Organizations of the Pennsylvania Highlands

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1 Organizations of the Pennsylvania Highlands Conservation, preservation and recreation organizations working in and around the Pennsylvania Highlands. Appalachian Mountain Club Updated 2/28/11

2 Table of Contents Introduction 1 Organizations by Location...15 Alphabetical list of Organizations...2 A B 2 C D...3 E L....4 M N O S...6 T Z. 7 Organizations by Issue..8 Agriculture.8 Conservation 8 Planning 11 Recreation...12 Water Resources. 13 Wildlife...14 County Organizations 15 o Adams County. 15 o Berks County. 15 o Bucks County. 15 o Chester County...16 o Cumberland County o Dauphin County o Franklin County...17 o Lancaster County...17 o Lebanon County..17 o Lehigh County.18 o Montgomery County o Northampton County..18 o York County..18 Regional Organizations 18 National Organizations

3 Introduction The Appalachian Mountain Club has listed conservation, preservation and recreation organizations working in and around the Pennsylvania Highlands. This compilation is meant to be a resource for those living and working in the Pennsylvania Highlands. However, because organizations are constantly evolving and being created, please understand that the information in this guide will also change. While we will do our best to keep the information current, please make sure to check other sources and the internet for the most current information. If you know of organizations that we should add or updates that we need to make, please let us know by ing pahighlands@outdoors.org. We hope you enjoy this resource, Appalachian Mountain Club Updated 2/28/11 Page 1

4 Alphabetical All of these organizations work in the Pennsylvania Highlands. If you see an organization that works in the Pennsylvania Highlands that is not on the list, please let us know by ing A Adams County Agricultural Land Preservation Board... Adams County Conservation District. ministrative/aglandpreservation.aspx tyoffices/administrative/conservationdist rict.aspx Delaware Valley Chapter Appalachian Trail Conservancy Audubon Pennsylvania B Bedminster Regional Land Conservancy. Berks County Agricultural Land Berks County Conservancy conservancy.org Allentown Hiking Club... Berks County Planning Alliance for Aquatic Resource Monitoring... Alliance for Sustainable Communities Lehigh Valley... m Blue Mountain Eagle Climbing Club. Brandywine Conservancy Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay... ww.allianceforthebay.org Brandywine Valley Association American Canoe Association. American Farmland Trust American Rivers American Whitewater Antietam Watershed Association. Appalachian Mountain Club Appalachian Mountain Club Bucks County Agricultural Land Preservation Board.. Bucks County Conservation Bucks County Planning Bushkill Stream Conservancy tments/communityservices/planningcom mission/openspace/openspaceagpresind ex.aspx tments/communityservices/planningcom mission/index.aspx Updated 2/28/11 Page 2

5 C Chesapeake Bay Foundation. The Conservation Almanac Chester County Agricultural Land Chester County Conservation Chester County Planning Chester County Trail Club Chestnut Hill Historical Society ault.asp Cooks Creek Watershed Cumberland County Agricultural Land Preservation Board. Cumberland County Conservation Cumberland County Planning Department Chiques (Chickies) Creek Watershed Alliance. w.asp?a=3&q=507167&raphonav= 6859 Cumberland Valley Appalachian Trail Club. Chiques (Chickies) Creek Watershed Alliance. w.asp?a=3&q=507167&raphonav= 6859 Cumberland Valley Rails to Trails Council.. Choose Clean Water Coalition. Cocalico Creek Watershed D Dauphin County Conservation Conodoguinet Creek Watershed Dauphin County Planning pa.org/content/?/dauphincounty Conoy Creek Watershed Delaware & Lehigh National Heritage Corridor. Conservancy of Montgomery County.. Delaware Highlands Conservancy. Updated 2/28/11 Page 3

6 Delaware River Greenway Partnership Delaware Riverkeeper Network. Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission. E Earl Township Farmland Preservation Trust East Marlborough Land Trust East Nantmeal Land Trust.. F Farm and Natural Lands Trust of York County.. Franklin County Agricultural Land Preservation Board tml Green Space Alliance. Green Valleys Association.. H Hay Creek Watershed Association Heritage Conservancy Horse Shoe Trail Conservancy. I, J, K Keystone Canoe Club. Keystone Conservation Trust Keystone Soil and Water Conservation Society.. Keystone Trails Association hike.org Franklin County Conservation Franklin County Planning Department.. French and Pickering Creeks Conservation Trust partment.aspx L Lancaster County Agricultural Land Preservation Board... Lancaster County Conservancy Lancaster County Conservancy asp?a=371&q= G Gallows Run Watershed Lancaster County Conservation Updated 2/28/11 Page 4

