The Nature Conservancy (TNC) announced today a new combined investment of $4.25 million awarded by the Richard King Mellon Foundation that will catalyze tangible, durable conservation outcomes for people and nature throughout …Read More

On May 15th, 2018, the Central Pennsylvania Conservancy (CPC) purchased a 79.4-acre mountain tract between two previously disjointed tracts of State Game Lands #230 in Cumberland County. The tract covers the ridgeline …Read More

At 12:28 on December 9th, an adult Bald Eagle flew past the Waggoner’s Gap hawkwatch; counted as number 536, a new season record for the hawkwatch.  Four more bald eagles flew past …Read More

The Appalachian Trail Conservancy, working with Harrisburg’s Latino Hispanic American Community Center, organized a “Bird The Ridge” hike on June 25, 2016 with 12 participants led by Paul Zeph, formerly with Audubon …Read More

Silver Spring Township is in the first phase of reviewing its wireless communication regulations with an eye toward modernizing the regulations. The township is the fastest growing township in Cumberland County and …Read More

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