Pittsburgh, Pa. – May 18, 2020 – The Western Pennsylvania Conservancy and the Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation recently awarded 24 grants, totaling $30,000, to 23 local environmental organizations in 12 counties across the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania as part of their 2020 Watershed Mini Grant Program. Grants were awarded to the... Read More
Pittsburgh, Pa. – May 15, 2020 – Nineteen acres of forested land buffering Sideling Hill Creek in Mann Township, Bedford County have been protected and added to the now 375-acre Sideling Hill Creek Conservation Area, the Western Pennsylvania Conservancy announced today. The newly protected land provides habitat for wildlife and... Read More
Pittsburgh, Pa. – May 15, 2020 – Now that some COVID-19 restrictions are easing for most counties in the region, the Western Pennsylvania Conservancy is seeking volunteers to assist with planting some of its community flower gardens in the City of Pittsburgh and Allegheny County. Healthy people of all ages... Read More
Pittsburgh, Pa. – April 30, 2020 – The Western Pennsylvania Conservancy’s watershed conservation program staff, located in Indiana, Pa., will begin to assess road-stream intersections for aquatic organism passage (AOP) potential in Clearfield County beginning in spring 2020. WPC received a planning grant from the Coldwater Heritage Partnership (CHP) to conduct... Read More
Pittsburgh, Pa. – April 30, 2020 – The Western Pennsylvania Conservancy will partner with the Audubon Society of Western Pennsylvania and four other conservation partners on a project to improve water quality and aquatic habitat in Buffalo Creek, a high-quality watershed and Important Bird Area in Allegheny, Butler and Armstrong... Read More
Pittsburgh, Pa. – April 22, 2020 – The Western Pennsylvania Conservancy announced today the purchase of 27 acres of farmland in South Huntingdon Township, Westmoreland County, near New Stanton, that will soon be available for lease to local farmers as part of the Conservancy’s Farmland Access Initiative. The initiative connects... Read More
Pittsburgh, Pa. – April 1, 2020 Dear Members of the Western Pennsylvania Conservancy, For the health of all involved, we have made the necessary decision to postpone Members’ Day this year, originally scheduled for Saturday, May 2 at Bear Run Nature Reserve. We so enjoy meeting with our members each year and... Read More
Pittsburgh, Pa. – March 30, 2020 Dear Friends of the Western Pennsylvania Conservancy, Outside, birds are chirping, bulbs are blooming and trees are budding. Spring is beginning. Nature carries on, even during times of uncertainty. Just like nature, the work of the Western Pennsylvania Conservancy continues. While we are taking... Read More
Mill Run, Pa. – UPDATED May 13, 2020 – In response to recent developments related to COVID-19, Fallingwater will safely reopen to the public on Saturday, June 13. Learn more. Frank Lloyd Wright’s Fallingwater, which was added to the UNESCO World Heritage List last year, will reopen for the 57th... Read More
Pittsburgh, Pa. – Feb. 28, 2020 – For the 17th 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... Read More