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50 Years of Saving Nature! Providing wild and forested lands and clean waterways for our community, forever.

7,639 acres of natural land across 47 preserves wi

7,639 acres of natural land across 47 preserves with over 40 miles of trails and streams....what are you waiting for? #OptOutside

Find a nature preserve: www.lancasterconservancy.org/preserves/
📸 by @michellejohnsenphotography of Trout Run Nature Preserve
#HikeLancaster #HikeYorkPA #hikepennsylvania #lancasterconservancy

From our Conservancy family to yours, we wish you

From our Conservancy family to yours, we wish you a happy and safe Thanksgiving!

This year, we're giving thanks for each of our volunteers, members, partners, sponsors, and preserve visitors. We are grateful for their deep shared commitment to protect and heal our earth. Thank you for helping to save nature.

#LancasterConservancy #Thanksgiving
📸 by @michellejohnsenphotography

We are blown away by this incredible community! @l

We are blown away by this incredible community! @lancfound 's #ExtraGive continues to shine a light on the EXTRAORDINARY generosity of Lancaster County – even during a year like no other! We’re grateful for Lancaster County Community Foundation's support of all the charitable organizations doing amazing work in our community.

And wow - you did it! 1,109 of you helped Save Woods & Water! You raised over $273,000 (and counting thanks to offline checks and the stretch pool) to protect and restore our natural lands! There are not enough words to express our gratitude for your generosity and dedication to saving nature. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.

We also want to thank our generous donors and annual sponsors for providing a match to make everyone’s gift go the extra mile! Thank you @clarkassociateslancaster , Electron Energy Corporation, @rettewassociates, @pennstone and @nimblist !

This year for #ExtraGive we opted outside. We gath

This year for #ExtraGive we opted outside. We gathered in small groups along trails or at Climbers Run around fires. While we miss seeing all our members and supporters for the usual Save Woods & Water Party, our transition to the out of doors today in some small way feels appropriate. It goes without saying that the Conservancy is all about the outdoors and the urgency, during this pandemic, to have beautiful places to venture into and escape, has never felt more real.

Our work to protect and restore natural lands is only possible with your continued support! If you’ve already donated today, thank you so much. If you haven’t, please take this moment to donate at www.lcextragive.org

Your generosity as a community of conservationists never ceases to amaze us and we cannot thank you enough.

During 2020 our woods and water were here to save

During 2020 our woods and water were here to save us, now it's our turn to save them. www.lcextragive.org

Your gift today during the #ExtraGive will go the EXTRA mile for all of your favorite nature preserves thanks to a $125,000 match made possible by our annual sponsors and generous donors!

It's time to give extra for the special natural pl

It's time to give extra for the special natural places we love, the creatures we share this world with, and for the future generations who will wander through our beautiful woods and wade in our clear waters thanks to your generosity! www.lcextragive.org

Your gift today during the #ExtraGive will go the EXTRA mile for nature thanks to a $125,000 match made possible by our annual sponsors and generous donors.

Tune into Conservancy TV for an EXTRAORDINARY day

Tune into Conservancy TV for an EXTRAORDINARY day filled with nature! 📺🌳🐝🐟🦌🦉🌻

On Facebook, we'll be streaming live from Climbers Run and rebroadcasting some of our favorite Nature Hour and Water Week online lectures to celebrate the Extraordinary Give this Friday, November 20!

Consider supporting the Conservancy and your other favorite Lancaster County nonprofits during #ExtraGive: www.lcextragive.org

⚠️PRESERVE ALERT: Welsh Mountain Nature Preser

⚠️PRESERVE ALERT: Welsh Mountain Nature Preserve Temporary Closure

Please note that Welsh Mountain Nature Preserve will be closed Monday, November 16 - Friday, November 20 to allow for a major trail rehabilitation project. The entire Conservancy stewardship team will be joined by crews from East Earl and Salisbury Township for work throughout the trail system that will require heavy equipuiptment, making the preserve unsafe for visitors at this time.

Please consider visiting another Conservancy nature preserve: www.lancasterconservancy.org/preserves/

We're on the look out for a Development and Event

We're on the look out for a Development and Event Administrator!

Join the Lancaster Conservancy’s Community Impact Department to support fundraising efforts and special events.

