Pittsburgh, Pa. – June 27, 2017 – Daylilies, purple coneflower, sea green juniper and Eastern redbud trees now provide greenery, beauty and bursts of natural color along Ohio River Boulevard (Route 65) in Pittsburgh, thanks to the generous support from private donors, the Garden Club of Allegheny County and Rivers... Read More
Miles Township, Pa. – June 1, 2017 – The Western Pennsylvania Conservancy (WPC) announced today the purchase of a conservation easement to protect a 120-acre property along Brush Valley Road in Miles Township, Centre County. Conservation easements are permanent deed-restriction agreements used by conservation-minded landowners to limit a property’s future... Read More
Blairsville, Pa. – April 21 – The Western Pennsylvania Conservancy (WPC) and the Dominion Foundation recently awarded $30,000 to 20 environmental organizations in 13 counties across the Commonwealth as part of their 2017 Watershed Mini Grant Program. Awardees included the following organizations, which received their awards at a reception in... Read More
Pittsburgh, Pa. – April 19, 2017 – The Western Pennsylvania Conservancy (WPC) announced today the protection and addition of 18 acres of land in Sadsbury Township, Crawford County to one of the most ecologically important forested areas in the region. These acres along Grieser Road are now part of the... Read More
Mill Run, Pa. — March 9, 2017 – Frank Lloyd Wright’s Fallingwater will open for the 2017 season on Saturday, March 11. Since opening for its first tour in 1964, Fallingwater has welcomed more than 5.5 million visitors from around the world. Fallingwater will also host a variety of educational... Read More
Pittsburgh, Pa. – Feb. 28, 2017 – The Western Pennsylvania Conservancy (WPC) announced today the permanent protection of 92 acres near Cambridge Springs in Crawford County along French Creek, one of the most important waterways in the Northeastern United States for the diversity of fish and mussels living in it.... Read More
Mill Run, Pa. – Feb. 28, 2017 – Along with the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation and other Wright-designed public buildings across the country, Fallingwater will host a variety of special activities during the 2017 tour season to commemorate and honor Wright’s legacy during the year of his 150th birthday. Wright... Read More
Kane, Pa. – Feb. 23, 2017 – The Western Pennsylvania Conservancy (WPC) will hold a public meeting to review the East Branch Tionesta Creek Coldwater Conservation Plan on Thursday, March 2, 2017, from 5:30-6:30 p.m. at the Friends Memorial Public Library in Kane, Pa. Completed by WPC in January, the... Read More
The Western Pennsylvania Conservancy is deeply saddened by the loss of Jim Abraham, a community leader and longtime friend and board member of the Conservancy, who passed away on January 16, 2017. Jim and his wife, Francine, have been active Conservancy members since 1984. Jim loved the outdoors, especially fly... Read More
Bedford County, Pa. – Jan. 5 – The Western Pennsylvania Conservancy (WPC) today protected more than 156 acres along the Evitts Mountain ridgeline in Bedford County, Pa. The property was immediately transferred to the PA Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR) Bureau of Forestry to become a new addition... Read More