News and Media Room
WPC Continues to Receive Top Rating for Sound
Fiscal Management from Charity Navigator
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Pittsburgh, Pa. – April 11 – For the 16th time since 2002, the Western Pennsylvania Conservancy has received a four-star rating for strong financial health and commitment to accountability and transparency from Charity Navigator, America’s largest independent evaluator of charities. According to Charity Navigator, the four-star rating is the highest possible rating it issues and… Read More
WPC Protects Forested Land in Fayette County
for Bear Run Nature Reserve
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Stewart Township, Pa. – April 1, 2019 – The Western Pennsylvania Conservancy announced today the purchase of four acres in Stewart Township, Fayette County that are now part of the Conservancy’s 5,119-acre Bear Run Nature Reserve. The four-acre area is located across from the main entrance to Fallingwater, includes more than 600 feet of frontage… Read More
Fallingwater Offers Free Admission to
Fayette County Residents on March 17
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Mill Run, Pa. – March 7, 2019 – Fallingwater, Frank Lloyd Wright’s masterwork located in the scenic Laurel Highlands, will offer its first free admission day of this season to Fayette County residents during its biannual Fayette County Appreciation Days on Sunday, March 17. In addition to touring the house, visitors of all ages are… Read More
Fallingwater Reopens for 56th Tour Season March 9
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Mill Run, Pa. — March 7, 2019 – Frank Lloyd Wright’s Fallingwater will reopen for the 56th tour season on Saturday, March 9, 2019. Since opening for its first tour in 1964, Fallingwater has welcomed a diverse range of visitors from around the world. Fallingwater, designed by Wright in 1935, is open to the public… Read More
Volunteer Stewards Needed for Local Community Gardens
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Pittsburgh, Pa. – Feb. 19, 2019 – The Western Pennsylvania Conservancy is seeking volunteer garden stewards for several of its community flower gardens in Allegheny, Centre, Clarion and Fayette counties. The garden locations in need of stewards, along with the associated garden sponsors if applicable, are listed below. After its 132 community flower gardens are planted each spring,… Read More
WPC Receives Donated Conservation Easements
on 62 Acres in Sullivan County
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Hillsgrove Township, Pa. – Feb. 11, 2019 – Sixty-two undeveloped forested acres along Loyalsock Creek in Northcentral Pennsylvania are now permanently protected, thanks to the donation of two conservation easements on properties owned by the Yasui family. Lise Yasui is one of five siblings who grew up with fond memories of playing in the creek… Read More
A Cleaner Clarion River
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Learn How WPC Helped in the Conservation Success of a Cleaner Clarion River, Pennsylvania’s 2019 River of the Year! Its remoteness and breathtaking natural beauty help make the 110-mile Clarion River among Western Pennsylvania’s greatest ecological and recreational assets. Paddlers flock to the Clarion River each year for popular floats that include meandering stretches between… Read More
WPC Protects Farm as Part of Its
Farmland Access Initiative
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Pittsburgh, Pa. – Jan. 3, 2019 – The Western Pennsylvania Conservancy has acquired farmland in Findley Township, Mercer County that will soon be available for lease to local farmers to grow crops or raise livestock as part of the Conservancy’s program to help support the local food economy by making land more accessible to local farmers…. Read More
Media Inquiries
Carmen Bray
Senior Director of Communications
Western Pennsylvania Conservancy
800 Waterfront Dr.
Pittsburgh, PA 15222
412-586-2358
cbray@paconserve.org