Read the full description and learn how to apply by November 30, 2020 via the link in our bio or at https://www.lancasterconservancy.org/jobs/

Dive into the fascinating world of agroforestry du

Dive into the fascinating world of agroforestry during the #ExtraGive!

During this walk you'll hear about the Falmouth Forest Garden from the Conservancy's Senior VP of Stewardship Brandon Tennis, while learning about its many varied (and yummy) native trees and shrubs with plant expert Dale Hendricks.

📸 by @michellejohnsenphotography of a young volunteer sampling berries during a workday at the Forest Garden during Lancaster Water Week 2019

Thank you to all of our veterans for your service

Thank you to all of our veterans for your service to this country.

"Come to the woods, for here is rest." - John Muir

#veteransday

📸 by Fritz Schroeder of Fox Hollow Nature Preserve

The Lancaster Conservancy is excited to announce t

The Lancaster Conservancy is excited to announce that Lancaster County is now a certified National Wildlife Federation’s Community Wildlife Habitat™ -- the first in the state of Pennsylvania with this designation!

For the last three years, volunteer Linda Ferich has spearheaded this initiative that works with local property owners and organizations to encourage planting native plants, trees, and gardens that reduce stormwater runoff while providing habitat and food for wildlife and pollinators. Currently the National Wildlife Federation has certified more than 568 sites in Lancaster County including yards, schools, businesses, community gardens, parks, and places of worship. Each of these sites provides the four basic elements that all wildlife need to thrive: food, water, cover and places to raise young, while integrating sustainable gardening and landscaping practices.

“This certification is just the beginning,” reflected Phil Wenger Conservancy President. “Our hope is this designation as a Community Wildlife Habitat only inspires more members of our community to take action whether their site is a massive yard or a small container garden on a patio.”

🦋Learn more about how you can get involved and garden for wildlife or schedule a visit from a Habitat Steward to assess your site at: www.lancasterconservancy.org/habitat/
🦋Read the full press release: https://www.lancasterconservancy.org/news/lancaster-county-certified-as-community-wildlife-habitat/

#LancasterConservancy #KeepLancasterWild #gardenforwildlife #communitywildlifehabitat #nationalwildlifefederation #nwf #pollinators #pollinatorgarden #nativeplants #nativeplantgarden #gardening #alwayslancaster #lancastercounty #dougtallamy #wildlifehabitat #lancastergardens

Let's celebrate the #ExtraGive outside! Friday,

Let's celebrate the #ExtraGive outside!

Friday, November 20 join us for a guided hike or outdoor workshop or choose your own adventure on over 40 miles of trails at our 47 nature preserves!

☕️Warm up after your hike around one of several fire pits we’ll have crackling all day from 10am – 5pm at Climbers Run Nature Center. The Conservancy will also provide a steaming beverage to sip on as you soak in the beauty of this special place — our growing center for learning about the natural world.

📝Learn more & sign up (space is limited): link in bio or https://www.lancasterconservancy.org/extragive/

Enjoy a front row seat to a Friday feathered feedi

Enjoy a front row seat to a Friday feathered feeding frenzy! Check in on the birds of Climbers Run anytime day or night by heading to our YouTube Channel (link in bio or at https://youtu.be/_ZbZjdFUs8c). Conservancy TV is just another way for us to bring nature to you, for those times when you can’t make it to nature.

Consider supporting the #LancasterConservancy during #ExtraGive on November 20 so we can continue to ensure our community always has access to nature! www.lancasterconservancy.org/extragive/

Let your voice be heard! Vote! (Then go for a walk

Let your voice be heard! Vote! (Then go for a walk in the woods!)
#VoteforCleanWater #VotePublicLand

Learn about voting today in Pennsylvania: https://www.votespa.com/Voting-in-PA/

📸 by @michellejohnsenphotography

During 2020 our woods & waters have been here to s

During 2020 our woods & waters have been here to save us, now it’s our turn to save them. Your donation during Extraordinary Give will go the extra mile thanks to a $100,000 match, courtesy of our generous sponsors and donors. We’re inviting you to spend the day outside! Escape and recharge on over 40 miles of trails at our 47 nature preserves or RSVP and join us for a guided hike or outdoor workshop. We’ll even have a post-hike warming station with fire pits and a hot beverage at Climbers Run from 10am-5pm.

