Conservation News Archive
Here you will find a collection of conservation news from the region (and perhaps the nation or the globe) that Allegheny Land Trust members may find interesting.
12/20/2006
A key tax case in the U.S. Court of Appeals could disqualify tax deductions for many conservation easements land trusts have long believed legitimate. Please see this article at the Land Trust Alliance website.
12/14/2006
Private land conservation is booming in the US. Read how in this article from the Christian Science Monitor.
12/11/06
Roy Kraynyk, ALT Executive Director, has written this letter (pdf) to local newspaper editors highlighting examples and indicators of our region’s continued social, political and ethical evolution toward a cleaner and greener community and economy.
12/01/06
County Chief Executive Dan Onorato signs landmark Riverfront Park legislation that will lead to a 128-mile long riverfront park along the Allegheny, Monongahela, Ohio and Youghiogheny rivers. Read the press release (pdf)) and ALT’s letter in support of the park concept (pdf)
.11/9/06
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Route 65 repairs in Kilbuck moving to passing lane
11/2/06
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
Criminal investigation called in Kilbuck landslide
10/20/06
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
Rain causes landslide, floods Route 30
4/20/06
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Developer Inadvertently Demonstrates Need for Hillsides Protection
4/15/06
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
ALT Board Member Encourages Hillside Preservation
3/14/06
Pittsburgh’s Fifth Great Regional Park Gets More Acreage