Check out the current projects Wildlands Conservancy is working on to help protect our natural resources and enhance the quality of life where you live, work and play!
Thanks to the support of our community, Wildlands Conservancy was able to accomplish the following in 2009:
- Acquisition of 2,200 acre tracts along the Lehigh River in Monroe and Lackawanna Counties. The acquisition permanently protects over 8 miles of the Lehigh Riverfront and the property is home to over 24 species of special concern.
- Open space protection in the Lehigh Valley with the placement of a conservation easement on the 240-acre Rodale Institute farm in Mertztown.
- Protection and restoration of the Lehigh River watershed included the completion of our third Abandoned Mine Drainage restoration project at Buck Mountain. AMD is the leading cause of pollutants in the Lehigh River and these projects remove heavy metals like aluminum and iron discharged by abandoned mines.
- Influenced the City of Allentown to develop no-mow zones along 14 miles of streams within the City’s wonderful park system. Now those stream miles will have the needed riparian buffers so natural habitat for wildlife will be restored and water quality will be protected.
- Helped Lehigh County open the 1,108 acre Trexler Nature Preserve to passive recreation and complete significant environmental improvement projects on the property.
- Received significant support from The Trexler Trust to develop a greenway along the Jordan Creek. This greenway will connect the City of Allentown park system with the Trexler nature and several county and township protected open spaces. A feasibility study, the first step in that process has been successfully completed.
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