News & Events

Heritage Conservancy's "For the Birds!" Brochure Now Available

Now available for your hiking and viewing pleasure, we present our “For the Birds!” birding guide brochure of Quakertown Swamp. Our self-guided hike allows you to explore this important natural resource and the diverse ecosystem that it supports. This brochure comes as a result of our Nesting Bird Survey, which expert birder Diane Allison led last […]

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Heritage Conservancy Celebrates National Public Lands Day

  On Saturday, September 26th, Heritage Conservancy held a cleanup at the Bristol Marsh Preserve with help from local volunteers in honor of National Public Lands Day. National Public Lands Day is the nation’s largest, single-day volunteer effort for public lands, and the Conservancy used this opportunity to maintain the marsh while educating the group […]

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Heritage Conservancy’s “Celebration for Conservation” Celebrates Community and Partner Support in Preserving Our Area’s Natural and Historic Heritage

To view more photos from this event, click HERE. To view the program book from this event, click HERE. Heritage Conservancy held its Celebration for Conservation fundraising dinner on Saturday, September 12th, at the 190-acre Whispering Woods Farm in Durham Township, PA. Surrounded by fields of corn and soy and rolling hills, close to 150 […]

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Heritage Conservancy Installs Three Signs; Two Remain

Close to a year in the making, Heritage Conservancy completed its wildlife-crossing signage project in Quakertown Swamp at the end of August. Along with help from East Rockhill and Richland Townships, Heritage Conservancy installed three wildlife-crossing signs along busy roads in the Quakertown Swamp to bring awareness to drivers about the delicate dance of our […]

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Heritage Conservancy Raises $40,000 For Second Year in a Row at Annual Farm to Table

Proceeds benefit land conservation and historic preservation in Bucks County To view photos from the event, click HERE. To view the program book from the event, click HERE. Heritage Conservancy held its 7th annual Farm to Table on Saturday, July 25th, at the organization’s Jackson Pond Preserve in Buckingham, PA. Hosting to a sell-out crowd, […]

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Heritage Conservancy's "History at the Haines Estate" Raises Awareness of Importance of Protecting Community Treasures

Click HERE to view more photos from this event. On Saturday, June 27th, Heritage Conservancy hosted its inaugural “History at the Haines Estate” in Pennsburg, Montgomery County. The event was held on the surrounding grounds of the beautiful home of John and Linda Haines, which is also known as the Andreas Reid Homestead. The Andreas […]

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Heritage Conservancy Honors Business Supporters and Award Recipients at Business Members Reception

L to R: Jeff and Ada Staal Smith, recipients of the 2015 Community Business Leader of the Year Award, with our Chairman of the Board, Chris Chandor On Wednesday, April 22nd, Heritage Conservancy hosted over 100 business members (one of our largest turnouts to-date!) at its annual Business Members Reception. Held here at Aldie Mansion, the event […]

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Celebrating Arbor Day

On April 23rd, Heritage Conservancy staff members and employee volunteers from GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) planted over 100 trees and shrubs on a Heritage-Conservancy-owned property located in the Cooks Creek Watershed in upper Bucks County. Thanks to the TreeVitalize Watershed Grant Program administered by the Bucks County Conservation District, we had the funding to purchase over ten […]

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Bat Count at Heritage Conservancy’s Durham Township Bat Mine Offers a Glimmer of Hope

A tri-colored bat found hibernating in the Durham cave Click to help Heritage Conservancy save our bats! Heritage Conservancy recently discovered a glimmer of hope at its bat hibernaculum in Durham Township, PA. Last month, the Pennsylvania Game Commission performed its biannual survey of the Durham bat hibernaculum, which resides on a 90-acre preserved property […]

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