Much of the land protected by the Western Pennsylvania Conservancy (WPC) has been conveyed to the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR), Pennsylvania Game Commission (PGC), Allegheny National Forest, or other agencies as public land. Examples include large portions of Ohiopyle State Park, Erie Bluffs State Park, Forbes State Forest, McConnells Mill State Park, and some state gamelands. The following properties are either owned by WPC or subject to conservation easements/deed restrictions held by WPC. All of these properties are open to the public for low-impact recreation in accordance with WPC's Visitor Guidelines or property-specific guidelines. Please contact us for more information. 

Allegheny County
Bell Acres (owned by Borough of Bell Acres): 278 acres
Beechwood Farms (operated by Audubon Society of Western Pennsylvania): 131 acres
Ganassi (owned by Municipality of Penn Hills): 30 acres
Little Sewickley Creek (owned by Little Sewickley Creek Watershed Association): 167 acres
Pittsburgh Greenways (various parcels owned by City of Pittsburgh): 32 acres
Toms Run: 317 acres

Armstrong County
Nicholson Island: 46 acres

Bedford/Fulton Counties
Hardwood Trails: 1,655 acres
Sideling Hill Creek: 252 acres

Butler County
Alameda Park (operated by City of Butler as part of the larger park): 14 acres
ECOZ: 28 acres
Miller Esker: 32 acres
Wolf Creek Narrows: 112 acres

Clinton County
Tamarack Swamp (owned by DCNR and part of Sproul State Forest): 106 acres

Crawford County
Cranmer (limited to a canoe launch on French Creek; owned by the Cranmer family)
Preston (owned by City of Titusville and part of Longway Park): 1 acre
Taylor: 7 acres
Tryon-Weber Woods: 84 acres
Venango Riffle: 4 acres

Elk/Clearfield Counties
Bennett Branch Forest: 1,466 acres

Erie County
Colussi (owned by PGC and part of State Game Land #314): 82 acres
Kuebel: 33 acres
Lake Pleasant: 585 acres
Rawa and Bacon (owned by PGC and part of State Game Land #162): 425 acres
Swenson (owned by PGC and part of State Game Land #109): 146 acres
Wattsburg Fen: 292 acres
West Branch French Creek: 517 acres

Fayette County
Beaver Creek: 211 acres

Fayette/Somerset Counties
Bear Run Nature Reserve: 5,080 acres

Fayette/Westmoreland Counties
Indian Creek Valley Railroad (various parcels owned by Mountain Watershed Association and Saltlick Township; part of the Indian Creek Valley Hike and Bike Trail): 78 acres

Forest County
Hoch Island: 6 acres
Martin Run: 292 acres
NFG 5-7: 455 acres
Skillington: 1 acre

Greene County
Enlow Fork (owned by PGC and part of State Game Land #302): 34 acres

Huntingdon County 
Suppes (owned by PGC and part of State Game Land #322): 2,872 acres

Jefferson County
Clemens Run: 61 acres
Dutch Hill Forest: 490 acres

Lawrence County
Bingler: 8 acres
Fringed Gentian Fen: 1 acre
Plain Grove Fen: 380 acres

Mercer County
Pine Swamp (owned by PGC and part of State Game Land #130): 649 acres

Somerset County
Countryman: 137 acres

Venango County
Cornuet: 55 acres
Crawford Reserve (owned by Industrial Timber and Lumber): 10,247 acres
Firth (owned by The Foundation for Sustainable Forests, Inc.): 399 acres
Fisherman’s Cove (owned by Fisherman’s Cove Preservation Foundation, Inc.): 213 acres
Utica Access: 1 acre

Warren County
Alstadt: 98 acres

Westmoreland County
Burger (owned by DCNR and part of Forbes State Forest): 32 acres
Kane and Willison (owned by Loyalhanna Watershed Association): 12 acres
Loyalhanna Gorge (owned by Westmoreland County): 1,254 acres
Marshall: 77 acres
Morganstern: 20 acres
Powdermill Nature Reserve (owned by Carnegie Institute): 1,910 acres
Randall Reserve (owned by Randall Reserve Foundation, Inc.): 272 acres

 

 

For more information, please contact:

Western Pennsylvania Conservancy
800 Waterfront Dr.
Pittsburgh, PA 15222
866-564-6972
info@paconserve.org
waterlandlife.org
 
Last updated 2/2012