CONTACT: MARTIN INDARS
PHONE: 610-692-2112
mindars@pasenate.com

December 5, 2007

WEST CHESTER - State Senator Andy Dinniman announced Wednesday that $1,225,400 has been awarded to local municipalities and land trusts for the development of park and conservation projects.

“The funding will preserve valuable land in Chester County,” Dinniman said. “I am pleased that the state is working to ensure protection of our precious natural resources.”

The grants are as follows:

• Charlestown Township received  $150,000 for the acquisition of approximately 11 acres off Bodine Road;

• French and Pickering Creeks Conservation Trust received $500,000 for the acquisition of approximately 27 acres off Yellow Springs Road in Charlestown;

• French and Pickering Creeks Conservation Trust received $60,400 for the acquisition of approximately 10 acres off Bertolet School Road in West Vincent;

• Natural Lands Trust received $500,000 for the acquisition of three properties totaling approximately 261 acres along Cannery Road in Newlin; and

• West Pikeland Township received $15,000 for the preparation of a Master Site Development Plan for the 23-acre Windolph Knoll Park.

The funding will serve for watershed, woodland and natural habitat protection, open space, passive recreation, trail linkage and more.

The grants are administered by the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources.

“I’ve always been a strong advocate for land preservation,” said Dinniman, who serves on the Joint Legislative Air and Water Pollution Control and Conservation Committee . “These state grants are vital in preserving our natural treasures for generations of Pennsylvanians to come.”

For more information contact Senator Dinniman’s West Chester District Office at (610) 692-2112 or e-mail andy@pasenate.com.

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