Natural Lands - The Magazine of Natural Lands Fall/Winter 2018, Issue 153 | Page 18

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August 1, 2017 – February 28, 2018
Carbondale
CHESTER COUNTY, PA
Scranton
Port
Jervis
Milford
county, and municipal levels as 84 well as the William
Penn
Foundation—Natural
Lands
purchased
a
1,505-acre
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Wilkes
Barre
property
in Chester Springs known as Bryn Coed Farms.
Williamsport
East Pikeland,
West Pikeland, and
Our $5 million Campaign for Bryn Coed Farms netted
West Vincent Townships
the additional funding we needed to establish a new
Key Partners: Chester County Preservation Partnership
520-acre nature preserve there. The remainder of the
Stroudsburg
Program; East Pikeland Township; PA DCNR Bureau
of
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property is being
sold to private individuals who want to
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Recreation and Conservation
– Keystone Recreation, Park Hazelton
Lewisburg
be a part of a unique conservation community.
and Conservation Fund; West Pikeland Township; West
Last July, West Vincent Township purchased 72 acres
Lehighton
Vincent Township; William Penn Foundation; and gifts via
in the center of Bryn Coed Farms from Natural Lands to
the Campaign for Bryn Coed Farms, chaired by George 81
create a new township park. The property was the site of
and Christy Martin and Peter and Eliza Zimmerman
the former Bryn Coed Dairy Easton
operation.
Bethlehem
In June of 2017—anchored by the leadership support
Plans for the passive recreation park include the
Allentown
that we received from public partners at the state,
construction of a loop trail that will connect to the larger
Honesdale
Pottstown
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21.21 acres
East Nantmeal and South Coventry Townships
Key Partners: Chester County Preservation Partnership
Program; East Nantmeal Township; Graham
family; Green Valleys Association; Horse-Shoe Trail
Conservancy; Open Space Institute’s Delaware River
Watershed Protection Fund (made possible with funding
from the William Penn Foundation for its Delaware River
Coatesville
West
Chester
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Millville
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Bridgeton
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Elkton
Wilmington
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Norristown
Lancaster
Graham Property
Delaware Bay
Bryn Coed
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Lansdale
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Washington
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Doylestown
Harrisburg
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where sky meets water.
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preserved lands, creates an extraordinary open space re-
source for the residents of Chester Springs and beyond.”
Quakertown
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trail system Natural Lands is establishing on its adjacent
520-acre Bryn Coed Preserve.
“It was a pleasure working with Natural Lands over the
course of several years to accomplish saving Bryn Coed
from the residential development of 600 to 700 potential
homes,” said John Jacobs, chairman of the West Vincent
Township Board of Supervisors. “Protecting this property
has long been a concern of our residents. All will now
enjoy the benefit of this open space and trails.”
“The effort to save Bryn Coed Farms could not have
happened without the support we received from a myr-
iad of partners, including West Vincent Township,” said
Oliver Bass, Natural Lands’ president. “Together, Bryn
Coed Preserve, the Township park, and the surrounding