In May, four new interns joined the Heritage Conservancy ranks to expand their knowledge of conservation and the environment and to learn what it’s like to work for a non-profit land trust. Susan Slawinsky (Keystone College graduate, attending East Stroudsburg University for graduate school this fall), Zack Moyer (Delaware Valley University graduate), Dylan Fleisher (Indiana […]
Thursday, August 29th10:00 AM to 12:00 PMAldie Mansion85 Old Dublin PikeDoylestown, PA 18901 Help us inspire the next generation of environmental stewards! Training will be provided to volunteers interested in strengthening Heritage Conservancy’s educational programs. Are you a retired teacher? Do you love working with kids? If so, then join us for an educators training […]
At the beginning of May, the Seventh Generation Charter School from Emmaus took an exciting field trip to our Quakertown Swamp Preserve! After last year’s trip to Bristol Marsh and Croydon Woods (with 53 third grade students and about 10 chaperones and teachers), the school chose to visit the Swamp this year for a new […]
It was a watershed moment for the students of Keystone Elementary School when Heritage Conservancy staff members taught them the 3 W’s last month! We recently worked with the entire fourth grade (nearly 200 students!) of Keystone Elementary School; these were the same students we saw in the fall during our Steamboat SPLASH! Program. Each […]
A powerful partnership has been forged! Heritage Conservancy has teamed up with the James A. Michener Art Museum for “The River Flows Through Art: A Catalyst for Change” educational program. This five-week endeavor, which is currently taking place, creatively teaches students from three local schools (Morrisville High School, Strayer Middle School, and Thomas Holme School) […]
On what seemed like a typical school day, students from the Germantown Academy Lower School were recently treated to a not-so-average day! November 13th started out with an enthusiastic assembly for over 350 students in the Lower School. The assembly revolved around the gifting of a personal paperback copy of The Wind in the Willows of Bucks […]
Heritage Conservancy recently hosted a series of field trips to include the entire fourth grade from Keystone Elementary School in Croydon, PA. Spanning from late September into early October over the course of several days, over 180 enthusiastic students were bussed from Croydon to the banks of the Delaware River in Lambertville, NJ, to raise […]
Wednesday, November 14th 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM Delaware Valley University’s Life Sciences Building Auditorium 700 E. Butler Avenue Doylestown, PA 18901 Heritage Conservancy is co-sponsoring this “One Health Series” presentation about amphibians with Del Val University. Heritage Conservancy works to protect the local amphibian population through its Quakertown Swamp Amphibian Rescue Partnership. Dr. Jim […]
If good fences make good neighbors, then good barns make good neighborhoods. And that is exactly how the community around Styer Orchard in Langhorne, PA, will feel thanks to a new pole barn on the farm. Styer Orchard, which is open to the public for fruit and vegetable picking, is proud to house a new […]
Heritage Conservancy has announced that it will transform its historic Aldie Mansion headquarters for “The Wind in the Willows of Bucks County: An Alan Fetterman Exhibit.” Alan Fetterman, one of Bucks County’s premier plein air impressionist painters, embarked on a creative journey to impart his talents for The Wind in the Willows of Bucks County, […]
