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Located on Crowfoot road near Sloan Elementary School
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N 40° 27.212
W 079° 39.454
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Property
Description
This
3.23 acre parcel has a large diversity of trees and a pristine
stream and will be used by local school students in
environmental studies.
The 3.23 acres of what is now Potter's Corner was deeded to the
Westmoreland Conservancy by William J. Potter on April 20, 2001.
Mr. Potter sold the land to the Conservancy at a bargain sale
price of $45,000. The PA Dept of Conservation and Natural
Resources (DCNR) awarded a grant for this property in the amount
of $34,000 from the Department's Community Conservation
Partnerships Program, which is a combination of funding sources
from the Keystone Recreation, Park and Conservation Fund
(Keystone), the Environmental Stewardship and Watershed
Protection Act (Growing Greener) and Pennsylvania Recreational
Trails funds.
The reserve preserves a sensitive ecosystem, enlarges the King
Nature Reserve, and provides a wonderful educational
opportunity, particularly to the young people of Sloan
elementary school, who can access the trail from school
property. Two eagle scout projects were completed in this
reserve: One by Benjamin Lombard, who made an educational trail
through the reserve to Sloan school, and Scott Ackmann, who
built a bridge across Pearson Creek. |
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