History

The Tinicum Conservancy was formed in 1992 by a group of local residents who were concerned that larger, regional land trusts were not paying enough attention to land protection in our township.

As a recognized leading land trust in the State of Pennsylvania, the Conservancy has purposely maintained a grass-roots approach to land preservation by extensive use of local volunteers and professionals, a full-time Executive Director and several part-time staff.

The Conservancy has accomplished a consistent level of successful land protection in Tinicum during the past two decades of the Conservancy’s existence. The first thousand acres were conserved by the year 2000; the two thousand acre milestone was reached four years later; the three thousand acre milestone in 2007; and the four thousand acre milestone should be reached in 2011. Just within the last five years alone, approximately 50% of our nearly 4,000 acres has been preserved; a true success story.