A bamboo patch used to cover an acre of hillside at the Appel Nature Preserve in... read more →
Lancaster Conservancy is conducting a search for qualified Planning Consultants to perform Master Planning services for their 1815-acre Lancaster River Hills Conservation Area (LRHCA) that encompasses eight (8)... read more →
Restoration timelines are long. Take a meadow restoration, for example. Visitors to Kellys Run Nature Preserve this summer have been greeted... read more →
“For me, it’s so important to have a conservancy in a community like Lancaster because once land is developed into something like apartments, single-family homes, a hotel or... read more →
In July, Dr. Julie Jones became Lancaster Conservancy’s new Board Chair. She is a retired family physician who worked at Manor Family Health in Millersville for 35 years.... read more →
This month, Eric Nordstrom’s term as Lancaster Conservancy Board Chair came to an end. Eric served as Board Chair for two years and has been involved with the... read more →
At the end of May, Lancaster Conservancy celebrated the dedication of the Ingrid Graham Historic Hellam Nature Preserve with Ingrid Graham and her family during the For Nature,... read more →
The ninth annual Lancaster Water Week was an energizing celebration of our streams and rivers! During over 60 events hosted by dozens of partners, our community paddled on... read more →
This spring, over 850 students from Lancaster and York county schools joined Lancaster Conservancy on our nature preserves to learn about conservation and Leave No Trace, study meadows... read more →
There are about 1,400 miles of streams and rivers in Lancaster County, and over 75% of them are impaired, or unhealthy, for aquatic life, according to a Lancaster... read more →