59 Search Results for "Bear Run Nature Reserve"
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
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School Grounds Greening
Community Gardens & Greenspace School Grounds Greening Many school grounds often consist mostly of hard surfaces and lack appealing outdoor spaces for student recreation, learning and interaction with nature. Without native trees, flowers and grasses, students are denied the benefits that come with playing, engaging and interacting with the natural... 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
WPC Announces Protection and Restoration of the Historic Hickman Chapel in Fayette County
Pittsburgh, Pa. – Sept., 22, 2017 – The historic Hickman Chapel, which has been a fixture on the Laurel Highlands landscape in Fayette County for more than 100 years, was donated yesterday to the Western Pennsylvania Conservancy for restoration, preservation and eventual public use in keeping with its original purpose.... Read More
Conservancy Earns Renewed Accreditation from Land Trust Accreditation Commission
Pittsburgh, Pa. – Aug. 23, 2017 – The Western Pennsylvania Conservancy received its renewed land trust accreditation from the Land Trust Accreditation Commission, an independent program of the Land Trust Alliance, the Conservancy announced today. “Achieving renewed land trust accreditation confirms that the Conservancy continues to protect Western Pennsylvania’s important... Read More