On September 3, 2020, CPC purchased 404 acres of ridge and forest land along Peters Mountain in Middle Paxton Township, Dauphin County. The newly acquired parcel adjoins DCNR’s Joe Ibberson Conservation Area …Read More

Protected property adjacent to the Appalachian Trail, Near Allentown The Nature Conservancy in Pennsylvania and Delaware is delighted to announce that it has acquired 127 acres of forestland in West Penn Township, …Read More

On September 29, 2019, Rosalie, an adult female Broad-winged Hawk that the Kittatinny Coalition sponsored as part of Hawk Mountain Sanctuary’s Broad-winged Hawk Project, was on her fourth journey south since being …Read More

The Kittatinny Ridge Conservation Landscape Partnership is thrilled to announce that it has been awarded $9,928,571 through the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Natural Resources Conservation Service’s (NRCS) Regional Conservation Partnership …Read More

Photo Credit:  Mark Vibbert Forty years ago, a pair of landowners purchased a 30-acre homestead in Lower Paxton Township on the lower slopes of Blue Mountain. They did so with a promise …Read More

Investigators: Aaron Haines, Julie Zeyzus, Nicole Notarianni, John Chenger and Bryan Butler Bat species benefit human societies and biological systems by being indicators of ecosystem health and providing biological control over problem …Read More

Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR) Secretary Cindy Adams Dunn celebrated the success of Pennsylvania’s Conservation Landscape program, noting that its regional focus and partnership-building approach is critical for meeting complex …Read More

The Kittatinny Coalition has embarked on the development of a Strategic Plan to guide our work over the next five to ten years.  Toward this end, we continue to ask tough questions, …Read More

Hawk Mountain Sanctuary, in partnership with The Conservation Fund and Berks Nature, has acquired 22 acres of land adjacent to its Acopian Center for Conservation Learning. The undeveloped cropland will be incorporated …Read More