Category Archives: Conservation Challenges

Kids, McKibben and Climate Change

This group of cheerful children had something to say about land protection as they performed to the Woody Guthrie tune, “This Land is Your Land” by singing, “This land is our land. It’s not a gasland. Think of our future. It’s all in our hands. From the Delaware River, to the Catskill forests, we need [...]

They didn’t know any better

When we look at the environmental abuses of the past, we often quickly absolve the perpetrators as well as the broader society of the time: “They didn’t know any better. Times were different. No-one understood.” Ever wonder if maybe, perhaps, some people did understand and beat their heads against the wall, trying to convince others [...]

Survival Tip: We Need Clean Air & Water

Over the past century, we have seen the industrial revolution in full force as generations of workers were told to build more, consumers were told to consume more and the nation and the world conspired to grow, grow, grow despite a finite world that consists of finite resources.  The short-term gain of industrial progress has [...]

A formula for high taxes and poor maintenance

During the 1990s, the total number of acres developed in Pennsylvania increased by 54 percent, from 1,193,420 acres to 1,832,704 acres. (See 2005 State Land Use and Growth Management Report, DCED.) The infrastructure (roads, water lines, sewer lines, transmission lines, etc.) to support this developed footprint must also have grown substantially – probably not by [...]

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