61 Search Results for "Bear Run Nature Reserve"

Bats

Conservation Science Protecting Pennsylvania’s Plants and Animals Species at Risk:Bats Pennsylvania is home to a number of bat species that fill a unique niche as predators of nighttime flying insects. Unfortunately, populations of hibernating bats have undergone drastic declines due to a fungal disease called white-nose syndrome (WNS). The Western... Read More

Bequests

Donate to Protect Our Region Be the Voice of Nature Gifts by Bequest Create a legacy that will have an impact on Western Pennsylvania for years to come! Your will or trust is a reflection of your values. You can continue to protect Western Pennsylvania’s exceptional places through your estate... Read More

Events & Volunteer Opportunities

Become a WPC Photographer January 31, 2021 to December 31, 2021 Take Photos or Capture Video as a WPC Photographer Are you a shutterbug? You can use your hobby as a way to volunteer! Photographers are needed to document newly protected properties, member outings and volunteer events such as garden... Read More

Donate

Join or Renew Donate Now Support WPC Since 1932, the Western Pennsylvania Conservancy has been dedicated to protecting the region’s most exceptional places. We safeguard wildlife habitats and natural areas, restore rivers and streams, enhance cities and towns with trees, gardens and other green spaces, and preserve Fallingwater and so... Read More

WPC Homepage

The WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA CONSERVANCY protects and restores exceptional places to provide our region with CLEAN WATERS and healthy forests, wildlife and NATURAL AREAS for the benefit of present and future generations. The Conservancy creates GREEN SPACES AND GARDENS, contributing to the vitality of our cities and towns, and preserves FALLINGWATER, a symbol... Read More

School Grounds Greening

Community Gardens & Greenspace School Grounds Greening Too often, the grounds around our public schools are largely hard surfaces and lack attractive outdoor spaces for student recreation, learning and interfacing with nature. That’s why the Conservancy has installed outdoor learning and play areas, and other greening features, at 57 high... Read More

Our History

Three years into the Great Depression on February 16, 1932, 10 citizens came together to start a nonprofit conservation organization with the goal to alleviate widespread unemployment through public works programs. They also wanted these programs to create a positive impact on the region’s natural resources. Their actions founded the... Read More

Fallingwater

Fallingwater Now on the UNESCO World Heritage List Our Impact Why It Matters What’s New Get Involved Fallingwater, now a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is hailed internationally as a masterpiece of 20th century architecture. Fallingwater was also named the “best all-time work of American architecture” in a poll of members... Read More

Land Stewardship

Land Conservation Land Stewardship The Conservancy’s land stewardship program is responsible for monitoring and managing a system of 45 preserves that total more than 14,500 acres across western and central Pennsylvania. These properties are owned by the Conservancy and open to the public for recreation. In addition, the Conservancy holds... Read More

Land Conservation

Land Conservation Our Impact Why It Matters What’s New Get Involved Western Pennsylvania is one of the most beautiful and biologically diverse places in the country. And, the Western Pennsylvania Conservancy is working to keep our region this way. Our land conservation work permanently protects our region’s exceptional places –... Read More