MEDIA ADVISORY – EVENT PHOTO, VIDEO AND INTERVIEW OPPORTUNITIES Students Initiate Changes and Funding to Protect Local Stream and Save Their Outdoor Playground WHO: Western Pennsylvania Conservancy, EQT Foundation and Joe Walker Elementary School in the McGuffey School District WHAT: Students in Laurie Maglietta’s fifth-grade class noticed a problem: The school’s recreation areas, including a… Read More

Pittsburgh – May 1, 2018 – Government, nonprofit and faith leaders gathered today in Shadyside to open the City of Pittsburgh’s first ADA-accessible community flower garden. This new Western Pennsylvania Conservancy-owned community flower garden, located at the First United Methodist Church of Pittsburgh, will provide and expand gardening opportunities for people with disabilities or other… Read More

Pittsburgh – April 26 – TreeVitalize Pittsburgh accepted the 2018 Governor’s Award for Environmental Excellence in Allegheny County yesterday during the Pennsylvania Environmental Council’s annual dinner and awards ceremony. TreeVitalize Pittsburgh was one of 23 initiatives honored for their dedication to public health and safety, environmental, economic and recreation benefits across the commonwealth. “It’s an… Read More

Lynda Waggoner first visited Fallingwater as a teenager in 1965 when interviewing to become a tour guide. “I arrived here to be a guide – an anxious teenager fearful of speaking in public,” recalled Waggoner of her feelings as a 17-year-old. Little did she know that this encounter was only the beginning of a long… Read More

TAKE ACTION TO STOP TAX SHELTER ABUSES The land conservation work of the Western Pennsylvania Conservancy, along with many land trusts, is made possible by the generosity of conservation-minded individuals, including our members and donors of conservation easements. Recently, bad actors in other parts of the country have been exploiting the rules and abusing conservation… Read More

Blairsville, Pa. – April 20 – The Western Pennsylvania Conservancy (WPC) and the Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation recently awarded $30,000 to 23 environmental organizations in 13 counties across the Commonwealth as part of their 2018 Watershed Mini Grant Program. Awardees included the following organizations, who received their awards at a reception in Blairsville, Pa. on… Read More

MEDIA ADVISORY – EVENT PHOTO, VIDEO AND INTERVIEW OPPORTUNITIES WHO: Allegheny Regional Asset District, The Children’s Institute of Pittsburgh, First United Methodist Church of Pittsburgh and the Western Pennsylvania Conservancy have partnered to create the first ADA-accessible community flower garden in Pittsburgh specifically designed for people with physical challenges and disabilities. WHAT: A ribbon-cutting ceremony… Read More

Pittsburgh – April 13, 2018 – Scientists from the Western Pennsylvania Conservancy Natural Heritage Program and Bucknell University recently discovered the rare and globally imperiled plant species, white alumroot (Heuchera alba), while surveying for other rare plant species on a steep cliffside in Shikellamy State Park in Union County. An unexpected find, the rare white… Read More