7 Lancaster County Planning Lower Susquehanna Riverkeeper.. Lancaster Farmland Trust Land Conservancy of Adams County M Maiden Creek Watershed Manada Conservancy. Lebanon County Agricultural Land Preservation Board.. Millport Conservancy. Lebanon County Conservation Lebanon County Planning Department Montgomery County Agricultural Land Preservation Board. Montgomery County Conservation District.. Montgomery County Lands Trust.. sp?a=3&q= Lebanon Valley Conservancy Lebanon Valley Rails to Trail. Montgomery County Planning e/default.asp Lehigh County Agricultural Land Preservation Board.. Lehigh County Conservation Lehigh Valley Canoe Club culturallandpreservation/tabid/59/defaul t.aspx Mount Gretna Bird Club.. Mt. Joy Township Preservation Program N National Audubon Society.. view.asp?a=3&q=511185#about Lehigh Valley Planning National Conservation Easement Database. Lehigh Valley Whitewater Club Natural Lands Trust. Updated 2/28/11 Page 5

8 The Nature Conservancy in Pennsylvania. erica/states/pennsylvania Pennsylvania Forest Coalition.. North American Land Trust Northampton County Conservation District Pennsylvania Organization for Watersheds & Rivers.. Pennsylvania Wildlife Federation Northampton County Farmland Preservation Office.. on/cwp/view.asp?a=1532&q=621001&no rthamptonnav_gid=1987&northamptonn av= &northamptonnav_gid=1977 Perkiomen Watershed Conservancy. O Pine Creek Valley Watershed Open Land Conservancy of Chester County P PennEnvironment. PennFuture Potomac Appalachian Trail Club Protecting Our Waters.. Q, R Quittapahilla Watershed m rg Pennsylvania Campaign for Clean Water. Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources Pennsylvania Environmental Council Rails to Trails Conservancy S Saucon Valley Conservancy, Inc. Schuylkill River Heritage Area. Sierra Club, Pennsylvania Chapter Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Soil and Water Conservation Society.. Updated 2/28/11 Page 6

9 South Mountain Partnership Stewards of the Lower Susquehanna, Inc. Tri County Regional Planning pa.org StormwaterPA Susquehanna Appalachian Trail Club. Susquehanna Greenway Partnership hike.org W, X The Wallace Trust Watershed Alliance of Adams County.. Susquehanna Piedmont Preservation Council.. Susquehanna River Basin Watershed Alliance of York.. West Pikeland Land Trust.. West Vincent Land Trust, Inc Susquehanna River Institute. Susquehanna River Trail Western Pennsylvania Conservancy The Wilderness Society. Susquehanna River Wetlands Trust Swatara Watershed Association T, U, V The Trust for Public Land. Tinicum Conservancy. Tri County Conewago Creek Wildlands Conservancy. Y, Z Yellow Breeches Watershed York County Agricultural Land Preservation Board.. York County Conservation District county.org/gov/auth/agri.htm Updated 2/28/11 Page 7

10 York County Planning Commission York County Rail Trail Authority. Earl Township Farmland Preservation Trust York Hiking Club. Farm and Natural Lands Trust of York County.. Organizations by Issue Many of the listed organizations address multiple issues. Here they are listed by their top one or two issues. All of these organizations work in the Pennsylvania Highlands. If you see an organization that works in the Pennsylvania Highlands that is not on the list, please let us know by ing Agriculture Adams County Agricultural Land ministrative/aglandpreservation.aspx Franklin County Agricultural Land Lancaster County Agricultural Land Preservation Board Lancaster Farmland Trust Lebanon County Agricultural Land Lehigh County Agricultural Land tml asp?a=371&q= culturallandpreservation/tabid/59/defaul t.aspx American Farmland Trust Berks County Agricultural Land Bucks County Agricultural Land Preservation Board.. Chester County Agricultural Land Cumberland County Agricultural Land Preservation Board tments/communityservices/planningcom mission/openspace/openspaceagpresind ex.aspx ault.asp Montgomery County Agricultural Land Preservation Board Northampton County Farmland Preservation Office. York County Agricultural Land Conservation Adams County Conservation sp?a=3&q= on/cwp/view.asp?a=1532&q=621001&no rthamptonnav_gid=1987&northamptonn av= &northamptonnav_gid= county.org/gov/auth/agri.htm Updated 2/28/11 Page 8

