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Fallingwater Offers Free Admission to Fayette County Residents Nov. 14 and 16

Mill Run, Pa. – Nov. 4 – Fallingwater, the Frank Lloyd Wright masterwork located at Bear Run Nature Reserve in the scenic Laurel Highlands, will offer free admission to Fayette County residents during its annual Fayette County Appreciation Days...

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WPC Seeks Grant Applications for Canoe, Kayak Access Projects

Indiana, Pa. – Sept. 25 – The Western Pennsylvania Conservancy is now seeking grant applications for new projects that will improve canoe and kayak access to the region’s waterways. WPC’s Canoe Access Development Fund helps to make the region’s...

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Mayor Peduto to Join Conservancy at Community Garden Pullout

MEDIA ADVISORY – PHOTO OPPORTUNITY Mayor Peduto to Join the Western Pennsylvania Conservancy at Community Garden Pullout WHAT: Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto will join the Western Pennsylvania Conservancy as staff members put The Point Community Garden to bed for...

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View Fallingwater In New Light During the 19th Annual Twilight Tour

Mill Run, Pa. – July 15 – The Western Pennsylvania Conservancy invites the public to enjoy Frank Lloyd Wright’s Fallingwater as the sun sets over Bear Run Nature Reserve during the 19th Annual Twilight Tour on Saturday, Aug. 23....

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Dan Rooney To Sign Books at Fallingwater on July 19

MEDIA ADVISORY – PHOTO OPPORTUNITY Dan Rooney To Sign Books at Fallingwater on July 19 WHAT: Fallingwater is hosting Pittsburgh Steelers leader Dan Rooney and historian Carol Peterson in the Fallingwater Museum Store as they sign their book, “Allegheny...

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PA American Water, Grow Pittsburgh, WPC to Plant Fruit Trees in Community Garden

Mt. Oliver, Pa. – June 12 – Mt. Oliver Borough, working with Grow Pittsburgh and the Conservancy, is in the midst of creating a community vegetable garden, which will have an orchard area with fruit trees and blackberry and...

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MEDIA ADVISORY: PA American Water, Grow Pittsburgh and WPC Plant Fruit Trees in Mt. Oliver, Pa., Garden

MEDIA ADVISORY – PHOTO OPPORTUNITY Pennsylvania American Water, Grow Pittsburgh and Western Pennsylvania Conservancy Plant Fruit Trees in Mt. Oliver, Pa., Garden WHAT: Pennsylvania American Water, Grow Pittsburgh and a group of neighbors, together with the Western Pennsylvania Conservancy,...

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MEDIA ADVISORY: Laurel Foundation and WPC Hang Hundreds of Baskets in Downtown Pittsburgh

MEDIA ADVISORY – PHOTO OPPORTUNITY Laurel Foundation and Western Pennsylvania Conservancy Hang Hundreds of Baskets in Downtown Pittsburgh WHAT: Funded by Laurel Foundation, the Conservancy will hang more than 400 flower baskets along the streets and bridges in the...

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MEDIA ADVISORY: Conservancy Hosts Bulb Giveaway at 10th Annual Market Square Farmers Market

MEDIA ADVISORY – PHOTO OPPORTUNITY WHAT: The Western Pennsylvania Conservancy will recycle thousands of tulip and daffodil bulbs through a giveaway at the season opener of the Pittsburgh Downtown Partnership’s Farmers Market. WHEN: Thursday, May 15,10 a.m. WHERE: Market...

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Conservancy Protects Land Along the West Branch of the Susquehanna River

North Bend, Pa. – April 28 – Hundreds of acres in Clinton County are open to hiking, hunting, fishing and other recreational activities now that the Western Pennsylvania Conservancy has permanently protected a property along the West Branch of...

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Carmen Bray
Senior Director of Communications
Western Pennsylvania Conservancy
800 Waterfront Dr.
Pittsburgh, PA 15222

412-586-2358
cbray@paconserve.org