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Success Stories

Protecting 1,600 Acres Along Blue Mountain

In 2018, a grant from the Environmental Stewardship Fund helped the Nature Conservancy (TNC) permanently conserve 1,600 acres in Perry County that was in danger of being turned into a housing development. The property is located along Blue Mountain, which stretches across Pennsylvania from the Maryland border to New Jersey. The iconic ridgeline is one […]

Citizens Cleanup Aultman Watershed In Indiana County

The Aultman Watershed Association for Restoring the Environment (AWARE) was started in February 2000 by concerned citizens from Indiana County who felt compelled to clean up the Aultmans Run Watershed. This area, nearly 30 square miles in total, empties into the Conemaugh River behind the Army Corps of Engineers dam, and it has abundant potential […]

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RELATED WEB RESOURCES:

ConserveLand.org
Growing Greener Coalition
PA Environment Digest
KeystoneFund.org

This website is maintained by the Pennsylvania Land Trust Association with support from the Community Conservation Partnership Program, Environmental Stewardship Fund under the administration of the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, Bureau of Recreation and Conservation.

Please note that the Association does not manage Growing Greener or the Environmental Stewardship Fund. Nor does the Growing Greener Coalition. This is the responsibility of the state agencies authorized under law: DCNR, DEP, PDA, and PennVEST.