11 . tyoffices/administrative/conservationdist rict.aspx Cooks Creek Watershed Alliance for Sustainable Communities Lehigh Valley. The Conservation Almanac Appalachian Mountain Club.. Cumberland Valley Appalachian Trail Club. Appalachian Trail Conservancy.. Audubon Pennsylvania. Bedminster Regional Land Conservancy Dauphin County Conservation Delaware & Lehigh National Heritage Corridor. Delaware Highlands Conservancy Berks County Conservancy. Brandywine Conservancy.. conservancy.org Delaware River Greenway Partnership Brandywine Valley Association.. Delaware Riverkeeper Network. Bucks County Conservation District. East Marlborough Land Trust East Nantmeal Land Trust.. Central Pennsylvania Conservancy Chester County Conservation Chestnut Hill Historical Society Farm and Natural Lands Trust of York County.. Franklin County Conservation Choose Clean Water Coalition.. French and Pickering Creeks Conservation Trust.. Conservancy of Montgomery County Gallows Run Watershed Updated 2/28/11 Page 9

12 Green Space Alliance. Millport Conservancy. Green Valleys Association.. Hay Creek Watershed Association Heritage Conservancy Horse Shoe Trail Conservancy. Keystone Conservation Trust Montgomery County Conservation District. Montgomery County Lands Trust.. Mt. Joy Township Preservation Program National Audubon Society view.asp?a=3&q=511185#about Keystone Soil and Water Conservation Society. National Conservation Easement Database. Lancaster County Conservancy Natural Lands Trust. Lancaster County Conservation The Nature Conservancy in Pennsylvania erica/states/pennsylvania Lancaster Farmland Trust.. North American Land Trust.. Lebanon County Conservation Northampton County Conservation District. Lebanon Valley Conservancy Lehigh County Conservation Open Land Conservancy of Chester County.. PennEnvironment. Lower Susquehanna Riverkeeper.. PennFuture Maiden Creek Watershed Pennsylvania Campaign for Clean Water Manada Conservancy Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Updated 2/28/11 Page 10

13 Resources.. Pennsylvania Environmental Council.. Pennsylvania Forest Coalition.. Pennsylvania Organization for Watersheds & Rivers.. Pennsylvania Wildlife Federation.. Perkiomen Watershed Conservancy. Pine Creek Valley Watershed Saucon Valley Conservancy, Inc. Sierra Club, Pennsylvania Chapter Soil and Water Conservation Society.. South Mountain Partnership Stewards of the Lower Susquehanna, Inc.. Susquehanna Appalachian Trail Club hike.org Susquehanna Piedmont Preservation Council.. Susquehanna River Basin Susquehanna River Wetlands Trust Tinicum Conservancy. The Wallace Trust. West Pikeland Land Trust Western Pennsylvania Conservancy The Wilderness Society. Wildlands Conservancy. Land Conservancy of Adams County.. West Vincent Land Trust, Inc York County Conservation District Planning Adams County Conservation tyoffices/administrative/conservationdist rict.aspx Susquehanna Greenway Partnership Berks County Planning Commission. Updated 2/28/11 Page 11

14 Bucks County Conservation Bucks County Planning Chester County Conservation Chester County Planning Commission. tments/communityservices/planningcom mission/index.aspx Lancaster County Planning Commission. Lebanon County Conservation District. Lebanon County Planning Department.. Lehigh County Conservation District Cumberland County Conservation District. Cumberland County Planning Department. Dauphin County Conservation District. Dauphin County Planning Commission. Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission Franklin County Conservation District pa.org/content/?/dauphincounty Lehigh Valley Planning Montgomery County Conservation District. Montgomery County Planning Northampton County Conservation District. Tri County Regional Planning York County Conservation District e/default.asp pa.org Franklin County Planning Department. Lancaster County Conservation District. partment.aspx York County Planning Commission Recreation Allentown Hiking Club Updated 2/28/11 Page 12

