LANCASTER COUNTY CONSERVANCY
117 SOUTH WEST END AVENUE, LANCASTER, PA 176033396 www.lancasterconservancy.org

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Organizations Filed Purposes: THE MISSION OF THE LANCASTER COUNTY CONSERVANCY IS "PROVIDING WILD AND FORESTED LANDS AND CLEAN WATERWAYS FOR OUR COMMUNITY FOREVER". THE CHARITABLE PURPOSES OF THE LANCASTER COUNTY CONSERVANCY INCLUDE PRESERVATION OF NATURAL LANDS, ECOSYSTEMS, LANDSCAPES AND WATERWAYS FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS. CONSERVANCY PRESERVES ARE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC 365 DAYS A YEAR, SUN UP TO SUN DOWN. OUR WORK RESULTS IN PROTECTION OF CRITICAL WILDLIFE CORRIDORS, RECREATION LANDS, WATER RESOURCES, AND PRESERVES MATURE FORESTS THAT CLEAN OUR AIR AND WATER. WE WORK WITH NATIONAL, REGIONAL AND LOCAL PARTNERS TO PROTECT THE SPECIAL PLACES WITHIN LANCASTER COUNTY AND ALONG ITS STREAMS AND RIVERS. THIS EFFORT ALSO TAKES US INTO YORK, CHESTER AND DAUPHIN COUNTIES WITH A FOCUS ON LAND, WATER AND COMMUNITY.

PROGRAM 1 - LAND PROTECTION AND ACQUISITIONPROTECTING OUR LAND FOREVERSOME LANDS ARE SO BEAUTIFUL, SO RARE, AND SO NATURAL THAT THEY MUST BE PROTECTED FOR ALL TO ENJOY.THE CONSERVANCY HAS BEEN INCREDIBLY BUSY PROTECTING LAND THIS YEAR. MANY OF THESE PROJECTS TOOK OVER SEVEN YEARS TO GET TO THE FINISH LINE. WE ARE REALLY EXCITED THAT OUR TEAM COMPLETED PROJECTS THAT INCREASED OUR LANDS FOR PUBLIC USE BY NEARLY 20% TO A TOTAL OF 6,346 ACRES OF PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE OPEN SPACE.IN 2019, WE ACQUIRED 966 ACRES OF NEW NATURAL LANDS WORTH $6.5 MILLION DOLLARS: PROTECTING FRAGMENTS OF REMNANT FORESTS AND WEAVING THEM INTO A TAPESTRY OF CORRIDORS FOR WILDLIFE AND RECREATION.CONOY WETLANDS NATURE PRESERVE49 ACRE ADDITIONTHIS 49-ACRE TRACT HUGS THE NORTHWEST RIVER TRAIL AND PROVIDES A BEAUTIFUL WOODED BACKDROP FOR AN EASY HIKE OR BIKE RIDE. THE TRAIL CONNECTS THIS NEW PROPERTY TO THE 22-ACRE CONOY WETLANDS NATURE PRESERVE. IT HOSTS ABOUT 20 ACRES OF MITIGATED WETLANDS, PROVIDING HABITAT FOR NUMEROUS NATIVE SPECIES. FUNDING PARTNERS-PA DCNR, PINE TREE CONSERVATION SOCIETY, BROOKFIELD RENEWABLE, HIGH FOUNDATION, AND LCSWMA.WELSH MOUNTAIN NATURE PRESERVE23 ACRE ADDITIONTHIS ENTIRELY FORESTED 23-ACRE ADDITION INCREASES OUR LARGEST PRESERVE TO 940 BEAUTIFUL ACRES. WELSH MOUNTAIN NATURE PRESERVE SITS IN THE PENNSYLVANIA HIGHLANDS REGION, PART OF THE FEDERALLY-RECOGNIZED HIGHLANDS GREENBELT. THE NEW ACQUISITION BORDERS BOTH THE PRESERVE AND MONEY ROCKS COUNTY PARK. FUNDING PARTNERS-PA DCNR, WELSH MOUNTAIN FUND (WITH CONTRIBUTIONS FROM CAERNARVON, EAST EARL, AND SALISBURY TOWNSHIPS; CHESTER COUNTY SOLID WASTE AUTHORITY; AND PRIVATE DONORS), RESSLER MILL FOUNDATION, LANCASTER COUNTY, LANCASTER COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION, AND PENN'S WOODS FUNDKELLYS