On November 8, 2022, voters in Carbon County, PA overwhelmingly approved a $10 million bond issue—the Carbon County Water, Farms, and Land referendum—to support farmland preservation and natural lands conservation. Eighty-two percent …Read More
Cruising along the rugged, snowy slopes of the Kittatinny Ridge, Gilson snowboards feel right at home. Perhaps that is because they are handcrafted from the timber of local Pennsylvania hardwoods. Or perhaps …Read More
When the New Jersey Zinc Company in Palmerton, PA finally closed in 1980, it left behind a barren mountain of polluted land. Eighty years of zinc smelting had propelled metallic contaminants in …Read More
Since the 1990s the Kittatinny Ridge has been recognized as one of the preeminent corridors for North American raptor migration, concentrating more birds than any other corridor in eastern North America, excepting …Read More
Pennsylvania supports over 2,000 species of native plants, many that grow along the 185-mile stretch of the Kittatinny Ridge, and all are threatened by invasive species. These introduced plants quickly take over, …Read More
Manada Conservancy’s first conservation easement project of the new year is a beautiful mountain property straddling two watersheds and part of the Kittatinny Ridge Conservation Landscape. The protected property, totaling 97 acres, …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
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
By a vote of 5-0, the Plainfield Township Supervisors on Wednesday supported a sweeping ordinance (see attached) that will create better protection for the Appalachian National Scenic Trail (A.T.) and the resources …Read More
