Pittsburgh, Pa. — July 17, 2019 – The Western Pennsylvania Conservancy recently named Mark Carmichael its vice president of finance and administration and chief financial officer. He was hired from a national search and started in the position on July 5. Carmichael leads the Conservancy’s finance and administration areas recently vacated by Connie Eads, who… Read More

This Series of Wright-Designed Buildings Represents the First Modern Architecture Designation in the U.S. Pittsburgh, Pa. — July 10, 2019 – The World Heritage Committee, meeting in Baku, Azerbaijan, has officially inscribed The 20th-Century Architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright, which includes Fallingwater and seven other major works spanning 54 years of Frank Lloyd Wright’s career… Read More

Pittsburgh, Pa. – June 28, 2019 – After 11 years of service to the Western Pennsylvania Conservancy, Connie Eads, CPA, vice president and chief financial officer, will balance her last spreadsheet today. She’s retiring, having been instrumental in re-engineering the management of the Conservancy’s investments, jump-starting a major software system overhaul, maintaining WPC’s top rating from Charity… Read More

Confluence, Pa. – May 24, 2019 – A new hiking trail constructed within an undeveloped forested hillside near the Great Allegheny Passage (GAP) trail in Confluence, Pa., in Somerset County was dedicated on May 23 honoring the conservation legacy of the late Joshua C. Whetzel, Jr. Whetzel served as president and chief executive officer of… Read More

Union Township, Pa. – May 6, 2019 – A 100-acre forested property that has significant frontage on Sideling Hill Creek and serves as a buffer for important habitat is now protected, the Western Pennsylvania Conservancy announced today. The Conservancy recently acquired the property and added it to its now 356-acre Sideling Hill Creek Conservation Area… Read More

Blairsville, Pa. – May 1, 2019 – The Western Pennsylvania Conservancy and the Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation recently awarded $30,000 to 24 environmental organizations in 14 counties across the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania as part of their 2019 Watershed Mini Grant Program. Awardees included the following organizations, who received their awards at a reception in Blairsville, Pa…. Read More

Snyder and Tyrone Townships, Pa. – April 22, 2019 – The treasured land nature writer Marcia Bonta notably describes and chronicles in her Appalachian seasons books is now permanently protected, thanks to the donation today of a conservation easement to the Western Pennsylvania Conservancy on her family’s 648-acre property in Southcentral Pennsylvania. This is among the… Read More

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