Learn more & RSVP at the link in our bio or at www.lancasterconservancy.org/extragive/

"As climate change accelerates, the trees in the E

"As climate change accelerates, the trees in the Eastern forests of the United States are increasingly vulnerable. [...] Many species — including ash, oak, maple, hemlock, elm, and white pine — have their own particular pest or disease threatening them. [...] Many trees are also stressed by bouts of drought or intense rain, by rising temperatures and changing season length, by extreme weather — by all the various manifestations of climate change — as well as by air pollution and by invasive plants choking or displacing them. The list of threats is long, synergistic, and growing rapidly, which means that trees do not have sufficient time to recover and adapt."

The Conservancy is lucky to have a talented stewardship team, including a forester, working to care for the trees of our nature preserves, but the challenges are great, costly, and rapidly changing. We're grateful for our members whose support helps the Conservancy protect and restore the health of our forests.

Read the full article from the @nytimes https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/07/climate/new-england-trees-forests.html?

📸 by @michellejohnsenphotography at Windolph Land Nature Preserve

#LancasterConservancy #HikeLancaster #KeepLancasterWild #FindYourPark #Trees #spottedlanternfly #emeraldashborer #Arborists #Foresters #woods #treehuggers #pennsylvaniaisbeautiful #optoutside #alwayslancaster #discoverlancaster #hikepa #pennsylvania #lancastercounty

So what happens if you don't leave the leaves? 🤷 Well beside eliminating necessary habitat for wildlife and a natural source of nutrients for your yard, many of those bags of leaves now make their way to local landfills. 🍂

"According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, leaves and other yard debris account for more than 13 percent of the nation’s solid waste—a whopping 33 million tons a year. Without enough oxygen to decompose, this organic matter releases the greenhouse gas methane, says Joe Lamp’l, author of The Green Gardener’s Guide. In fact, solid-waste landfills are the largest U.S. source of man-made methane—and that’s aside from the carbon dioxide generated by gas-powered blowers and trucks used in leaf disposal."

Read the full article from @nationalwildlife at the link in our bio or at: https://www.nwf.org/Home/Magazines/National-Wildlife/2015/OctNov/Gardening/Leave-the-Leaves?

📸 by @michellejohnsenphotography

#leavetheleaves #lancasterconservancy #createhabitat #alwayslancaster #NativePlants #Conservation #Conservationgardening #wildlifehabitat #communitywildlifehabitat #lancasterpa #yorkpa #nativeplants #nativeplantsofnorthamerica #gardening #panativeplants

"It is absolutely critical that our lawmakers do n

"It is absolutely critical that our lawmakers do not further cripple our economy and jeopardize the health of Pennsylvania residents by decreasing our investment in parks, trails, and open space. If we have learned one thing from this crisis, it is that our trails and parks are absolutely vital to the well-being of the mental and physical health of our residents. State park visitation has increased by more than 30% during this pandemic, and trail use is up statewide by 52%, with some trails seeing a 100% to 200% increase in use." - Elaine Paul Schaefer, Delaware County Council and Schuylkill River Greenways NHA Executive Director

Read the full @phillyinquirer opinion peice titled, "Pa. lawmakers must increase budgets for trails as more people head outdoors amid pandemic" at the link in our bio or at https://www.inquirer.com/opinion/commentary/pennsylvania-budget-parks-trails-outdoor-space-funding-20201020.html

Have you visited nature preserves more often during the pandemic? Do you see more people out on the trails than you use to? Let us know in the comments!

📸 by @michellejohnsenphotography at Windolph Landing Nature Preserve

Did you know that a trolley use to make its way al

Did you know that a trolley use to make its way along Pequea Creek through what is now Fox Hollow Nature Preserve? When the Conservancy protects land, it doesn't just protect nature, it also protects our shared history and stories from the past.

Join us next Wednesday, October 28 at 6pm for Nature Hour: Saving History through Land Protection with our very own Senior VP of Land Protection and General Counsel, Kate Gonick! 💻Register via the link in our bio or at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/nature-hour-saving-history-through-land-protection-tickets-118012082315

Kate, a Secretary of Interior Qualified Archaeologist, has a J.D. and a Masters in Anthropology/Archaeology, and has advanced to candidacy for a Ph.D. with a dissertation focused on 18th Century Landscapes and Environmental Determinants. She loves talking about the history hidden on the lands we're all working to save!

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