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Land Conservancy of Adams County
... preserving the rural lands and character of Adams County, Pennsylvania
We thank those of you who attended our Annual Dinner at the Gettysburg Hotel last week. To those who weren’t able to make it: We missed you!
It was a wonderful evening, during which we marked a historic milestone: the Land Conservancy has now preserved more than 10,000 acres of Adams County’s valuable rural lands!
It’s an achievement to be proud of, but make no mistake: Your commitment to land preservation is the reason for this success, and we look forward to marking this milestone throughout the coming year. Read more about one way we hope to celebrate!
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Upcoming events
- Friday, April 7: Art Auction Preview Artists’ Reception, The Parrot, Gettysburg, 4-6 pm
- Sunday, April 23: 20th Annual Art Auction, The Parrot, Gettysburg, doors open at 12 pm
- Sunday, August 20: Summer Picnic
- Saturday, October 21: Fall Classic Road Rally
Stay tuned or visit our website for more information as these events approach.
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Annual Dinner & Silent Auction Recap
We celebrated our 21st Annual Dinner & Silent Auction at the historic Gettysburg Hotel on Thursday, March 9. It was a wonderful evening! In addition to catching up with old friends and making new ones, we bid on a wide variety of unique Silent Auction items, celebrated our 2016 conservation benefactors, welcomed Adam Boyer to the board, bade Mark Purdy farewell after six years of devoted board service ... and marked a historic milestone as we recognized the Hauser family, who earlier this month completed a conservation easement preserving 170 acres of their Franklin Township vineyard. With the Hauser preservation project, the Land Conservancy has now preserved more than 10,000 acres of Adams County’s beautiful and valuable rural lands!
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Your 2017 board of directors
Front row, left to right: Kelly Alsedek, Mary Margaret Stewart, Norma Calhoun (vice president), John Kiehl (president), Katie Epstein (treasurer)
Back row, left to right: Beth Kirby, Adam Boyer, Chris Little, Emma Lower, Randy Phiel
Not pictured: Carrie Russell (secretary), Jeff Glahn, and Craig Rockey
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2017 board of directors welcomes Adam Boyer
When long-time Land Conservation Coordinator Sarah Kipp decided to take a one-year leave of absence from the Land Conservancy to travel and work abroad, York Springs resident and recent law-school graduate Adam Boyer stepped in to take the reins of her position. Now Adam has joined the Land Conservancy board of directors. Learn more about Adam’s background and thoughts about his board service.
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Land Conservancy Month photo series in the Gettysburg Times
In honor of Land Conservancy Month, the Gettysburg Times has agreed to run a captioned photo in its Friday Homes section highlighting the benefits of land preservation. The photo we submitted for March 3 is above. Here’s the caption:
“Healthy, forested riparian buffers along waterways can help reduce runoff that pollutes streams. They also filter, absorb, and break down many dangerous chemicals that run off paved surfaces into the streams that provide our drinking water. This improves the cleanliness of our drinking water—and reduces water-treatment costs. The Land Conservancy of Adams County works to preserve rural lands that border our streams, helping to keep our drinking water clean and our waterways safe for fish and other wildlife.”
Keep your eyes open on Fridays during Land Conservancy Month for more photos in his series!
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Volunteer opportunities... updated!
The Watershed Alliance of Adams County has received a grant from the South Mountain Partnership to convert three acres of Adams County stream bank—about a half-mile—into forested riparian buffers. (Riparian buffers are strips of vegetation lining stream banks that protect the stream from pollution caused by stormwater runoff. The importance of riparian buffers to keeping our streams clean and healthy for wildlife, recreation—and our drinking water—cannot be overstated.)
The Watershed Alliance has planned a riparian buffer planting project for Friday & Saturday, April 28 & 29—and volunteers are needed! If you’d like to help plant some trees along a lovely Adams County stream—and meet some friendly land conservationists while you’re improving our water quality—please contact Pat Naugle at (717) 334-1142.
More volunteer opportunities are listed on our website.
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We’re accredited. But what does that mean?
The Land Conservancy earned accreditation from the Land Trust Accreditation Commission in 2013, making us one of only 21 accredited land trusts in Pennsylvania. But what exactly does accreditation mean? Read here to learn more.
Over the coming year we’ll be applying to renew our accreditation with the Commission. We’ll also share more about accreditation—why it’s important, what it entails, and how you can help—so stay tuned!
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Won’t you join us?
We say it all the time: The Land Conservancy is a nonprofit, member-supported land trust … And when we say “member-supported,” we mean it! The support we receive from our members is absolutely crucial not only to our mission of preserving the rural lands and heritage of Adams County—but also to our survival as an organization. Membership dues pay our bills (like phone, supplies, salaries, and benefits) and cover the costs associated with land preservation that aren’t reimbursed by our outside funding sources (and those can be considerable!).
Membership starts at just $35 for individuals and includes our quarterly newsletter, an invitation to all of our events, including our annual membership dinner, and the joy of knowing that you’re contributing to preserving the beautiful and valuable rural lands of Adams County. Won’t you join—or renew your membership—today? Just click or email!
Not sure whether your membership is current? Just drop us a line and we’ll let you know!
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Need a speaker? Want to know more about us?
Are you a member of a community club or organization that would like a speaker? We’d love to come tell you and your group more about the Land Conservancy’s mission and how we go about it. Give us a call at (717) 334-2828 or send us an email and we’ll set a date!
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