Dear friends and supporters, Pennsylvania Governor Corbett’s proposed 2012-13 budget eliminates ALL conservation, park and recreation funding from the Keystone Recreation, Park and Conservation Fund. What’s worse, the budget goes on to propose that the termination of funding be permanent. This means a loss of $30M for conservation in 2012-13 and far more in the […]
Hundreds of Acres Preserved in 2011 and Jeff Marshall Promoted to President
At year’s end, Heritage Conservancy celebrated the preservation of hundreds of acres of land in 2011 in addition to the elevation of the Conservancy’s Chief Preservation Officer, Jeffrey Marshall, to President of the organization. Due to partnerships with federal, state, county and municipal agencies, Heritage Conservancy was able to preserve 467 acres over the last […]
The Economic Value of Protected Open Space
The final version of Return on Environment, The Economic Value of Protected Open Space in Southeastern Pennsylvania report, was recently released by the Green Space Alliance and the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission. This report is the first to quantify the economic value of protected open space in the five-county Philadelphia metropolitan area, including Buck […]
