Formerly the Pennsylvania Land Trust Association

WeConservePA

Uniting and empowering people and organizations to conserve land, protect and restore water and wildlife, and foster healthy communities.

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Seventy Land Trusts Strong

Protecting Land, Water, Wildlife, and Quality of Life

WeConservePA member land trusts have conserved 800,000 acres of Pennsylvania as wildlife habitat, parks, productive farmland, game land, green ways, and other open spaces.

Friends of Conservation

Fostering Healthy, Vibrant, and Economically Resilient Communities

WeConservePA helps people protect and improve their communities with green infrastructure and outdoor recreation projects, and better land use planning and environmental decision-making.

Looking Forward to the Next Quarter Century

More and Better Conservation

WeConservePA seeks to redouble its past successes while rising to new challenges including climate change and incorporating diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice principles and practices into conservation.

What We Do

WeConservePA helps people care for, wisely use, and enjoy what nature offers.

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What You Can Do

Advocate, donate, volunteer, engage with others, deepen your knowledge…

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Featured Upcoming Events

The Economic Impacts of Outdoor Recreation: A Conversation with Nathan Reigner

July 19 | 10-11am | Virtual

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The Journey Back to the Stars: Limiting the Harmful Effects of Light Pollution

July 20 | 7-8:15pm | Virtual

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Grants–Finding, Writing, and Managing–Oh My!

July 28 & Aug 4 | 6:30-7:45pm | Virtual
Rushton Conservation Center

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June 21, 2022

WeConservePA Has a New Strategic Plan

General Interest

June 13, 2022

WeConservePA Releases the 2021 Pennsylvania Land Trust Census Report

Conservation Resources, General Interest

May 23, 2022

2023 Pennsylvania Greenways & Trails Summit Comes to Scranton

General Interest, Trail Other

May 16, 2022

WeConservePA Publishes Two Guides

Conservation Resources, General Interest

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Jobs

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GIS & Mapping

Maps and geographic information in support of conservation

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Stories of Land & People

The Stories of Land and People provide real-world examples of how land trusts, landowners, and others have worked cooperatively to conserve special places in Pennsylvania for the benefit of all.

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