Author Archives for Carmen Bray
March 14, 2026 8:35 am
Published by Carmen Bray
Mill Run, Pa. — March 14, 2026 — Frank Lloyd Wright’s Fallingwater reopens to the public on Saturday, March 14, for its 63rd tour season and 90th anniversary, featuring popular and immersive tour experiences and special events commemorating the house’s landmark year. Fallingwater’s reopening also coincides with the completion of... Read More
March 3, 2026 11:56 am
Published by Carmen Bray
Indiana, PA – March 3, 2026 – The Western Pennsylvania Conservancy is now accepting proposals for the 2026 BHE GT&S Watershed Mini Grant Program, which provides financial assistance to watershed groups and organizations across the region. The application deadline is March 31, 2026. The watershed mini grants can be used... Read More
January 23, 2026 3:18 pm
Published by Carmen Bray
Erie County, PA – January 23, 2026 – A forested 164-acre property with stream frontage on the South Branch French Creek in Concord and Wayne Townships, Erie County, is now protected from future development. The land has been added to the now 400-acre South Branch French Creek Conservation Area, one... Read More
January 6, 2026 4:14 pm
Published by Carmen Bray
Springfield Township, PA – January 6, 2026 – The Western Pennsylvania Conservancy announced today the permanent protection of a 652-acre forested property in Fayette County. It was immediately conveyed to the PA Department of Conservation and Natural Resources Bureau of Forestry and added to Forbes State Forest. Located in Springfield... Read More
January 6, 2026 4:00 pm
Published by Carmen Bray
Westmoreland County, PA – January 6, 2026 – More than 2,400 undeveloped forested acres located on Chestnut Ridge in Derry, Fairfield, and Ligonier townships in Westmoreland County are now permanently protected, thanks to the donations to the Western Pennsylvania Conservancy of land and a conservation easement on property owned by... Read More
December 22, 2025 4:16 pm
Published by Carmen Bray
Venango Township, PA – December 22, 2025– The Western Pennsylvania Conservancy announced today the permanent protection of 74 forested acres in Venango Township, Erie County. The land has added to the Conservancy’s now 1,138-acre West Branch French Creek Conservation Area. The property is primarily forest and wetlands, with frontage on... Read More
December 22, 2025 4:10 pm
Published by Carmen Bray
Grove Township, PA – December 22, 2025– Hikers, hunters and anglers have additional forestland in Cameron County to explore and recreate on, thanks to the Western Pennsylvania Conservancy’s permanent protection of 183 acres, which were immediately conveyed to the PA Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR) Bureau of Forestry... Read More
October 30, 2025 3:12 pm
Published by Carmen Bray
PITTSBURGH – October 30, 2025 – Officials from Pittsburgh Public Schools, the PNC Foundation and the Western Pennsylvania Conservancy, along with dozens of early childhood center students and their families, gathered yesterday to celebrate the completion of a new natural play space and outdoor classroom at PPS’ Spring Garden Early... Read More
October 23, 2025 3:11 pm
Published by Carmen Bray
Indiana, Pa. – October 23, 2025 – Traffic, brisk air and the threat of rain didn’t seem to slow seven volunteers from the Democratic Women of Indiana County and Pennsylvania American Water Company, along with staff from the Western Pennsylvania Conservancy on October 21 as they spruced up and planted... Read More
October 20, 2025 5:35 pm
Published by Carmen Bray
Pittsburgh, Pa. – October 20, 2025 – The board and staff of the Western Pennsylvania Conservancy are deeply saddened by the passing of longtime Conservancy Board Member Franklin Blackstone, Jr., who passed away on October 11, 2025. Franklin served as a member of the Conservancy board for 50 years, joining... Read More
