Category: News

Spring Carnival is Back Again at Croydon Woods

June 22, 2026

On May 15, the entrance to our Croydon Woods Preserve looked a bit different from the way it usually does. A lively crowd of more than 300 neighbors, families, and…

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New Deer Exclosure at Fuller-Pursell Nature Preserve

June 22, 2026

We are excited to announce the completion of a new deer exclosure at our Fuller-Pursell Preserve! This one-acre deer fence will serve as an educational tool in the coming years,…

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View from Zisko property

100 Acres Protected: The Zisko Tract Joins William Penn State Forest

June 19, 2026

Heritage Conservancy is proud to announce the permanent preservation of the Zisko Tract, a nearly 100-acre forested property in Springfield Township, Bucks County. Heritage Conservancy facilitated the grant application and…

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Bucks Barn Voyage: A Historic Tour and a Quiz to Test Your Knowledge

June 18, 2026

Bucks County has a lot going for it in the summer, but one of the more overlooked day trips doesn’t involve a trail, a town, or shopping.  It involves barns….

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Titus Elementary 4th Graders at Aldie's courtyard

4th Graders from Titus Elementary Visit Aldie Mansion

May 18, 2026

4th Graders at Titus Elementary School in Central Bucks recently spent the day at historic Aldie Mansion for a hands-on educational experience with Heritage Conservancy. This spring marked the third…

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Hart's Woods sign made with twigs and leaves.

Hart’s Woods: The History of Our First Preserve

May 18, 2026

Some legacies are measured in decades. Hart’s Woods Preserve is measured in centuries. Tucked along New Britain Road in Doylestown, Hart’s Woods is Heritage Conservancy’s first preserve, and its story…

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Protecting the Headwaters: A New Conservation Easement in Upper Mount Bethel Township

May 13, 2026

Heritage Conservancy’s conservation successes keep rolling in 2026! In April, Heritage Conservancy partnered with Upper Mount Bethel Township’s Open Space Advisory Board to facilitate a conservation easement on 32.8 acres…

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Added to our Register of Historic Places: Warrington Volunteer Fire Company No.1

April 14, 2026

Built by community volunteers starting in 1933 and dedicated in 1935, the Warrington Volunteer Fire Company No. 1 firehouse has been officially added to the Heritage Conservancy Register of Historic…

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students with native pollinator garden

From Lawn to Life: Benjamin Franklin Middle School Students Create a Native Pollinator Garden

April 13, 2026

This past spring, a group of 6th and 7th grade students at Benjamin Franklin Middle School in Levittown transformed a section of an interior courtyard, once all lawn, into a…

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82 Acres Permanently Preserved in Williams Township

April 13, 2026

Heritage Conservancy has started the year with another conservation success! In December 2025 and March 2026, Heritage Conservancy partnered with Williams Township’s Land Preservation Board to protect 82 adjoining acres…

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Jere Knight

Jere Knight: Conservation Advocate of Bucks County

March 16, 2026

When you walk the Jere Knight Trail at Heritage Conservancy’s Fuller-Pursell Nature Preserve, you’re walking in the footsteps of a woman who spent decades helping people and the environment. To…

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Heritage Conservancy Trains a New Crop of Environmental Educators

March 16, 2026

Front row from left: Lucas Denton, Megan Myers, Mia Hibbs, and Kate Brenton, back row, from left: Chip Bosch, Tate Pronel, Michaela Yaede, Emma Craven, Andrew Cyr, Garland Lamb, and…

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