15 American Canoe Association American Whitewater Canoe Club of Greater Harrisburg Chester County Trail Club York Hiking Club Water Resources Alliance for Aquatic Resource Monitoring. m Cumberland Valley Appalachian Trail Club. Cumberland Valley Rails to Trails Council. Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay American Canoe Association Antietam Watershed Association. ww.allianceforthebay.org Horse Shoe Trail Conservancy. American Whitewater.. Keystone Canoe Club. Keystone Trails Association.. Lebanon Valley Rails to Trail. Lehigh Valley Canoe Club Lehigh Valley Whitewater Club hike.org Brandywine Valley Association Bushkill Stream Conservancy Chesapeake Bay Foundation. Chiques (Chickies) Creek Watershed Alliance w.asp?a=3&q=507167&raphonav= 6859 Mount Gretna Bird Club.. Chiques (Chickies) Creek Watershed Alliance. w.asp?a=3&q=507167&raphonav= 6859 Rails to Trails Conservancy Choose Clean Water Coalition. Susquehanna Appalachian Trail Club hike.org Cocalico Creek Watershed Susquehanna River Trail Conodoguinet Creek Watershed York County Rail Trail Authority. Updated 2/28/11 Page 13

16 Conoy Creek Watershed StormwaterPA. Cooks Creek Watershed Susquehanna River Basin Delaware River Greenway Partnership Delaware Riverkeeper Network. Susquehanna River Institute. Susquehanna River Trail French and Pickering Creeks Conservation Trust.. Susquehanna River Wetlands Trust.. Gallows Run Watershed Hay Creek Watershed Association Keystone Soil and Water Conservation Society Swatara Watershed Association. Tri County Conewago Creek Watershed Alliance of Adams County.. Watershed Alliance of York Lower Susquehanna Riverkeeper.. Pennsylvania Campaign for Clean Water.. Pennsylvania Organization for Watersheds & Rivers Yellow Breeches Watershed Wildlife Audubon Pennsylvania. Perkiomen Watershed Conservancy. Mount Gretna Bird Club.. National Audubon Society.. Stewards of the Lower Susquehanna, Inc. Updated 2/28/11 Page 14

17 Organizations by Location Organizations listed by main location: County, Regional, State or National. All of these organizations work in the Pennsylvania Highlands. If you see an organization that works in the Pennsylvania Highlands that is not on the list, please let us know by ing County Organizations Adams County Adams County Agricultural Land ministrative/aglandpreservation.aspx Blue Mountain Eagle Climbing Club.. Earl Township Farmland Preservation Trust Hay Creek Watershed Association Keystone Canoe Club. Maiden Creek Watershed Pine Creek Valley Watershed Adams County Conservation tyoffices/administrative/conservationdist rict.aspx Bucks County Bedminster Regional Land Conservancy. Land Conservancy of Adams County.. South Mountain Partnership Bucks County Agricultural Land Preservation Board.. tments/communityservices/planningcom mission/openspace/openspaceagpresind ex.aspx Watershed Alliance of Adams County. Bucks County Conservation District. Berks County Berks County Agricultural Land Preservation Board Berks County Planning Commission. Bucks County Planning Cooks Creek Watershed tments/communityservices/planningcom mission/index.aspx Updated 2/28/11 Page 15

18 Gallows Run Watershed Tinicum Conservancy. West Pikeland Land Trust West Vincent Land Trust, Inc Chester County Brandywine Valley Association... Chester County Agricultural Land Chester County Conservation Chester County Planning Chester County Trail Club East Marlborough Land Trust ault.asp Cumberland County Cumberland County Agricultural Land Preservation Board. Cumberland County Conservation Cumberland County Planning Department.. Cumberland Valley Appalachian Trail Club. Cumberland Valley Rails to Trails Council East Nantmeal Land Trust French and Pickering Creeks Conservation Trust.. Green Valleys Association.. Open Land Conservancy of Chester County.. The Wallace Trust Tri County Regional Planning Dauphin County Canoe Club of Greater Harrisburg Dauphin County Conservation Dauphin County Planning pa.org pa.org/content/?/dauphincounty Updated 2/28/11 Page 16

