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 ecological function, enhance wildlife habitat and increase carbon-sequestration capacity.
Site preparation activities for this important restoration, including the use of heavy equipment for brush-hogging and mowing invasive shrubs and other competing vegetation and to loosen the soil, are currently underway at the preserve for the next several weeks. During this time, the public should exercise caution when accessing the project areas located northwest and west of the lake along Lake Pleasant and Valley roads. The areas will be planted with native trees and shrubs in spring 2025.
For more information, to ask questions or share concerns, contact Andrew Zadnik, senior director of land stewardship at the Conservancy, at 412-288-2777 or azadnik@paconserve.org.
Read more about this restoration project in a press release, Mine Land Reforestation Project Launched in Pennsylvania, from Bosland Growth.
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About the Western Pennsylvania Conservancy:
The Western Pennsylvania Conservancy (WPC) enhances the region by protecting and restoring exceptional places. A private nonprofit conservation organization founded in 1932, WPC has helped establish 11 state parks, conserved more than 290,000 acres of natural lands, protected or restored more than 3,000 miles of rivers and streams, and assessed thousands of wildlife species and their habitats. The Conservancy owns and operates Frank Lloyd Wright’s Fallingwater, which is on the UNESCO World Heritage List and symbolizes people living in harmony with nature. In addition, WPC enriches our region’s cities and towns through 130 community gardens and other green spaces and thousands of trees that are planted with the help of more than 7,000 volunteers. The work of the Conservancy is accomplished through the support of more than 10,000 members. For more information, visit WaterLandLife.org or Fallingwater.org.
Media Contact:
Carmen Bray
Senior Director of Communications
412-586-2358, work
cbray@paconserve.org