Pittsburgh, Pa. – January 31, 2025 – The Western Pennsylvania Conservancy announced today the purchase of two properties, totaling 97 acres, in Stewart Township, Fayette County that will be added to popular outdoor recreation and natural areas in the Laurel Highlands. A 44-acre forested property located near State Route 381 consists of limestone outcrops along… Read More

Pittsburgh, Pa. – January 6, 2025 – Forested land along the Allegheny River is now permanently protected thanks to a conservation easement donation from Randall Gustafson on 28 acres of his property in Pleasant and Watson townships, Warren County. The property has 2,200 feet of frontage on the Allegheny River, which is Pennsylvania’s 2024 River… Read More

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

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

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

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

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

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