Conservation Successes
As of June 2010, the Merrill Linn Conservancy in partnership with landowners has permanently protected a total of 665 acres in Union, Snyder and upper Northumberland counties. The Conservancy holds title to one wetland parcel of nearly 33 acres in Northumberland County. Permanently protected through conservation easements are five parcels in Union County totaling 362 acres, two in Northumberland County (104 acres), and two (166 acres), with a third nearly completed, in Snyder County.
BUFFALO CREEK WATERSHED ALLIANCE (BCWA)
Our subsidiary organization, BCWA, has done outstanding work in monitoring and improving the Buffalo Creek watershed. Sampling along the creek from its headwaters in extreme eastern Centre…
In 1997, the Merrill Linn Conservancy made its first purchase of land to protect 33 acres of the Montandon Wetland complex in West Chillisquaque Township in Northumberland…
William Roll placed a 26.5 acre wooded site on the south side of Montour Ridge in Point Twp, Northumberland County under easement. This mixed deciduous woodland has…
The Markunas family, owners of Central Builders Supply, placed 77.5 acres on the east border of their property near Montandon in West Chillisquaque Township, Northumberland County under…
This easement near Freeburg in Snyder County protects 40 acres of woodland on two tracts. Twenty-one tree species dominated by hickory and oak provide habitat for nesting…
Our first easement in Snyder County was in partnership with Debby Meyers-Smith. The 126-acre site near Freeburg features active farmland and mixed deciduous woodlands, with 21 species…
This is a 44-acre parcel in White Deer Township of Union County protecting a hillside stand of mature climax forest. Thirteen species of mature tree, a wide…
Forested land, wildflowers, wildlife and a border along the south side of Penns Creek are features of this 14-acre easement in Hartley Township in Union County. Dahle…
Carl and Faye Oberheim placed three parcels totaling 136 acres in Hartley Township, Union County under easement protection. These properties feature Penns Creek frontage on the north…
Mary Koons of Mifflinburg entered her property into a conservation easement in 1990. With the addition of another adjacent parcel in 2005, Mary protected nearly 30 acres…
