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This story originally ran in January 2020. A new round of training for the Master Watershed Steward program will be held virtually, starting in March 2021. The Lower Susquehanna region covering Lancaster, Lebanon and Dauphin counties, will hold an online open house Wednesday, Jan. 13 at 6:30 p.m. Pennsylvania has more than 86,000 miles of rivers, streams and creeks, second only to Alaska. That’s a lot of freshwater streams and rivers to protect, repair and monitor. The master watershed steward program hopes to train more volunteers to protect this vital natural resource. Launched six ...

York County nature preserve grows to more than 1,000 acres Updated Dec 21, 2020; Facebook Share Hellam Hills Nature Preserve in York County recently was expanded by 70 acres and now stands at more than 1,000 acres. According to the Lancaster Conservancy, the expansion occurred through a land deal with Ralph Streibig, who donated part of the value of the land in memory of his husband, Richard L. King, and King’s family, who loved the land and worked to preserve it for future generations. The nature preserve northeast of York now is nearly 800 contiguous protected acres and more than 1,000 a...

Updated: 12:17 PM EST December 16, 2020 YORK COUNTY, Pa. — The Lancaster Conservancy has acquired a 70-acre addition to the Hellam Hills Nature Preserve in York County, the organization said Wednesday. With this acquisition, Hellam Hills Nature Preserve grows to nearly 800 contiguous, protected acres, and the total land exceeding 1,000 acres, the Conservancy said.  The addition was purchased with financial assistance from the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources Bureau of Recreation and Conservation, who awarded the project a grant from the Keystone...