Press release shared by Tyler Hoffman on 21 February 2025 Central Pennsylvania Conservancy’s 2024 Letort Preserve accessibility projects are now complete. Our multi-year project includes a new Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)-compliant parking lot and paved trail that is now available to the public at the Letort Spring Garden Preserve, located in South Middleton … Read more
Reposted from PA Environment Digest Blog by David E. Hess, 25 Feb 2025 On February 24, the Lebanon Valley Conservancy announced they recently partnered with Brett and Janice Balmer to establish a conservation easement on their 34-acre property in West Cornwall Township. A conservation easement is a legal agreement between the landowner and the land … Read more
Indian River – Vero Beach to Fort Pierce Aquatic Preserve. Map provided by MapDirect, Florida Department of Environmental Protection. The Environmental Protection Agency recently approved a No-Discharge Zone (NDZ) for the Indian River Lagoon Vero Beach to Fort Pierce Aquatic Preserve; this is the fourth NDZ designation in the state and the first of the … Read more
Press release from Lancaster Conservancy on November 12, 2024. Lancaster Conservancy’s Shaw Family Nature Preserve in Mount Joy Township is growing by nearly 19 acres. The wooded Otto and Berta Florschutz tract being added to the preserve provides a buffer to the supporting landscape for the Conewago Creek that has critical habitat for fish, reptiles, and amphibians. … Read more
Press release shared by Lancaster Conservancy, October 8, 2024. Map courtesy of the conservancy. Lancaster Conservancy (the Conservancy) is expanding Kellys Run Nature Preserve in Holtwood, Lancaster County, by 43 acres. With this new addition, the beloved nature preserve will total over 500 acres. The property under agreement includes an additional quarter mile of the … Read more