The Pennsylvania Land Trust Association researches, analyzes, and publishes geographic information in support of conservation. Below are links to and descriptions of some of this work.
PA Conserved Land is Pennsylvania’s official spatial database of conserved properties. It includes both privately conserved land and public land held by Pennsylvania state government, the federal government, and local county and municipal governments. The Pennsylvania Land Trust Association updates and refines the database on a regular basis. To suggest corrections or additions, please contact PALTA's GIS analyst, Irina Beal, at [email protected].
The Grants on the Ground interactive map is a partnership project of DCNR's Bureau of Recreation and Conservation
The Pennsylvania Land Trust Association has mapped the service areas of land trusts, watershed associations, environmental advisory councils, and other organizations. You can access all of this information from the Group Finder page.
Where is a good place to plant streamside forests to improve water quality? The answer could be “just about anywhere.” But some streamside forests benefit water quality more than others. This project combines high-resolution land cover data with soils, topography, land use, and climate data to evaluate more than 200,000 potential streamside forest planting opportunities across Pennsylvania. View the full report here.
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