RUN NATURE PRESERVE10 ACRE ADDITIONLOCATED ON THE NORTH SIDE OF KELLYS RUN NATURE PRESERVE, THIS 10-ACRE ADDITION MAKES UP A CRITICAL BUFFER BETWEEN THE INTERIOR FOREST AND PINNACLE RD W. IT CONTAINS TWO BEAUTIFUL STREAMS AND A MIXED OAK FOREST. FUNDED BY PRIVATE DONORS, THIS PROPERTY IS PART OF A PA DCNR GRANT APPLICATION TO PROTECT ADDITIONAL LANDS WITHIN THE CONSERVATION LANDSCAPE. FUNDING PARTNERS-HIGH FOUNDATION, 2019 DINE ON HARVEST MOON SPECIAL APPEAL, PART OF A 2020 PA DCNR GRANT.WIZARD RANCH246 ACRESTHE 246-ACRE WIZARD RANCH PROPERTY IS PART OF THE HELLAM HILLS CONSERVATION AREA. THIS FORMER BOY SCOUT CAMP HOSTS 1.5 MILES OF STREAMS AND A MIX OF FORESTED AND MEADOW HABITAT. STAY TUNED AS WE CONTINUE TO RESTORE HABITAT AND MAKE IMPROVEMENTS FOR RECREATION! ACQUISITION AND STEWARDSHIP FUNDING WAS PROVIDED BY THE CONSERVATION FUND THROUGH A WILLIAMS FUNDED MITIGATION GRANT. THIS PROPERTY WILL SERVE AS A MATCH FOR A 2020 DCNR GRANT TO PROTECT AN ADDITIONAL 270 ACRES.HELLAM HILLS NATURE PRESERVE576 ACRE ADDITIONTALK ABOUT A LEGACY - THIS 576-ACRE FORESTED TRACT'S FOR-SALE SIGN SPARKED THE INITIATIVE TO PRESERVE OVER 1,000 ACRES OF THE HELLAM HILLS! WITH ITS ACQUISITION IN DECEMBER 2019, HELLAM HILLS NATURE PRESERVE GREW TO 724 ACRES, PRESERVING DUGAN RUN, WILDCAT RUN, AND ALL THE CRITICAL HABITAT WITHIN. FUNDING PARTNERS-THE CONSERVATION FUND, PA DCNR, CLARK FOUNDATION, POWDER MILL FOUNDATION, J. WILLIAM WAREHIME FOUNDATION, HANOVER FOUNDATION, ANN BARSHINGER, YORK COUNTY, DON & INGRID GRAHAM, DON NIKOLAUS, HIGH FOUNDATION, YORK COUNTY COMMISSIONER DOUG HOKE, SUSAN BYRNES, MEG SWARTZ, AND MORE!OTTER CREEK NATURE PRESERVE2 ACRESSEEING FIRSTHAND THE DAMAGE OF FLASH FLOODING, WHEN THIS 2- ACRE PROPERTY ALONG OTTER CREEK CAME ON THE MARKET LAST YEAR WE KNEW HOW CRITICAL IT WAS TO PRESERVE. DESPITE ITS SMALL SIZE, THIS PROPERTY PACKS IN THE CONSERVATION VALUE. IT CONTAINS HEMLOCKS AND MATURE SASSAFRAS AND EXCELLENT STREAM ACCESS. FUNDING FOR THIS WAS THROUGH PRIVATE DONATIONS AS PART OF THE PENN'S WOODS FUNDBROOKFIELD/PPL PROJECT CELEBRATION60 ACRES (485 ACRES WILL BE COMPLETED IN 2020)ALMOST 30 YEARS AGO, AN AMBITIOUS EFFORT BEGAN TO RECOGNIZE AND PROTECT THE SUSQUEHANNA RIVERLANDS CONSERVATION LANDSCAPE, WITH A STUDY CONDUCTED BY THE CONSERVATION FUND (TCF) AND PA DCNR. AS A RESULT OF THAT STUDY ALMOST 20 YEARS AGO, A PARTNERSHIP FORMED INCLUDING TCF, PA DCNR, THE CONSERVANCY, LANCASTER COUNTY, YORK COUNTY, PPL, FEDERAL, STATE, AND LOCAL AGENCIES AND NON-PROFITS, AND SUSQUEHANNA HERITAGE. THIS YEAR THE PARTNERS GATHERED AT PINNACLE OVERLOOK, NOW PERMANENTLY PROTECTED BY THIS PROJECT, TO CELEBRATE THIS WORK AND THE LANDSCAPE IT PROTECTS THAT NOW INCLUDES 4,596 ACRES OF PROTECTED PUBLIC LANDS. PARTNERS AND FUNDING-PA DCNR, THE CONSERVATION FUND, BROOKFIELD RENEWABLE, PPL, TALEN ENERGY, LANCASTER COUNTY, AND YORK COUNTY.

