Tag: Natural Lands

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Chester County Town Named One of the Best Places to Retire by Travel + Leisure 

West Chester has been listed as one of the best places to retire in Pennsylvania, writes Katie Seemann for Travel + Leisure.

For many, choosing where…

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'A Great Day for Westtown': Preservation of Historic Crebilly Farm Completed

Westtown Township has completed purchase of Chester County’s historic Crebilly Farm during a $20 million closing held at the offices of Gawthrop Greenwood in…

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Years of Work to Save Crebilly Farm Pay Off; Land to Become Public Park

After years of effort, a deal was reached earlier this month to preserve Chester County’s Crebilly Farm, a historic 308-acre site of a…

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Putting a Stop in Media to Pennsylvania’s Most Dangerous Animal

In Pennsylvania, this animal is more dangerous than mountain lions, bears and bobcats, and Natural Lands in Media thinks it can control it locally.

The…

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Westtown Township's Crebilly Farm Successfully Completes Fundraising Campaign

Natural Lands and Westtown Township have successfully completed Natural Lands’ Save Crebilly Campaign—a final step in the multi-year fundraising effort to preserve the…

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PECO's Tree Management Work in Chester County Reduces Vegetation-Related Outages  

PECO is executing a strategic tree and vegetation management program in Chester County to help reduce power outages caused by severe weather, support infrastructure enhancements…

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PECO Marks Two Decades of Green Region Open Space Program with $50,000 Bonus Round Grants

PECO recently celebrated the 20th anniversary of its Green Region Open Space Program at Bartram’s Garden Pavilion in Philadelphia. The event recognized the 2024…

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Local Power Couple Is in Driving Seat of Natural Lands’ NextGen Council

Wayne couple Leah and Jason Morganroth are the co-chairs of Natural Lands’ NextGen Council, a group of nature-loving professionals who are proving that…

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Lower Merion School District to Sell Historic 10-Acre Estate to Conservation Group

Land purchased by the Lower Merion School District in 2019 will once again be sold, reports Frank Kimmel and Maddie Hanna for The Philadelphia Inquirer…

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Natural Lands Boosts Final Crebilly Farm Fundraising Effort 

Natural Lands is launching the Save Crebilly Campaign—a final step in the organization’s multi-year fundraising effort to preserve the entirety of Crebilly…

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Aqua Pennsylvania and Pennsylvania Horticultural Society Award $210,000+ in Tree-Planting Grants

In collaboration with The Pennsylvania Horticultural Society (PHS) and local conservation districts, Aqua Pennsylvania (an Essential Utilities company) unveiled the 2024 grant recipients of their…

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Crow’s Nest Preserve is True Hidden Gem in Chester County

Crow’s Nest Preserve, one of Natural Land’s nature preserves not far from French Creek State Park in Elverson, is a true hidden gem…

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PECO Celebrates 20 Years of Green Region Open Space Program with Nearly $3 Million to 400 Organizations

For the last 20 years, PECO, in partnership with Natural Lands, has supported local municipalities and nonprofits across Greater Philadelphia that are doing their part…

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Chester County Commissioners Award Nearly $6.7 Million in Open Space Preservation and Park Improvement Grants

Chester County Commissioners Josh Maxwell, Marian Moskowitz, and Eric Roe approved the awarding of nearly $6.7 million in open space preservation and park improvement…

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Delco Gives a Huge Success With More Than $1.6M Raised for Nonprofits

The Foundation for Delaware County’s Delco Gives marathon raised more than $1.6 million in less than 24 hours to help nonprofits who had…

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Essential Earth Day: Aqua Pennsylvania's Impactful Volunteer Efforts in April

In light of Essential Earth Day and National Volunteer Week occurring in the month of April, Aqua Pennsylvania employees volunteered to better the communities they…

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For Earth Day, Chester County Highlights Transformation of Loch Nairn Golf Club Into Park

Chester County appreciates the purpose and global efforts of the annual Earth Day (April 22) in raising awareness of the need to protect Earth’s…

tate Senator Carolyn Comitta plants a tree at the 2023 Earth Day Festival at the Upper Main Line YMCA in Berwyn. Pictured (L to R): Commissioner Todd Pride, PA Game Commission; State Senator Carolyn Comitta; Oliver Bass, President of Natural Lands and Cindy Adams Dunn, Secretary of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR).Environment

Senator Carolyn Comitta and YMCA of Greater Brandywine to Celebrate Earth Day at Free Community Event on April 20

State Senator Carolyn Comitta and the YMCA of Greater Brandywine are inviting the community to enjoy a day of family fun at the Upper Main…