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Patrick von Keyserling
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Randy Edwards
(614) 717-2770 ext. 30
redwards@tnc.org

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Download the new Central Appalachians brochure "Wilderness at Our Doorstep"
(.pdf, 1MB)

The residents of Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia and West Virginia call the Central Appalachians home. Learn more about conservation in each of these states:

Read The Recorder's article about the recent prescribed burn at Warm Springs Mountain, VA. (pdf. 2MB)

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March 11, 2009
Canaan Valley NWR Earns Additional Conservation Funding
West Virginia press release

March 2, 2009
The Nature Conservancy Protects 272 Acres of Appalachian Forest in West Virginia
West Virginia press release

January 27, 2009
Dominion Foundation Donates $1.1 Million to The Nature Conservancy in Virginia, West Virginia, and North Carolina
Virginia press release

December 23, 2008
Pennsylvania’s Cherry Valley Earns National Wildlife Refuge Status
Pennsylvania press release

October 5, 2008
New Recreation Opportunities and Additional Acreage at Moosic Mountain Preserve
Pennsylvania press release

August 27, 2008
Fiesta tableware heir leaves $9 million to The Nature Conservancy
West Virginia press release

March 5, 2009
Purchase protects 272 acres in Randolph County
The Charleston Gazette

March 5, 2009
Nature Conservancy acquires conservation easement
Charleston Daily Mail

November/December 2008
Double Vision: Climate Change Comes to the Mountains
Blue Ridge Country (pdf, 3.57MB)

January 5, 2009
Snowshoe Mountain And Nature Conservancy To Protect Squirrels And Salamanders
Allegheny Mountain Radio

October 6, 2008
Hikers, bikers have new place to play
The Scranton Times-Tribune

Nature picture credits (top to bottom, left to right): Photo © Harold E. Malde (Greenland Gap Preserve in West Virginia); Photo © Mary Travaglini/TNC (Dan Feller, biologist for the Maryland Natural Heritage Program, emerges from John Friend Cave).