PROGRAM 2 - LAND STEWARDSHIPRESTORE OUR LANDOUR JOB DOES NOT END ONCE THE LAND IS PURCHASED. THAT IS JUST THE BEGINNING.OUR STEWARDSHIP TEAM UNDERTAKES THE VERY DELIBERATE AND TIME-CONSUMING PROCESS OF INCORPORATING EACH NEW TRACT OF LAND INTO AN OVERALL LAND MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR OUR PRESERVES. THIS IS A GREAT RESPONSIBILITY; ESPECIALLY IN A FRAGMENTED LANDSCAPE SUCH AS LANCASTER COUNTY WHERE ONLY 16% OF OUR LAND REMAINS FORESTED AND WHERE OUR TRAILHEAD PARKING AREAS FILL UP AS THE DEMAND FOR BEAUTIFUL NATURAL PLACES TO ESCAPE TO TESTS THE CAPACITY OF OUR PRESERVES. THE CONSERVANCY, IN ACTIVELY MANAGING OUR 6,346 ACRES OF NATURAL LANDS, UNDERSTANDS THE RESPONSIBILITY AND ITS CHALLENGES THOROUGHLY.INVESTING IN PROJECTS THAT SPAN THE SPECTRUM FROM HABITAT RESTORATION TO VISITOR READINESS, THE CONSERVANCY HOPES TO HAVE THE POWER TO INSPIRE BOTH A RESPECT FOR NATURE AND A PASSION FOR CONSERVATION. THE CONSERVANCY'S 46 NATURE PRESERVES ON OVER 6,346 ACRES ARE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC 365 DAYS OF THE YEAR FROM SUNRISE TO SUNSET, FOREVER!WELSH MOUNTAIN INVASIVE MANAGEMENTWELSH MOUNTAIN IS A RELIC OF PENN'S WOODS; A DEFINING LANDMARK IN EASTERN LANCASTER COUNTY AS A LONE FOREST RISING ABOVE AN EXPANSE OF BUCOLIC FARMLAND. IN RESPECTS TO HABITAT AND SPECIES DIVERSITY, WELSH MOUNTAIN IS AN ISLAND AND ITS ISOLATION IS ITS UNIQUENESS BUT ALSO ITS WEAKNESS. THE CONSERVANCY IS ADDRESSING AN ONSLAUGHT OF NATIVE AND INVASIVE PATHOGENS, INCLUDING OAK DECLINE AND SPOTTED LANTERN FLY, SNOWBALLING INTO A FORMIDABLE OPPONENT OF A FORESTED ISLAND MOUNTAINTOP.PARTNERS & FUNDING- USDA, PA BUREAU OF FORESTRY, PENN STATE UNIVERSITY, LANCASTER COUNTY PARKS AND RECREATIONPGC COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTCONSERVANCY NATURE PRESERVES ARE ONLY OPEN TO HUNTING ONCE THEY ARE ENROLLED WITHIN COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT WITH THE PENNSYLVANIA GAME COMMISSION (PGC). IN 2019, THE CONSERVANCY AND PGC NEGOTIATED A SERIES OF NEW CONTRACTS THAT ALLOWED FOR 4,340-ACRES ACROSS 28 NATURE PRESERVES TO BE OPENED JUST IN TIME FOR WHITE-TAILED DEER SEASON. THE CONSERVANCY HAS AT LEAST ONE PRESERVE OPEN FOR PUBLIC HUNTING IN EVERY PGC DISTRICT IN WHICH IT OWNS LAND.PARTNER-PENNSYLVANIA GAME COMMISSIONOTTER CREEK NATURE PRESERVE CLEAN UP2019 PROGRESS:-100 CUBIC YARDS OF DEBRIS-4 DUMPSTERS-800 VOLUNTEER HOURSWE'RE ALL FAMILIAR WITH THE EVENT: ISOLATED STORM-CELLS DROPPING AN UNPRECEDENTED AMOUNT OF RAIN IN A MATTER OF MINUTES. AND WE'RE ALL FAMILIAR WITH THE STORY: FLASHFLOODS PILED HIGH BEHIND DEBRIS DAMS RAGED THROUGH THE HOMES OF A SMALL HOLLOW IN SOUTHERN YORK COUNTY. HUNDREDS OF CONSERVANCY VOLUNTEERS ARE INTIMATELY FAMILIAR WITH THE AFTERMATH: THE EVERYDAY ITEMS OF PEOPLE'S LIVES STREWN ACROSS THREE MILES OF PRISTINE FLOODPLAIN WITH SEVERELY