Northwest
Diversity. More species of fish and freshwater mussels than any other stream system in the Northeast, including over 15 that are endangered or threatened. Over 380 species of birds. Sixteen recognized “Important Bird Areas,” including Presque Isle State Park – one of the top ten bird-watching areas in North America. The Pennsylvania Environmental Council has a special mission here.
Northwest Programs
Cleanup Our American Lands and Streams
PEC implements the Cleanup Our American Lands and Streams (COALS) Program, which is a program to address illegal dumpsites and create economic development opportunities across the Commonwealth. PEC is expanding the COALS program in…
Climate Change Roadmap for Pennsylvania
Stakeholder-driven process produces 38 recommendations for Pennsylvania action -- we're a big part of the problem, we should be a big part of the solution!
French Creek Project
PEC co-founded the French Creek Project in 1995. French Creek later was designated by the Nature Conservancy as one of its original “Last Great Places.”
French Creek Stormwater Management
PEC manages an alternative stormwater Best Management Practice (BMP) project in urban areas of the French Creek watershed (i.e., in areas of already high percentages of impervious surface cover and in areas of increasing percentages…
Golf Course Best Management Practices
Golf courses have the potential to become more "green" - on their greens and in everything they do - if they use an interactive, on-line "Green Toolbox" that is being developed by PEC and LandStudies,…
Great Lakes Conservation and Restoration
PEC works with multiple stakeholders throughout the Lake Erie basin and across the state and Great Lakes basin to promote the conservation and restoration of Lake Erie and the rest of the Great Lakes.
Land Conservation Initiatives
PEC works with communities, landowners and land trusts to conserve properties along the thousands of miles of shoreline in Western Pennsylvania to protect water quality and maintain both natural and working landscapes.
Meadville Sustainable Regional Food System
One of our most innovative and successful efforts at conservation continues to be the support we provide toward the development of a local growers' cooperative, with the goal of creating a sustainable regional food system…
Natural Resource Based Comprehensive Planning
PEC provides outreach, education and technical assistance for a wide variety of audiences throughout the Northern Allegheny River region of Pennsylvania to advance the goals of conserving open space and natural habitat, and reducing nonpoint…
River Conservation Planning Initiatives
PEC is implementing or has implemented River Conservation Plans in almost a dozen watersheds across the Commonwealth.