• Conserving in perpetuity scenic, environmentally sensitive, and agricultural lands
• Connecting people to the land recreationally via trails and parkland
• Educating landowners about good stewardship of their woods, streams, and fields
• Promoting the value of local agriculture to the protection of our rural landscape and culture
• Advocating for conservation-friendly governmental policies

We ended last year with a bang, conserving three scenic properties with Charlestown Township:

• The 41.5-acre Fisher farm on Fisher Lane and Charlestown Road  
• The 20-acre Bernhard property on Green Lane Road
• The 46-acre Desfor Farms on Merlin Road

The Desfor easement includes a public trail and fishing access. The Fisher and Bernhard easement include provisions for future trail access.

In Warwick Township, two conservation-minded landowners donated conservation easements on their properties situated in the South Branch of the French Creek watershed:

• Jim and Carol Law conserved their 7.6 acre property on Reading Furnace Road.
• Wesley Sessa conserved the 11.5 acre-setting of his beautifully restored farmhouse on Grove Road.

Many thanks to these landowners for knowing that their land matters to all of us!