News: Clean Water
Wildlands Conservancy Protects 2,700 acres in Carbon and Luzerne Counties
Wildlands announced today the permanent protection of approximately 2700 high-conservation value acres that straddle Lausanne, Banks, and Packer Townships and Weatherly Borough, Carbon County and Foster and Hazle Townships, Luzerne County. Known as the “Penrose Swamp Barrens,” Wildlands purchased the property with cooperation from the Estate of Pasco L. Schiavo and the consent of the Pasco L. […]
Wildlands Conservancy and Partners Restore and Enhance Bushkill Creek in Northampton County
Wildlands, in partnership with Forks of the Delaware Trout Unlimited (TU) and Bushkill Stream Conservancy (BSC), is advancing a large-scale stream restoration and habitat enhancement project along more than one mile of the Bushkill Creek as it flows through Tatamy Borough and into Palmer Township in Northampton County. This effort, more than eight years in […]
Restoring Oughoughton Creek in Northampton County
Wildlands Conservancy, in partnership with Martins-Jacoby Watershed Association (MJWA), completed the restoration of nearly one-mile of the Oughoughton Creek, a direct tributary to the Delaware River in Northampton County – a project years in the making. Focus On a Priority Landscape in Northampton County The Oughoughton Creek flows through Upper Mount Bethel and Washington Townships, […]