Posted on January 30, 2015
Foundation for Pennsylvania Watersheds
Safeguarding Clean Water for the Future
At FPW, John Dawes works to provide seed money for mine reclamation in western Pennsylvania, helping restore contaminated and degraded waters across the region…
Posted on December 18, 2014
Creating Blight Resistant Chestnut Trees
The American Chestnut Foundation is using gene insertion and backcross breeding techniques to create potentially blight-resistant American chestnut trees, restoring this all-American tree to its native habitat…
Posted on December 17, 2014
Protecting and Restoring Our Rivers
American River’s restoration efforts in southwestern Pennsylvania focus on removal of dams that cause ecological damage in the Upper Allegheny and Laurel Highlands watersheds…
Posted on December 16, 2014
Reserving High-Quality Forest Land
In 2009, The Conservation Fund launched the New Forest Fund to enable TCF to acquire, sustainably manage, and permanently protect large tracts of working forests with high conservation value…
Posted on December 15, 2014
Collaborating for Watershed Improvements
Through capacity-building grants, the Foundation for Pennsylvania Watersheds invests in local efforts to protect healthy streams, clean polluted waters, and restore degraded wildlife habitats…
Posted on December 14, 2014
Connecting State Lands to the Allegheny National Forest
The Western Pennsylvania Conservancy uses its expertise and management skills to protect natural resources with ecological and recreational value, conserving land, restoring watersheds and saving wildlife habitats…