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Pennsylvania News Room

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Patrick von Keyserling
(717) 232-6001 ext. 101
pvonkeyserling@tnc.org

Download the Fall/Winter 2008 issue of our Pennsylvania Newsletter, Penn's Woods, or read back issues in the Newsletter Archive.

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Orchid Fact Sheet (pdf, 187KB)

Climate Change in PA (pdf, 353KB)
Conservation that Works: An intro to the Conservancy in PA (pdf, 1.05MB)

Photo Slideshow: Orchids of Pennsylvania. See some of the 50 spectacular native Pennsylvania orchids.

Media Experts List: Our staff is available for media interviews on local, state and global conservation issues facing Pennsylvania.

Video Archive: Review our Pennsylvania video archive.

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

December 12, 2008
Conservation is Sound Strategy for Business, Economy

October 31, 2008
Memorial gift Helped Fund Cherry Valley Analysis

October 31, 2008
Pennsylvania's Cherry Valley may become a National Wildlife Refuge

See all Press Releases

About Cherry Valley Refuge

December 25, 2008
New PA Refuge Seeks Nature-Human Balance
The Philadelphia Inquirer

December 24, 2008
Nature Gets Federal Protection
The Morning Call

December 24, 2008
Cherry Valley Designated as National Wildlife Refuge
PoconoNews.Net

December 24, 2008
Cherry Valley Designated as Wildlife Refuge
Scranton Times-Tribune

December 24, 2008
Wildlife Refuge is Created in Poconos
The Philadelphia Inquirer

December 24, 2008
Cherry Valley Becomes National Wildlife Refuge (with video)
Pocono Record

December 23, 2008
Open Space in the Poconos Protected
WNEP.com

December 8, 2008
Cherry Valley Finds its Future at Crossroads
The Morning Call

November 18, 2008
Plan for Cherry Valley Refuge
WHYY.org

November 10, 2008
Editorial: Support Cherry Valley Refuge
Pocono Record

November 1, 2008
Cherry Valley Forever: Pocono Gem Nearly Reaches
Status as a National Wildlife Refuge
Pocono Record

Other News Articles

November 9, 2008
Conservancy Chapter Thinks Big
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

November 8, 2008
Newsmaker: Amanda Nickeson Cherry
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

October 15, 2008
Millionare astronaut to photograph central Pennsylvania and beyond
The Patriot-News

October 13, 2008
Nature's Navigator: New trail system near Scranton
The Patriot-News

October 4, 2008
Exploring French Creek
Erie Times-News

Nature picture credits (top to bottom, left to right): Photo © George C. Gress/TNC (Orange tree fungus, Michaux State Forest); Photo © George C. Gress/TNC (Tagging a male bog turtle at Acopian Preserve).