The Appalachian Trail Conservancy (ATC) is now accepting applications for its Conservation Assistance Mini-Grant Program. The purpose of the program is to help local municipalities and partnering nonprofits preserve and promote community …Read More
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CPC Securing Kittatinny Tract for PA Game Commission
The Central Pennsylvania Conservancy and Pennsylvania Game Commission have partnered to acquire a key property on the Cumberland County side of the Kittatinny Ridge in Silver Spring Township, adjoining State Gamelands #170 …Read More
Manada Preserves Small Valley and Gordon
Small Valley After three years of hard work, on April 27th, Jane Ransom (former) CEO of The Girl Scouts in the Heart of Pennsylvania, and Nancy Cladel, President of the Manada Conservancy, …Read More
Kittatinny Ridge Is Now A Global IBA
The Pennsylvania Breeding Bird Atlas (BBA) collected data on where birds were breeding throughout the state in the 1980s and again in the 2000s. These surveys confirmed what birdwatchers have known for …Read More
“Bird The Ridge” 2015: The Results Are In!
The Kittatinny Coalition’s “Bird The Ridge” hikes are proving to be a fun and successful way to engage people in documenting birds and wildlife across the Kittatinny. Over the past 2 years, …Read More
HMS Broadwing Project: Learn Ridgena’s Secrets!
This year the Kittatinny Coalition sponsored “Ridgena”, a female Broad-winged Hawk nesting on the Kittatinny Ridge, to support Hawk Mountain Sanctuary’s 2015 Broad-winged Hawk Project. Through satellite telemetry, join us in watching …Read More
Hawk Mountain Opens Accessible Trail
On July 26, 2015, the anniversary of the signing of the Americans With Disabilities Act, Hawk Mountain Sanctuary opened an Accessible Trail to South Lookout. The project was made possible through financial …Read More
First Organic Farm Protected By Berks Nature
Permanent protection of the Great Bend Organic farm along the Kittatinny Ridge contains sourcewater, wetlands, woodlands and over a mile of frontage on the Schuylkill River. The management of the property makes …Read More