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Pennsylvania

In Pennsylvania, the Fund preserves the state's historic areas and threatened landscapes – from Gettysburg National Military Park to the shores of Lake Erie. With a record of more than 62,000 acres protected in Pennsylvania since 1985, the Fund seeks solutions that blend environmental protection and economic development.

Bald Eagle Mountain, PA

Protected by the Fund in partnership with the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, the Department of Transportation, and the Game Commission, the 2,510-acre area adjoins Bald Eagle State Park and also offers prime habitat for deer, bear, and wild turkey.  Read more>

Civil War Battlefield Conservation, PA

The Conservation Fund's Civil War Battlefield Campaign works in partnerships to protect our nation's hallowed ground, to provide comprehensive information on the 384 principal Civil War battlefields, designated by the Civil War Sites Advisory Commission, and to honor those that fought and died in the war.   Read more>

Great Lakes Revolving Loan Fund

A generous lead grant from the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation has enabled the Fund and its partners to protect nearly 20,000 acres, valued at nearly $56 million, within the Great Lakes Basin, the nation's most significant freshwater ecosystem.  Read more>

Hubler Run Acid Mine Drainage Treatment, PA

The Fund’s Freshwater Institute provided technical assistance in designing an acid mine drainage remediation system for Hubler Run in Clearfield County.   Read more>

Lake Erie, PA

Funding from the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation enabled the Fund to provide bridge financing to the Western Pennsylvania Conservancy to acquire the largest remaining tract of undeveloped land on the commonwealth’s Lake Erie shore.  Read more>

Pennsylvania State Gamelands, PA

Rolling grasslands, endless mountains, and water-carved ravines characterize the diverse landscape of Pennsylvania’s gamelands.  Read more>

Schuylkill River Watershed, PA

With support from The William Penn Foundation, the State of Pennsylvania, the Claneil Foundation, and the Wyomissing Foundation, The Conservation Fund published a report detailing the state of the watershed's health.  Read more>

Sproul State Forest, PA

Thanks to a public-private partnership, a 12,000-acre inholding in Sproul State Forest is now permanently protected to benefit wildlife, outdoor enthusiasts and the local economy.  Read more>

State Game Lands 93: Honoring the Heroes of Flight 93

In collaboration with the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and with support from the McCune Revolving Fund, National Park Service and Richard King Mellon Foundation, The Fund and its partners are ensuring that these lands are preserved in solemn tribute to the 40 brave Americans who lost their lives near rural Shanksville, Pennsylvania on September 11, 2001.  Read more>

Swatara Creek, PA

On behalf of the Milton Hershey School Trust, the Fund planned and designed the Swatara Creek Greenway to protect public access and provide educational opportunities along an 11-mile corridor of lands owned by the Trust.  Read more>

Wyoming State Forest, PA

In the first project of its kind, Pennsylvania Suburban Water Company, in partnership with the Richard King Mellon Foundation, the state of Pennsylvania, and The Conservation Fund, sets aside a 9,000-acre valley to protect its critical water infrastructure.   Read more>
Regional Scorecard -

Mid-Atlantic


Acres Protected: 317,069
Fair Market Value: $589,751,436
Acquisition Cost: $434,248,541
Total Acres Conserved Since 1985: 317,069
Spotlight - Captain John Smith National Historic Water Trail

Replica of Capt. John Smith's shallopThe Captain John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Trail provides an unforgettable water journey tracing American history and provide first-hand experience of the Chesapeake's rich natural resources. Read more>

Recent press
A Goodly Bay Rediscovered, Washington Post (4/23)

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