Located in Springfield Township, the property provides a forested buffer along more than 2.25 miles of Buck Run, a designated High Quality Cold Water Fishery by the Department of Environmental Protection.
Buck Run supports natural trout production within the Indian Creek watershed, which flows into the Youghiogheny River.
The property is adjacent to or near protected lands along Laurel Ridge, including Laurel Ridge State Park, Forbes State Forest and State Game Lands 111.
It also protects the viewshed for the Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail near mile marker 19.
Because of its proximity to other protected lands, the property will help mitigate the impacts of climate change by providing more connected forested lands for migrating species and for plant and animal species moving to more favorable habitats.
“We are pleased to protect this forest, which continues our longstanding work of protecting ecologically important lands in the Laurel Highlands, to connect landscapes and safeguard water quality, and provide recreation destinations of conserved lands,” says Conservancy President and CEO Thomas Saunders.
Conservation of this forestland was made possible thanks to grants from the DCNR Bureau of Recreation and Conservation’s Community Conservation Partnership Program, DCNR Bureau of State Forestry and Richard King Mellon Foundation.
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Since the 1960s, the Western PA Conservancy has protected more than 85,000 acres of open space in the Laurel Highlands, most of it turned over to the state to establish and expand parks, game lands, forests and other natural areas.
For more information about conservation options to protect land, please contact the Conservancy at 412-288-2777 or land@paconserve.org.
The Western Pennsylvania Conservancy enhances the region by protecting and restoring exceptional places.
A private nonprofit conservation organization founded in 1932, WPC has helped establish 11 state parks, conserved more than a quarter million acres of natural lands, protected or restored more than 3,000 miles of rivers and streams, and assessed thousands of wildlife species and their habitats.
Related Articles This Week:
-- Western PA Conservancy: Local Families Donate More Than 2,400 Acres Of Forestland On Chestnut Ridge In Westmoreland County [PaEN]
-- Western PA Conservancy Protects 652 Acres Of Forestland in Fayette County Transferred To Forbes State Forest [PaEN]
-- Northcentral Pennsylvania Conservancy Partners With Landowner Allen Jones To Conserve 230 Acres In Snyder, Mifflin Counties [PaEN]
-- Northcentral Pennsylvania Conservancy Partners With Robin Read, John Bierley To Conserve 116 Acres In Lycoming County [PaEN]
-- Delaware Highlands Conservancy Accepting College Scholarship Applications [PaEN]
NewsClips:
-- Williamsport Sun/Spotlight PA: Battle For Heart, Health Of Allegheny National Forest [PDF of Article]
-- Scranton Times: Up A Tree: From High Peaks In 67 Counties, Van Wagner Sees The Beauty And Value Of Forests [PDF of Article]
-- Warren Times: Therapist Takes Clinic To The Outdoors
[Posted: January 7, 2026] PA Environment Digest
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