Thursday, February 21st(Snow date February 28th)5:00 PM to 6:00 PMAldie Mansion85 Old Dublin PikeDoylestown, PA 18901 Heritage Conservancy is developing a core group of dedicated volunteers who will serve as advocates for our mission in the community. Do you treasure the natural and historic landscapes of Bucks and Montgomery counties? Are you interested in working […]
Monday, January 21st10:00 AM to NoonBristol Marsh Nature Preserve350 Basin Park, Bristol, PA 19007 – Near Bristol Borough Riverfront ParkOr Croydon Woods Nature PreserveApproximately 1900 Summit Ave. Croydon, PA 19021 Help us clean up trash at two nature preserves in honor of the MLK Day of Service. The more trash we collect, the less will get washed […]
Friday, January 18th 7:30 PM to 8:30/9:00 PM Heritage Conservancy’s Fuller/Pursell Nature Preservein Springfield Township Some Native Americans referred to the January full moon as the Full Wolf Moon because this was the time of year wolves could be heard howling in hunger outside their villages. Take the rare opportunity to join a guided full moon hike […]
This property combines with the Conservancy’s Fuller Preserve to make a 100-acre nature preserve that is open to the public. With assistance from Springfield Township and the Bucks County’s Natural Areas Program, Heritage Conservancy acquired 40 acres of woodlands in Springfield Township, Bucks County. Located along Slifer Valley Road, the acquisition of the Jerry Pursell […]
Heritage Conservancy recently had the opportunity to share the organization’s mission with fourth graders at Germantown Academy in Fort Washington, PA. In honor of Martin Luther King, Jr. and his devotion to civic engagement and helping others, Heritage Conservancy’s Senior Land Conservationist Laura Baird and Conservancy board member Judy Chang Cody gave a talk to […]
Recognizing that his East Rockhill Township property was special (a property known to many of you as the Tohickon Family Campground) and understanding a need to protect it, Jerry Deegan worked with Heritage Conservancy to successfully list the campground’s Levi Sheard Mill on the National Register of Historic Places in December 2006. This stone gristmill […]
On Thursday, April 19th, Heritage Conservancy staff members Jim Drennan, Shannon Fredebaugh, and Taylor Thompson worked with volunteers from the Penn State Extension Master Watershed Steward Program and the Bucks County Conservation District on a continuing water quality study at the Bristol Marsh Nature Preserve. Since the beginning of the year, we’ve conducted monthly water […]
When a property is preserved in perpetuity, the recording of its conservation easement or deed is just the first step. Properties require annual maintenance and monitoring by our staff to ensure their continued protection, and the Conservancy-owned Lindsay Farm Preserve recently highlighted the importance of this monitoring and defense of a property’s natural resources. For […]
Heritage Conservancy has announced that it will transform its historic Aldie Mansion headquarters for two days for a gallery of fine art that celebrates the beauty of Bucks County. Alan Fetterman, one of Bucks County’s premier plein air impressionist painters, will exhibit over twenty pieces of his artwork at the mansion, which includes a series […]
Volunteer involvement ensures its success View photos from the event HERE! Heritage Conservancy kicked off its first ever BioBlitz at Bristol Marsh on Friday, May 17, in Bristol, PA. A BioBlitz is a 24-hour ecological survey during which teams work together to discover and document as many species of plant and animal life as possible to […]
