The new Perry Street Memorial Garden is now freely open to birds, bees and butterflies, and humans, too. :) PITTSBURGH, PA – May 2, 2025 – The threat of rain did not stop or dampen the spirits of about 20 Hill District community members and staff from the Western Pennsylvania Conservancy as they cut the… Read More

Pittsburgh, Pa. – April 25, 2025 – The Western Pennsylvania Conservancy and BHE GT&S recently awarded 14 grants, totaling $29,650, to 14 different local environmental organizations in eight counties across the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania as part of the 2025 Watershed Mini Grant Program.   For years, financial support for the Watershed Mini Grant Program has been provided… Read More

Mill Run, Pa. — April 14, 2025 —Frank Lloyd Wright’s Fallingwater is now open for its 62nd tour season, featuring Guided Architectural Tours and In-Depth Guided Tours that started April 7. Tours are underway as the scaffolding that covered Fallingwater in recent months for ongoing preservation work is being disassembled. Fallingwater is one of three… Read More

Pittsburgh, Pa. – April 16, 2025 – Pittsburgh’s residents and visitors are seeing a flourish of pink blooms right now along trails, hillsides, parks and open spaces in view of the Allegheny, Monongahela and Ohio rivers around downtown Pittsburgh and near Point State Park. That is thanks to the Pittsburgh Redbud Project, an initiative of… Read More

Did someone say “Free trees”? We did! The Western Pennsylvania Conservancy offers trees at no cost for urban communities to plant in public spaces, or for landowners to plant along streams or replace invasive trees or shrubs. Urban Trees for Communities Working in partnership with community groups, nonprofits and municipal agencies, TreeVitalize Pittsburgh, of which… Read More

Pittsburgh, Pa. – March 17, 2025 – The Western Pennsylvania Conservancy is seeking grant applications for its Canoe Access Development Fund (CADF), which supports projects to improve canoe and kayak access to Western Pennsylvania’s waterways. The Conservancy’s CADF provides technical assistance and grants of up to $5,000 for the construction and enhancement of canoe and… Read More

Pittsburgh, Pa. – February 26, 2025 – Tune in on Friday, February 28, 2025, to hear Amy L. Jewitt, our Pennsylvania iMapInvasives program coordinator with the Pennsylvania Natural Heritage Program at the Western Pennsylvania Conservancy, on the Pennsylvania Environmental Council’s podcast, Pennsylvania Legacies. During the podcast, Amy explains how and why invasive species continue to… Read More