Brandywine Conservancy & OAF acquire 577-acre property for use as a public nature preserve
Aerial shot of 577-acre Glenroy Farm acquisition, situated along the Octoraro Creek in Chester County, PA.
CHADDS FORD, PA
.-The Brandywine Conservancy & Museum of Art, in partnership with the Oxford Area Foundation (OAF), has acquired 577 acres of the Glenroy Farm situated along the Octoraro Creek in Chester County, PA. This land will be owned and managed by the Oxford Area Foundation for use as a publicly accessible nature preserve.
This is an outstanding achievement for the Brandywine Conservancy, working in partnership with the Oxford Area Foundation, and state and local government, said Ellen Ferretti, director of the Brandywine Conservancy. The acreage and diversity of resources made this property a high priority of permanent protection in southeastern Pennsylvania. The transition of the Glenroy Farm property from the Thouron family to a public preserve will create a unique,
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HARRISBURG Three area projects are among 43 that will receive funding to clean up waters in the state’s Southcentral Region, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection.
Collectively, more than $12 million in funding will come from the DEP’s Growing Greener program.
Statewide, more than $34 million has been awarded to fund 149 projects to clean up waters. Grantees have up to three years to implement their projects from the award date.
In Blair County, the Trust for Tomorrow will receive $40,000 for the Poplar Run Repair and Maintenance Project.
In Huntingdon County, two projects will be funded:
Three water cleanup efforts in Washington County are among the 149 statewide that will be receiving funding through the Growing Greener Plus program that has been put in place by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP).
All told, $134 million is going to projects across the commonwealth, and $2.7 million is coming to the Southwest region. In addition, funding will be going to an Acid Mine Drainage (AMD) Set Aside project in Greene County and a Surface Mining Conservation and Reclamation Act Bond Forfeiture (SMCRA) project in Fayette County.
The grant money is authorized by the DEP for watershed restoration and protection, abandoned mine reclamation and abandoned oil and gas well plugging projects.