Read more
Press release by Valerie Myers with the Erie Times-News on 17 February 2025 A state grant will pay most of the cost to protect the South Branch of French Creek in Union City Borough. The $375,453 grant from the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection’s Growing Greener Plus program plus $48,273 from the Western Pennsylvania Conservancy and … Read more
Hungary granting asylum to a Polish member of Parliament and the principle of mutual trust The story goes: a Polish politician after allegedly committing a crime leaves Poland and settles in Hungary. Interestingly, such a short sentence is not enough to clearly identify the politician in question. It may refer to the king Bolesław II … Read more
On a sunny morning at her home in Pennsylvania Furnace, Diane Albright looks out her living room window. In view is the farm field that was once a part of her late husband’s family’s farmland, and behind that is the line of woods that marks the beginning of the 100-acre woodland she owns and adores. … Read more
Press launch shared by North Department Land Belief, September 13, 2024. Pictures courtesy of the land belief. Northeastern Pennsylvania conservation nonprofit North Department Land Belief has finalized the conservation of the late Robert L. Carson’s fields and forests with the assistance of the Carson Property. The property, now completely conserved below easement, totals 94 acres, … Read more