Coudersport, PA – March 24 – The Western Pennsylvania Conservancy (WPC) today announced the donation of a conservation easement from a private landowner, Marjorie F. Green, on her 50-acre property in Homer Township, Potter County. With this donation, Green is ensuring that some future land use and development on the property will be limited to… Read More

Mill Run, Pa. — March 10 – Frank Lloyd Wright’s Fallingwater will officially open on Saturday, March 12 for its 52nd tour season. Since opening for its first tour in 1964, Fallingwater has welcomed more than 4.5 million visitors from around the world. Advance ticket purchase is strongly encouraged due to space limitations for tours…. Read More

Cook Township, Pa. – March 9 – The Western Pennsylvania Conservancy (WPC) announced the protection of 115 acres in the Ligonier Valley in Westmoreland County. The property is now available for sale, subject to a conservation easement. This acquisition adds to the more than 26,000 acres of land in the Ligonier Valley already permanently protected… Read More

Crawford County, Pa. – Feb. 29 – Two properties in Crawford County within one of the most ecologically diverse and significant areas in Western Pennsylvania, the French Creek watershed, were permanently protected in February, the Western Pennsylvania Conservancy (WPC) announced today. These newly acquired properties, which together total 265 acres, were among some of the… Read More

Dunbar Township, Pa. – Jan. 26 – The Sisters of Charity of Nazareth today announced the donation of a conservation easement to the Western Pennsylvania Conservancy (WPC) on 32 acres of its property in Dunbar Township, Fayette County. With this donation, Sisters of Charity of Nazareth has ensured that the type of development that can… Read More

Pittsburgh, Pa. – Jan. 19 – The sidewalks and streets of downtown Pittsburgh’s business district will be treated with a tree-friendly de-icing alternative to rock salt this winter thanks to a cooperative purchase made through the Western Pennsylvania Conservancy (WPC). WPC partnered with the Cultural Trust, PNC Bank and the Pittsburgh Downtown Partnership (PDP) to… Read More

Addison Township, Pa. – December 29 – The Western Pennsylvania Conservancy (WPC) today announced the permanent protection of 90 acres in the Laurel Highlands adjacent to the Great Allegheny Passage (GAP). The acquisition of this 90-acre tract in Addison Township, Somerset County, is one of four properties conserved in recent years along the GAP and… Read More

A 115-acre property located in Cook Township, Westmoreland County is now for sale through the Western Pennsylvania Conservancy’s Conservation Buyers Program. The natural features of this property will be protected through a conservation easement to be held by the Conservancy. The property is located along the headwaters of Loyalhanna Creek in the scenic Ligonier Valley,… Read More