Conservation is more than saving places and species.
Today’s conservationist is protecting the environment at a whole new level – from preserving specific places of biologic diversity to influencing government action to determining where to make financial investments that provide lasting results for a sustainable planet.
Learn through our Q&As how Conservancy staff approach their work, and explore Faces of Conservation to see how our conservationists are making a difference in Pennsylvania and around the globe.
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Darran Crabtree
"Many of the flood-prone areas we’re focusing on for the natural needs of the rivers also are some of the same areas that often have caused economic and human loss during flooding."
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Scott Weidensaul
"To us, one robin looks like another robin. But, after we mark a bird, we can trace its travels, its age, its mates. It’s hard to imagine research without banding."
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Dylan Jenkins
"Our long-term goal is the effective protection of a critical network of working forest landscapes and the sustainable management of those forests."
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Mike Eckley
"We are currently preparing a Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) certified forest management plan for the 3,000-acre West Branch Wilderness Preserve – the first of its kind for The Nature Conservancy in Pennsylvania."
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Michele DePhilip
"Our work in the Susquehanna is particularly important because of the influence it has on the Chesapeake Bay, which supports the 16 million people living within the watershed and is legendary for its marine life."
Clifford L. Jones
"Someone has got to be responsible for the animals and birds, and the invertebrates, which are not covered by law in Pennsylvania. Somehow someone must put into law the protection of the invertebrates. All the other life forms in depend on them."
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George C. Gress
"Some unique habitats are shaped by fire, and the rare species within those areas need fire to regenerate growth and reduce the number of invasive species encroaching on the landscape."
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