The Kittatinny Coalition is very excited to announce that it has received a 2021 Catalyst Fund grant award from the Network for Landscape Conservation to support the development of a Conservation Plan …Read More
Category: In the News
Kittatinny Ridge Conservation Plan Getting Underway
The Kittatinny Coalition is embarking on the first Conservation Plan for the Kittatinny Ridge Conservation Landscape (KRCL)! The Coalition has hired Resilience Planning & Design (RPD) out of New Hampshire to complete …Read More
Strategic Plan Implementation
The Kittatinny Coalition, with the input of numerous partners and stakeholders, completed a Strategic Plan in December 2020. We have re-hired Conservation Consulting Group (CCG), who helped the Coalition develop the plan, …Read More
Kittatinny Coalition Releases RFP for Conservation Plan
Audubon Mid-Atlantic invites qualified firms to respond to a Request for Proposals for facilitating and drafting a Conservation Plan for the Kittatinny Ridge Conservation Landscape (KRCL). Audubon is seeking a consultant to …Read More
Manada Protects 89 Acres on the Kittatinny Ridge
“It’s everything we believe in…” Surrounded by a forest full of chestnut oak, sassafras, and mountain laurel, and the fresh mountain air at Chuck and Brenda Witmer’s property in Jefferson Township, you …Read More
Central PA Conservancy Acquires 404 Acres on Peters Mountain
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
TNC Protects 127 Acres on the Kittatinny Ridge
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
A Story of Resilience, Hope, and Joy
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
Kittatinny Ridge CL Awarded $9.9 Million
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
Manada Conservancy Preserves 30-Acre Homestead
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