LIMITED AND GRAVELY CHALLENGING ACCESS MAKING CLEAN-UP SOLELY A HANDS-ON TASK. WE ARE ONLY HALF-WAY COMPLETE AND WILL NEED YOUR HELP MONTHLY AS SOON AS VOLUNTEER DAYS RESUME.PPL EARTH DAY EVENT AT POLLINATOR PARKFOR THE SECOND YEAR IN A ROW, PPL BROUGHT 50 OF ITS EMPLOYEES OUT ON EARTH DAY TO ASSIST WITH THE RESTORATION PROJECT KNOWN AS THE POLLINATOR PARK AT KELLYS RUN. THE POLLINATOR PARK IS THE TRAILHEAD TO THE POPULAR KELLYS RUN TRAIL AND A SIGNIFICANT GATEWAY FOR THE 66-MILE LONG CONESTOGA TRAIL. FROM HERE THE CONESTOGA TRAIL RUNS, UNINTERRUPTED BY ROADS OR DEVELOPMENT, FOR NINE STUNNINGLY-BEAUTIFUL MILES OF SINGLE-TRACK TRAIL. PPL'S HEAVY EQUIPMENT OPERATORS REMOVED DILAPIDATED INFRASTRUCTURE; THEIR SAWYERS PRUNED LANDSCAPE TREES AND FELLED HAZARD TREES; AND THEIR OFFICE STAFF PLANTED AN ADDITIONAL 150 SAPLINGS OF FLOWERING, UNDERSTORY TREES.PARTNER & FUNDING-PPL ELECTRIC UTILITIESTURKEY HILL TRAIL WORKTHE CONSERVANCY HOSTED A HIGH-SCHOOL-AGED CONSERVATION CREW FROM THE OUTDOOR CORPS, A COLLABORATION BETWEEN THE DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES AND THE STUDENT CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION. THE CREW JOINED CONSERVANCY STAFF FOR EIGHT DAYS OF HANDS-ON LEARNING.TOGETHER WE ADDRESSED EROSION THROUGH BUILDING TRAIL INFRASTRUCTURE INCLUDING CRIB STEPS, CHECK STEPS, AND WATER BARS ON THE FIRST SECTION OF THE TURKEY HILL TRAIL. TRAIL ENTHUSIASTS AND CONSERVANCY SUPPORTERS TOOK NOTICE AND FLOCKED TO OUR SOCIAL MEDIA WITH SMILEY FACES, THUMBS UP, AND HEARTS.PARTNERS & FUNDING-PA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES, THE STUDENT CONSERVATION ASSOCIATIONSALVAGE HARVEST AT DONEGAL HIGHLANDS & BELLAIRE WOODSASH TREES ARE SUCCUMBING TO THE INVASIVE EMERALD ASH BORER (EAB) AT A RAPID PACE. THESE STANDING SNAGS BECOME HAZARDS IN POPULAR PRESERVES. BUT DECAYING TREES ARE TYPICALLY NOT MARKETABLE AND A GOOD MARKET VALUE FOR AN ASH TREE AFFECTED BY EAB IS A VERY BRIEF WINDOW. THE CONSERVANCY QUICKLY ASSESSED ITS PORTFOLIO OF PRESERVES AND PURSUED SALVAGE HARVESTS (OF ONLY ASH) ON THE DONEGAL HIGHLANDS AND BELLAIRE WOODS NATURE PRESERVES. THE CONSERVANCY HOSTED A TIMBER HARVESTING WORKSHOP ON SITE TO EDUCATE THE COMMUNITY ABOUT THE PROCESS. THE INCOME GENERATED FROM THE SALVAGE HARVESTS IS RESERVED FOR SUPPORTING THE NEXT GENERATION OF TREES WITH HIGH-HABITAT VALUE AND INCREASED SPECIES DIVERSITY ON THE VERY PRESERVES IN WHICH IT CAME.PARTNERS & FUNDING-ALLIANCE FOR THE CHESAPEAKE BAYMASON-DIXON TRAIL REROUTEEVEN BEFORE THE CONSERVANCY ACQUIRED OWNERSHIP OF THE FORMER MARIETTA GRAVITY WATER COMPANY PROPERTY, IT WAS WORKING WITH THE CONSERVATION FUND AND THE MASON-DIXON TRAIL SYSTEM TO PREPARE TO BRING VISITORS ONTO THE PROPERTY. A NEW SECTION OF THE MASON-DIXON TRAIL NOW TRAVERSES THE NEW NATURE PRESERVE FROM THE SHORE OF THE RIVER TO THE HIGHPOINTS OF THE