19 Susquehanna Appalachian Trail Club. hike.org Lancaster County Conservation District. Tri County Regional Planning pa.org Lancaster County Planning Franklin County Antietam Watershed Association Franklin County Agricultural Land tml Lancaster Farmland Trust Millport Conservancy. Mt. Joy Township Preservation Program view.asp?a=3&q=511185#about Franklin County Conservation District. Franklin County Planning Department.. Lancaster County Chiques (Chickies) Creek Watershed Alliance. partment.aspx w.asp?a=3&q=507167&raphonav= 6859 Lebanon County Chiques (Chickies) Creek Watershed Alliance. Lebanon County Agricultural Land Lebanon County Conservation w.asp?a=3&q=507167&raphonav= Cocalico Creek Watershed Lebanon County Planning Department.. Conoy Creek Watershed Lebanon Valley Conservancy Lebanon Valley Rails to Trail. Lancaster County Agricultural Land Preservation Board asp?a=371&q= Mount Gretna Bird Club.. Lancaster County Conservancy Quittapahilla Watershed rg Updated 2/28/11 Page 17

20 Lehigh County Allentown Hiking Club.. Lehigh County Agricultural Land culturallandpreservation/tabid/59/defaul t.aspx Northampton County Farmland Preservation Office.. Saucon Valley Conservancy, Inc. on/cwp/view.asp?a=1532&q=621001&no rthamptonnav_gid=1987&northamptonn av= &northamptonnav_gid= Lehigh County Conservation District. Lehigh Valley Whitewater Club York County Farm and Natural Lands Trust of York County.. Montgomery County Conservancy of Montgomery County. Susquehanna Piedmont Preservation Council.. Watershed Alliance of York Montgomery County Agricultural Land Preservation Board sp?a=3&q=1856 York County Agricultural Land county.org/gov/auth/agri.htm Montgomery County Conservation District.. York County Conservation District Montgomery County Lands Trust.. York County Planning Commission Montgomery County Planning Northampton County Bushkill Stream Conservancy Northampton County Conservation District. e/default.asp York County Rail Trail Authority. York Hiking Club Regional Organizations Alliance for Aquatic Resource Monitoring... Alliance for Sustainable Communities Lehigh Valley m Updated 2/28/11 Page 18

21 Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay Appalachian Mountain Club Delaware Valley Chapter. ww.allianceforthebay.org Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission. Green Space Alliance. Appalachian Trail Conservancy Heritage Conservancy Audubon Pennsylvania. Horse Shoe Trail Conservancy. Berks County Conservancy. conservancy.org Keystone Canoe Club. Brandywine Conservancy Keystone Conservation Trust.. Central Pennsylvania Conservancy Chesapeake Bay Foundation. Chestnut Hill Historical Society Choose Clean Water Coalition. Conodoguinet Creek Watershed Delaware & Lehigh National Heritage Corridor Keystone Soil and Water Conservation Society. Keystone Trails Association Lancaster County Conservancy Lehigh Valley Canoe Club Lehigh Valley Planning Lower Susquehanna Riverkeeper. hike.org Delaware Highlands Conservancy Manada Conservancy. Delaware River Greenway Partnership Delaware Riverkeeper Network. Natural Lands Trust. The Nature Conservancy in Pennsylvania erica/states/pennsylvania PennEnvironment Updated 2/28/11 Page 19

22 PennFuture.. Pennsylvania Campaign for Clean Water Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources Sierra Club, Pennsylvania Chapter Stewards of the Lower Susquehanna, Inc. StormwaterPA. Susquehanna Greenway Partnership Pennsylvania Environmental Council. Susquehanna River Basin Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Susquehanna River Institute. Susquehanna River Trail Pennsylvania Forest Coalition. Pennsylvania Organization for Watersheds & Rivers Susquehanna River Wetlands Trust.. Swatara Watershed Association. Pennsylvania Wildlife Federation.. Tri County Conewago Creek Perkiomen Watershed Conservancy. Western Pennsylvania Conservancy Potomac Appalachian Trail Club. Wildlands Conservancy. Protecting Our Waters.. Schuylkill River Heritage Area.. m Yellow Breeches Watershed National Organizations Updated 2/28/11 Page 20

23 American Canoe Association American Farmland Trust American Rivers. American Whitewater.. Appalachian Mountain Club. The Conservation Almanac National Audubon Society.. National Conservation Easement Database. North American Land Trust Rails to Trails Conservancy Soil and Water Conservation Society. The Trust for Public Land. The Wilderness Society Updated 2/28/11 Page 21