News and Media Room
WPC Announces Appointments to Two Leadership Positions
Pittsburgh, PA
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Pittsburgh, Pa. – January 1, 2025 – The Western Pennsylvania Conservancy announces the appointment of two new leadership positions and the retirement of Cynthia Carrow, vice president of government and community relations. Carrow retired from the Conservancy after 51 years of service on December 31, 2024. Conservancy President Tom Saunders noted that Carrow had many… Read More
WPC, Community Partners Plant Flowers and Open a New Community Flower Garden in Mount Oliver
Pittsburgh, PA
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Pittsburgh, Pa. – December 3, 2024 – Officials from the Western Pennsylvania Conservancy, Hilltop Economic Development Corporation, Mount Oliver Borough and Pennsylvania American Water recently transformed a vacant lot into a new Conservancy-owned community flower garden. Members of the community-based Hilltop Economic Development Corporation contacted The Conservancy last year asking for assistance to help plan,… Read More
WPC Installs Rain Gardens in Kittanning with Grant from American Water Charitable Foundation
Pittsburgh, PA
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Pittsburgh, Pa. – December 3, 2024 – The Western Pennsylvania Conservancy, along with its partners, the Armstrong County Board of Commissioners, Kittanning Borough, the Downtown Kittanning Revitalization Committee (DKRC) and Armstrong Trails, recently designed and implemented two rain gardens along the Armstrong Trail in Kittanning, Pa. The gardens were made possible thanks to an award… Read More
WPC, BHE GT&S Seek Proposals from Local Watershed
Groups for 2025 Watershed Mini Grants
Pittsburgh, PA
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Indiana, Pa. – October 31, 2024 – The Western Pennsylvania Conservancy and BHE GT&S are now accepting proposals for the 2025 Watershed Mini Grant Program, which provides financial assistance to watershed groups and organizations across the region. The watershed mini grants can be used to support projects in three areas: water quality monitoring, watershed restoration,… Read More
Restoration Work Underway at WPC’s Lake Pleasant Conservation Area in Erie County
Pittsburgh, PA
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Pittsburgh, Pa. – October 22, 2024 – The Western Pennsylvania Conservancy and its partner organizations, including Bosland Growth, are working to restore native forest habitat on more than 100 acres of the Lake Pleasant Conservation Area in Erie County. These acres have been impacted by past gravel mining. This work will improve the conservation area’s… Read More
WPC Protects Land, Adds to Tryon-Weber Woods Natural
Area in Crawford County
Pittsburgh, PA
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Pittsburgh, Pa. – October 21, 2024 – The Western Pennsylvania Conservancy announced today the protection of 23 acres of land in Sadsbury Township, Crawford County. The land is now a new addition to the Conservancy’s Tryon-Weber Woods Natural Area. The newly protected property, located across Grieser Road from the Tryon-Weber Woods Natural Area parking lot,… Read More
WPC Receives Grant Support From Green Mountain Energy
Sun Club® for New Electric Vehicles
Pittsburgh, PA
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Pittsburgh, Pa. – October 16, 2024 – Officials from the Western Pennsylvania Conservancy and Green Mountain Energy gathered at the Conservancy’s Point State Park Garden this morning to unveil two 2023 Ford F-150 Lightning Electric Trucks purchased with a $150,000 grant from Green Mountain Energy Sun Club®. An overcast and drizzly October 16th morning did… Read More
WPC Seeks Fall Grant Applications for Canoe, Kayak Access Projects
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Pittsburgh, Pa. – October 15, 2024 – The Western Pennsylvania Conservancy is seeking grant applications for its Canoe Access Development Fund (CADF), which supports projects that will 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… Read More
Media Inquiries
Carmen Bray
Senior Director of Communications
Western Pennsylvania Conservancy
800 Waterfront Dr.
Pittsburgh, PA 15222
412-586-2358
cbray@paconserve.org