A Legacy of Success

Growing Greener has been hugely successful, directing critical investments to every county in the state. In the past four years alone, Growing Greener has helped people:

• Protect more than 33,700 acres of Pennsylvania’s family farmland;
• Conserve more than 42,300 acres of threatened open space;
• Enhance access to outdoor recreation through 234 community park projects and 132 state park and forest infrastructure projects;
• Reduce flooding and pollution of our waters through 400 watershed protection projects and more than 100 drinking/wastewater treatment improvement;
• Restore more than 1,600 acres of abandoned mine land.

The County Environmental Initiative Program has provided $66 million to help counties address their local environmental priorities.

Polls show strong, consistent public support for programs that improve our quality of life, the economy and the environ­ment throughout Pennsylvania. Growing Greener has enjoyed strong, bipartisan support from voters, legislators, and gover­nors for more than a decade.