WILDLANDS CONSERVANCY INC
3701 ORCHID PLACE, EMMAUS, PA 18049 www.wildlandspa.org

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Organizations Filed Purposes: THE MISSION OF WILDLANDS CONSERVANCY IS TO PROTECT AND RESTORE CRITICAL NATURAL AREAS AND WATERWAYS, AND EDUCATE THE COMMUNITY TO CREATE A LEGACY OF A HEALTHY, SUSTAINABLE ENVIRONMENT FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS.

CONSERVATION: WILDLANDS CONSERVANCY'S CONSERVATION STRATEGIES INCLUDE LAND PLANNING AND ACQUISITION, STREAM RESTORATION AND HABITAT STEWARDSHIP ACTIVITIES. WILDLANDS MADE NOTABLE LAND PROTECTION AND ADVANCEMENTS LAST YEAR. PERMANENTLY PROTECTED MORE THAN 225 ACRES WITHIN THE LEHIGH VALLEY AND LEHIGH RIVER WATERSHED. ACQUIRED THE 168 FORESTED ACRES SITUATED IN SALISBURY AND UPPER SAUCON TOWNSHIPS, LEHIGH COUNTY TO ESTABLISH A NEW NATURE PRESERVE.ACQUIRED TWO PARCELS IN SALISBURY TOWNSHIP, LEHIGH COUNTY, ONE 28 ACRES AND THE OTHER 7.38 ACRES TO EXPAND SOUTH MOUNTAIN PRESERVE. SECURED CONSERVATION EASEMENTS ON TWO PARCELS IN NORTHAMPTON COUNTY, ONE 18.82 ACRES AND THE OTHER 25.41 ACRESACQUIRED FOUR TRACTS TOTALING TO 5.86 ACRES TO HELP CLOSE HIGH PRIORITY TRAIL GAPS FOR THE JORDAN CREEK GREENWAY AND TWO RIVERS TRAILWAY.IN THE STEWARDSHIP REALM, WILDLANDS FORWARDED EFFORTS FOCUSED ON STREAM RESTORATION, HABITAT RESTORATION AND WATERSHED PLANNING: COMPLETED THE RESTORATION OF A NEARLY ONE-MILE SECTION OF THE OUHOUGHTON CREEK AS IT FLOWS THROUGH UPPER MOUNT BETHEL AND WASHINGTON TOWNSHIPS IN NORTHAMPTON COUNTY. CONTINUED TO LEAD THE LEHIGH VALLEY RIPARIAN BUFFER INITIATIVE, ESTABLISHING ROUGHLY SEVEN ACRES OF BUFFER HABITAT ALONG SIX REGIONAL WATERWAYS.COMMENCED DESIGN AND PERMITTING PROCESSES TO ADDRESS STREAM RESTORATION EFFORTS FOR MS4 REQUIREMENTS ALONG THE LITTLE BUSHKILL CREEK IN NORTHAMPTON COUNTY. CONTINUED WATER QUALITY MONITORING IN THE UPPER LEHIGH RIVER WATERSHED FOR THE ONGOING, LARGE-SCALE DELAWARE RIVER WATERSHED INITIATIVE. CONTINUED TO LEAD STATEWIDE DAM REMOVAL EFFORTS THROUGH PLANNING TO REMOVE MULTIPLE DAMS IN CARBON COUNTY AND ONE ALONG THE BUSHKILL CREEK IN NORTHAMPTON COUNTY. COMMMENCED A MULTI-YEAR, 140-ACRE BARRENS HABITAT RESTORATION EFFORT AT MAPLE TRACT PRESERVE.COMPLETED PHASE II OF 260 ACRES OF HABITAT RESTORATION AT THOMAS DARLING PRESERVE TO STEWARD THE RETURN OF THE GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER AND TO MONITOR FOR PRESENCE OF THE AT-RISK NORTHERN FLYING SQUIRREL. CONTINUED STEWARDSHIP MANAGEMENT OF LEHIGH COUNTY'S 1,800-ACRE TREXLER NATURE PRESERVE.

EDUCATION:IN 2020, IN-PERSON COMMUNITY AND SCHOOL PROGRAMS WERE TRANSITIONED TO VIRTUAL PROGRAMS. 5,523 STUDENTS IN KINDERGARTEN THROUGH GRADE 12 BENEFITED FROM WILDLANDS' ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS THAT ARE TIED TO PENNSYLVANIA'S STANDARDS FOR ENVIRONMENT AND ECOLOGY, PARTICIPATING IN 214 SCHOOL PORGRAMS. MORE THAN 360 COMMUNITY EDUCATION PROGRAMS CONNECTED NEARLY 17,000 COMMUNITY MEMBERS WITH LOCAL, NATURAL AREAS, INCLUDING POOL WILDLIFE SANCTUARY, SOUTH MOUNTAIN PRESERVE, TREXLER NATURE PRESERVE, THE LEHIGH RIVER AND DESTINATIONS IN CARBON AND MONROE COUNTIES.IN-PERSON SUMMER CAMPS TRANSITIONED TO A VIRTUAL FORMAT, CALLED "CAMP 2U!"

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