Check out the latest issue of the ConserveLand Newsletter and see how your land trust has contributed to conservation efforts in Pennsylvania.

Course materials from the 2012 Pennsylvania Land Conservation Conference are now available. Materials are only available for courses where the speakers provided electronic materials. If the information you are seeking is not currently available, you may want to return to the site occasionally and check for updates.

On behalf of Pennsylvania’s eighty leading conservation organizations, the Pennsylvania Land Trust Association honors Barbara Yeaman for her decades of leadership and dedication in conserving our special places and landscapes. Barbara received the award on May 4th in conjunction with the 10th Annual Pennsylvania Land Conservation Leadership Award.

Although land trusts have been protecting Pennsylvania’s special places since the mid-20th century, their work has accelerated dramatically in the new millennium

With the ClearWater Conservancy and Western Pennsylvania Conservancy achieving accreditation, Pennsylvania, with 17 accredited land trusts, leads the nation in land trusts who have demonstrated that they meet national quality standards. Pennsylvania edged past California and its 16 accredited land trusts to retake the lead position.

Catalyst for Conservation traces the history of the Brandywine Conservancy’s work to save the property from development, which ultimately resulted in permanently protecting 4,596 acres by conservation easements and setting aside another 771 acres as the Laurels Preserve. 

As a service to conservation organizations and landowners, the Pennsylvania Land Trust Association manages "Conserved Real Estate for Sale", a web resource dedicated to marketing conserved properties. Land trusts and farmland preservation boards can download a flyer to share with landowners and real estate agents regarding this resource. 

Share what's on your mind...ConserveLand Blog offers an eclectic collection of voices on a variety of conservation issues with the opportunity for robust discussion.

Thank you to everyone that provided comments during the development of the 6th edition of the Model Grant of Conservation Easement and Commentary. Your reviews and suggestions have ensured that the model continues as the gold standard for easements.

As natural gas industry operations take from our natural resources, the act provides a modest stream of funding for Growing Greener-type projects to invest back into the conservation, restoration and enhancement of Pennsylvania's land, water, wildlife and communities. 

A municipality may express an intent to acquire specific land for streets, trails, parks and other public uses by establishing an official map that “reserves” this land. If a landowner seeks to build on or subdivide reserved land, the municipality has up to a year to acquire the land from the owner before the owner may freely build or subdivide.

The Pennsylvania Land Trust Association partnered with state agencies in developing this handbook to guide counties, local municipalities and planners in use of the official map.