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2021 Scholarship Recipients
The Conservancy has awarded its “Delaware Highlands Conservancy/Yeaman Scholarship” for $1,175 to Amy Carpenter (above), a 2021 graduate from Delaware Valley High School, and the “Vanessa Van Gorder Memorial Scholarship”…
Read MoreGreen Lodging Partners Raise Funds for Conservation
On May 10, representatives from Woodloch (right) and Settlers Hospitality (above) properties presented the Delaware Highlands Conservancy with checks for funds collected in 2020 and early 2021 through the Green…
Read MoreCelebrating Eagle Institute Founder Lori McKean On Her Retirement
In honor of Eagle Institute founder Lori McKean’s retirement from the U.S. Forest Service at Grey Towers after 22 years, we asked a few of her colleagues and volunteers to…
Read MoreApple Pond Farm Protected
The Conservancy is pleased to announce that Apple Pond Farm, 81 acres in Callicoon Center, Sullivan County, New York, has been permanently protected with a conservation easement. Landowners Dick Riseling…
Read MoreA Note to Our Members and Friends
One year ago, we could not have imagined what the world would look like today. Even now, much about the future is uncertain. But that doesn’t mean it is out…
Read More2020 Photo Contest Winners Announced
Through summer 2020, the Conservancy held its third annual juried photo contest, “Nature Heals: Restore, Renew, Reconnect.” The contest invited local photographers to capture striking nature photos from the Upper…
Read MoreEagle Watching for the 2021 Winter Season
The Conservancy regretfully announces that all guided Eagle Watch bus tours for January and February 2021 are cancelled due to COVID-19. The safety of staff, volunteers, and program attendees is…
Read MoreLemons Brook Farm Conservancy Office to Close
With the acquisition of the 144-acre Van Scott Nature Reserve in Beach Lake, PA, the Delaware Highlands Conservancy will consolidate its headquarters and outdoor educational programming and will close the…
Read More2020 Virtual Picnic
The Conservancy’s annual Firefly Picnic was cancelled this year due to the coronavirus, but we are pleased to offer our first-ever Virtual Picnic with nature-themed fun for all ages! First…
Read MoreMaintenance Wish List – Van Scott Nature Reserve
We are in need of some basic maintenance equipment at our new Van Scott Nature Reserve. If you have any of the items on the wish list in good working…
Read More2020 Scholarship Recipients
The Conservancy has awarded its annual “Delaware Highlands Conservancy/Yeaman Scholarship” for $1,000 to Mia VanWie (left, in photo above), a 2020 graduate from Delaware Valley High School, and the “Vanessa…
Read MoreA Gift to the Present and Future
Finding a tiny orange salamander in the woods after a rainstorm. Dipping your feet in the river on a hot summer day. Looking through binoculars at an eaglet safe in…
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