Western Pennsylvania Conservancy — Watershed Conservation Program

Pittsburgh-based regional conservation organization offering technical expertise, in-stream restoration design, riparian planting, AMD remediation support, and native plant sourcing for watershed groups in Southwestern PA.

The Western Pennsylvania Conservancy is one of the most experienced applied-conservation organizations in the region, with deep technical capacity for watershed groups working on stream stabilization, riparian buffer plantings, in-stream habitat restoration, and acid mine drainage issues. Their Watershed Conservation Program staff have designed and implemented hundreds of restoration projects across the Allegheny, Monongahela, Youghiogheny, and Ohio River basins.Member groups can engage WPC for project design, GIS mapping, permitting support, contractor coordination, and post-project monitoring. WPC also operates the Penn's Native Plant Nursery, supplying native riparian species at lower-than-retail cost for restoration projects, and runs the Pennsylvania Natural Heritage Program (the state's authoritative biodiversity data source) for site-specific species assessments.For a watershed organization in Pope's part of the world, WPC is the natural first call when a project moves from 'we should do something' to 'we need someone to design, source, and oversee construction.'