“Everything my father touches grows,” says Chelsea Manoff as she walks alongside the flower patch of her family’s Bucks County farm, which includes a cidery and popular farm market. Her parents, Gary and Amy Manoff, started the farm in 1984 with the help of Heritage Conservancy, and they have grown it into a beloved staple […]
Over the course of spring and two transactions, Heritage Conservancy partnered with Bucks County to preserve a 90-acre rural property in Hilltown Township. The Weikel Property is a valuable mix of farmed fields and woodland that provides vital habitat for local wildlife. It is located in the Pleasant Spring Creek Watershed and has an unnamed […]
In May, Heritage Conservancy finalized a Historic Preservation Easement on the Historic Bristol Train Station. Our staff worked closely with a local community organization, Bristol Historic Preservation, Inc. (BHP), to protect this local landmark. Bristol Borough assumed ownership of the historic structure and will be responsible for its upkeep. “It is a great example to […]
In May, Heritage Conservancy completed a conservation easement to protect the 55-acre Staff property in Springfield Township, Bucks County. This land is part of a larger 175-acre farm, Kirkland Farm, where 120 acres were preserved last year with a Bucks County agricultural easement. This newly protected plot is located within the Cooks Creek Conservation Landscape […]
Long before Heritage Conservancy existed, and well before the Mercers crafted their legendary landmark homes in Doylestown, a special tree took root. For close to 300 years, this Bur Oak grew on a plot of land in Doylestown that went on to host William and Martha Mercer and the Aldie Mansion home and gardens they […]
If you are driving the backroads and farmland around Upper Bucks, watch for a woman in a sunhat at an easel. Bucks County artist Jane Ramsey stops wherever she finds inspiration to paint a landscape or farm scene. And for this gifted watercolor painter, inspiration is in the preserved farms and open spaces all around […]
Heritage Conservancy’s Education and Community Programs Team finished 2024 strong, and their impact continues into 2025. Along with other departments in the organization, they held public nature-based events and grew Heritage Conservancy’s education programs. The team spearheaded tabling at community fairs and festivals around the region and connected with partners in the community to share […]
In January, Heritage Conservancy partnered with Moore Township, Northampton County, to preserve 24 acres of valuable woodlands and wildlife habitat. The newly preserved property consists of gentle to steep slopes covered in a valuable patchwork of natural features from meadow to forest. The combination of meadow, shrubland, young forest, and streams provides habitat for a […]
What is Community Science? It is scientific data and projects that are collected and undertaken by the public — not just scientists and biologists, but everyday people out in the field, logging what they see, helping count local wildlife populations, reporting their observations and experiences, and using various apps to share information. Some may know […]
This past December, Heritage Conservancy preserved a total of 60 acres of Bucks County natural and farmland in three separate Conservation Easements. All of these easements closed in the same week! This brings our 2024 tally to 335 acres of conserved land. Conservation easements put in place by Heritage Conservancy allow private owners to protect […]