RIDGELINE; THIS FOUR-MILE LONG SECTION TAKES THE MASON- DIXON TRAIL OFF OF THE ROAD AND PUTS IT INTO THE HEART OF THE HELLAM HILLS.PARTNERS & FUNDING | THE CONSERVATION FUND, MASON DIXON TRAIL SYSTEMSUSQUEHANNA RIVERLANDS STRATEGIC PLANIN 2019, THE SUSQUEHANNA RIVERLANDS PARTNERSHIP, LED BY THE CONSERVANCY, COMPLETED A STRATEGIC PLANNING PROCESS WHICH HONED THE SCOPE OF THE PARTNERSHIP TO THREE AREAS: LAND PROTECTION; ACCESS, STEWARDSHIP, AND CONNECTIVITY; AND OUTREACH. THE PLAN BROUGHT FORWARD THE ADDITIONAL LAND- PLANNING AND LAND-MANAGEMENT PARTNERS NEEDED TO ADVANCE COMPREHENSIVE CONSERVATION GOALS ACROSS THE SUSQUEHANNA RIVER CORRIDOR.PARTNERS & FUNDING | PA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES

PROGRAM 3 - EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENTENGAGING OUR COMMUNITYOVER THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS THE CONSERVANCY HAS DELIBERATELY CULTIVATED COMMUNITY FOCUSED EVENTS THAT SERVE AS A WAY TO BRING MANY OF OUR NON-PROFIT AND FOR-PROFIT PARTNERS TOGETHER TO ENGAGE THE GENERAL PUBLIC AND EXPAND AWARENESS ABOUT THE CONSERVANCY'S WORK BEYOND OUR TRADITIONAL LAND TRUST SUPPORTERS. ALL OF OUR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT WORK LEADS US BACK TO OUR PRESERVES AND IN 2019 WE FOCUSED ON CREATING MORE OPPORTUNITIES TO INVITE YOU TO PARTICIPATE, LEARN, AND VOLUNTEER IN THESE WILD PLACES.VOLUNTEERS IN ACTIONNATURE PRESERVE VOLUNTEER WORKDAYS:- 217 VOLUNTEERS- 20 VOLUNTEER WORKDAYS- 1,184 HOURS OF VOLUNTEER SERVICEFROM HAULING DEBRIS OUT OF OTTER CREEK NATURE PRESERVE TO PULLING UP INVASIVE GARLIC MUSTARD AT SHENKS FERRY, THE SUPPORT OF OUR VOLUNTEERS IS CRITICAL TO THE CARE OF OUR PRESERVES. WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR ALL THE VOLUNTEERS, ORGANIZATIONS AND GROUPS WHO GOT OUTSIDE, GOT DIRTY AND GOT WORK DONE THIS PAST YEAR! THANK YOU!WATER QUALITY VOLUNTEER COALITION- 30 VOLUNTEERS- 1,070 HOURS OF VOLUNTEER SERVICE- 18 STREAM TESTING SITESEVERY MONTH, TRAINED VOLUNTEERS GATHER DATA FROM MULTIPLE TESTING SITES AT STREAMS THROUGHOUT SOUTHERN LANCASTER COUNTY. THEIR WORK PROVIDES MUCH NEEDED INFORMATION TO OUR PARTNERS AT THE LANCASTER COUNTY CONSERVATION DISTRICT, WHO LEAD THE COUNTY WIDE STREAM TESTING EFFORT. THANK YOU, VOLUNTEERS, FOR YOUR COMMITMENT TO HEALTHY STREAMS AND RIVERS!PARTNER - LANCASTER COUNTY CONSERVATION DISTRICTCOMMUNITY WILDLIFE HABITAT- 38 TRAINED VOLUNTEERS- 143 SITE ASSESSMENTS- 55 PROPERTIES CERTIFIED THROUGH NATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATIONCOMMUNITY WILDLIFE HABITAT STEWARDS WORK WITH LOCAL PROPERTY OWNERS, SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITIES TO ENCOURAGE THE PLANTING OF NATIVE PLANTS AND TREES AS WELL AS GARDENS THAT REDUCE STORMWATER RUNOFF WHILE PROVIDING HABITAT THAT WILL BENEFIT WILDLIFE AND ATTRACT POLLINATORS. ONCE INSTALLED THESE