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Appalachian partners with land trusts, private landowners, government agencies, the forest products industry, and some advanced developers to protect open space across Pennsylvania. Below are recent press releases detailing our most significant work.


January 31, 2012 Appalachian Receives Appreciation Award from PA Fish & Boat Commission
January 15, 2012 2011 Year-End Real Estate Retrospective
November 2, 2011 Appalachian Spearheads Successful Effort to Conserve a Mile of Pristine Stream
October 7, 2011 Harrisburg's Mayor Thompson Appoints Josh First to Chair City Tree Restoration Task Force
September 11, 2011 First Publishes Flight 93 op-ed in Patriot News
February 1st 2011 Josh First Appointed to Dauphin County Planning Commission
December 7th 2010 Josh First appointed to Governor Elect Tom Corbett Transition Team
June 9th 2010 ALCS submits letter on Cornwall Development Plan
July 4th 2009 ALCS Reminds Forest Owners to Avoid Tree Damage
May 29th
2009
ALCS president writes Patriot News article on U.S. National Park Service efforts to protect the landscape at the Flight 93 crash site
April 2nd 2009 Appalachian Sponsors Annual PALTA Conference for Sixth Straight Year
Jan 2nd
2009
ALCS Provides a State-Wide Real Estate Analysis
Oct. 3rd
2008
ALCS President Listed in 2007 Pennsylvania Legislature Enviromental Scorecard
July 18th, 2008Appalachian Cautions Landowners to Obtain Professional Guidance Before Signing an Oil & Gas Lease
May 8th, 2008State Carbon Advisory Management Group Work Ends
April 1st, 2008Field experience prompts ALCS to send memo on natural gas exploration to conservation groups
March 17th, 2008Appalachian Sponsors Land Trust Conference for the Fifth Straight Year
Jan. 24th, 2008ALCS Comments on Private Road Act
Jan. 2nd, 2008Statement on 2007 Real Estate Activities
Nov. 30th, 2007Patriot News Letter to the Editor about Josh First's Game Commission Nomination
Oct. 25th, 2007ALCS Comments on State Oil and Gas Legislation
Oct. 19th, 2007United Bowhunters of Pennsylvania thank ALCS president
Oct. 17th, 2007Public statement by Josh First on PGC confirmation vote
Oct. 17th, 2007PennFuture Comments on Senate Game Commission Vote
Oct. 2nd, 2007Group Accuses ALCS President of Being an 'Environmentalist'
Sept. 16th 2007ALCS president writes op-ed about PSU football
July 20th, 2007DCNR Issues Plaque of Appreciation for 2005-2006 project
April 25th, 2007Governor Ed Rendell Nominates Appalachian's President to State Board
April 7th, 2007Appalachian Sponsors Pa Land Trust Conference
Feb. 28th, 2007Bi-Partisan Political Support for Private Market Solutions to Open Space Protection and Environmental Quality
Jan. 5th, 2007Statement on 2006 Real Estate Activities
Dec. 10th, 2006Congress passes historic abandoned mine land reclamation funding bill
Oct. 20th, 2006Appalachian obtains support from Bradford County for environmental clean-ups

Sept. 10th, 2006

Flight 93 memorial gets momentum


August 2nd, 2006Appalachian's president publishes op-ed in Casper, Wyoming, newspaper, requesting western support for Abandoned Mine Land funding.


July 26th, 2006Appalachian helps gain more counties' support for federal Abandoned Mine Land funding


June, 2006Appalachian supports 10,000 Friends of Pennsylvania, at the 2006 Commonwealth Design Awards.
April 30th, 2006
Appalachian Obtains Counties' Support for Abandoned Mine Reclamation Reauthorization
March 27, 2006 Appalachian Sponsors Pa Land Trust Conference
February 6, 2006 Appalachian Land & Conservation Services Congratulates Pittsburgh Steelers Football Team
January 4, 2006 Appalachian Congratulates Penn State Football Team

Appalachian Land & Conservation Services Co. congratulated Penn State University’s football team and head coach Joe Paterno for their historic Orange Bowl win today.
October 31, 2005
APPALACHIAN LAND & CONSERVATION SERVICES HARVESTS AND PLANTS WILD-GROWN NATIVE AMERICAN CHESTNUTS

Appalachian Land & Conservation Services Co. president and CEO Josh First announced the successful harvest and subsequent planting of wild-grown chestnuts found on a previously unknown American Chestnut tree on land owned by Appalachian.
October 21, 2005 CDT, Centre Daily Times Article about Bald Eagle Project

A Harrisburg real estate company has donated conservation easements on 250 acres adjacent to the Bald Eagle State Park to the state to protect the views from the park.

The easements were donated by Appalachian Land & Conservation Services LLC to the state Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. They are meant to ensure that, no matter who owns the land, it cannot be developed to a point it disrupts the woodland setting and the view from Sayers Lake, the park's centerpiece attraction.
October 18, 2005 Appalachian's President Publishes Op-Ed in Patriot News on Land Use Symbolism of New Orleans Tragedy
October 10, 2005 Conservation Milestone Reached

For-Profit Company with Conservation Attitude Protects Bald Eagle State Park Viewshed and Wildlife Habitat
September 19, 2005
Appalachian Comments on Pennsylvania Eminent Domain Legislation


May 3, 2005 Appalachian's President Publishes Op-Ed in Patriot News About Front Street Mansions
January 16, 2005 Patriot News Article on Appalachian