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Home > Landowner Stories > Heritage

Landowner Stories

Every story in these pages represents a generous landowner who has made an important decision—to permanently protect their special land, now and for future generations.

Protecting Your Land
  • ALL

  • Natural Habitat

  • Working Farms

  • Clean Water

  • Heritage

  • Community Recreation

Protecting Shelter Valley for Generations to Come

PA | 165.5 acres

Rose Valley Forest: Extending a Conservation Legacy

NY | 18.4 acres

Sometimes Brook – Conserving Generations of Family Memories

NY | 49 acres
The Delaware River on a sunny day

Protecting the Confluence

PA | 63.5 acres

Sustainability, Community, and Friendship: The Legacy of Apple Pond Farm

NY | 81 acres
Ungers Lake in Wayne County, PA.

Love Story for the Land

PA | 236 acres
Sliver Lake

Place of Peace: A Family Legacy

PA | 65 acres
Gorr Farm

Farming Legacy Protected in Sullivan County

NY | 315 acres
Turner Brook

Turner Brook Reserve: Forever Wild, As Ben Wechsler Wanted It

NY | 36 acres
Rose Valley Forest

A Beloved Family Property Preserved for Posterity

NY | 26 acres
Hand

Mongaup River Forest: A Lasting Legacy

NY | acres
Lemons Brook Farm

Lemons Brook Farm: Protecting a Childhood Home

NY | 119 acres
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Van Scott Nature Reserve
571 Perkins Pond Rd
Beach Lake, PA 18405

570-226-3164

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New York Office

Erlwein Farms
70 Earl Myers Rd
Jeffersonville, NY 12748
New York office hours are by appointment only.

PO Box 219
Narrowsburg, NY 12764

845-583-1010

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