GARDENS CAN BE CERTIFIED BY THE NATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION. WITH A CRITICAL MASS OF CERTIFIED GARDENS THE GOAL IS TO CREATE CORRIDORS FOR WILDLIFE TO THRIVE AND HAVE THE ENTIRE COUNTY OF LANCASTER CERTIFIED AS A COMMUNITY WILDLIFE HABITAT.PARTNER - NATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATIONWELSH MOUNTAIN BIO BLITZ- 24 HOURS OF SCIENCE- 333 SPECIES IDENTIFIEDDEDICATED SCIENCE TEAMS COMPRISED OF EXPERTS AND STUDENTS FROM MILLERSVILLE UNIVERSITY AND MANY OF OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS SPENT 24 HOURS SEARCHING OUR BEAUTIFUL 940 ACRE WELSH MOUNTAIN NATURE PRESERVE FOR SPECIES OF PLANTS, FUNGI, AND ANIMALS! THE EVENT ALSO INCLUDED FAMILY-FRIENDLY ACTIVITIES TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE RICH BIOLOGY OF THIS NATURE PRESERVE.PARTNERS - MILLERSVILLE UNIVERSITY, PA MASTER NATURALISTS, DONEGAL TROUT UNLIMITED, ALLIANCE FOR THE CHESAPEAKE BAYEDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMING AT CLIMBERS RUN- 1,020 MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENT VISITORS- 80 TIMBERNOOK SUMMER CAMP PARTICIPANTS- 3 BOY SCOUT SERVICE PROJECTSCLIMBERS RUN NATURE CENTER AND PRESERVE SERVE AS THE HUB FOR OUR ENGAGEMENT AND OUTREACH EFFORTS THROUGH INCREDIBLE EDUCATION PARTNERS. FROM THE RESTORED TROUT STREAM, TO WOODED TRAILS, AND FLOURISHING RAIN GARDENS, THIS IS A SPECIAL PLACE FOR OUR COMMUNITY TO PLAY, DISCOVER, AND LEARN ABOUT NATURE!PARTNERS - SCHOOL DISTRICT OF LANCASTER, NORTHBAY, EXCENTIA TIMBERNOOK OF LANCASTER, BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA, CHESAPEAKE BAY FOUNDATION, PENN MANOR SCHOOL DISTRICT, LANCASTER COUNTRY DAY SCHOOLWORKSHOPS & HIKES- 13 HIKES & WORKSHOPS AT CONSERVANCY NATURE PRESERVES- 242 PARTICIPANTFROM WINTER TREE IDENTIFICATION TO BUILDING BAT BOXES TO THE HISTORY OF WELSH MOUNTAIN, OUR COMMUNITY JOINED US FOR IMMERSIVE EXPERIENCES AT OUR NATURE PRESERVES TO CONNECT AND LEARN ABOUT NATURE! WE'RE GRATEFUL TO THE MANY LOCAL EXPERTS AND PARTNERS WHO SHARED THEIR KNOWLEDGE AND PASSION ALONG THE WAY!PARTNERS - ALLIANCE FOR THE CHESAPEAKE BAY, MILLERSVILLE UNIVERSITY, PA MASTER NATURALIST, WATER QUALITY VOLUNTEER COALITION, BAT CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT INC.SUSQUEHANNA RIVERLANDS 2019 MINI-GRANTS PROGRAMIN 2019, THE SUSQUEHANNA RIVERLANDS PARTNERSHIP WAS PLEASED TO AWARD $50,000 IN MINI-GRANTS TO FIVE ORGANIZATIONS ENGAGED IN PROJECTS THAT ADVANCE THE MISSION, VISION AND GOALS OF THE PARTNERSHIP. THESE PROJECTS RANGE FROM ENHANCED RAIL-TRAIL ACCESS HUBS TO HISTORIC PRESERVATION TO WATER QUALITY IMPROVEMENT. WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING THESE PROJECTS REACH COMPLETION IN 2020.PARTNERS & FUNDING - PA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES

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