Five Things You Should Know About the Tinicum Conservancy

1. We are a non-profit, community-based organization made up of Tinicum residents from all walks of life.  We work with conservation minded landowners to protect Tinicum’s rural character, farms and natural resources.
2. Although Tinicum is a small township (19,700 acres), we rank near the top of Pennsylvania’s land trusts in number of easements (97) and amount of protected land (almost 4,000 acres).
3. In 2009, we became one of only 5% of all land trusts in the United States to receive accreditation from The Land Trust Accreditation Commission.  This means that our professional standards including: fiscal, fundraising, stewardship, easement acquisition and overall non-profit management meet or exceed rigorous national requirements.
4. Our efforts to safeguard Tinicum only begin with securing conservation easements. Much of our future work will focus on oversight of existing easements and working closely with landowners and the community to provide natural resource stewardship. We consider this work an excellent, long-term insurance policy on the investment in conservation we have all made through conservation easements.
5. Our operations are supported solely by our more than 500 members who contribute to our mission through donations of their time, talent and dollars. If you haven’t already joined, please get involved today.  Join today.