Allegheny County Conservation District (ACCD) and Allegheny County Agriculture Lands Preservation Board (ACALPB) announced the preservation of Serakowski Farms in Plum Borough.
Allegheny County Conservation District (ACCD) is pleased to announce that Pine Richland student Alekhya Doddapaneni won the statewide One Water Poster Contest sponsored by Pennsylvania Association of Conservation Districts (PACD).
Thomas Jefferson High School students won first place at the Allegheny County Envirothon on April 28, 2023, and will compete in the statewide environmental competition in Mifflinburg, Pennsylvania.
Allegheny County Conservation District (ACCD) announced $830,000 in grants to farms to prevent pollution in Allegheny County over the next three years.
Allegheny County Conservation District (ACCD) awarded $56,580 to Lincoln Borough to repair Carothers Way and reduce stormwater impacts to Wiley Run through the Dirt, Gravel and Low Volume Road (DGLVR) Program.
Allegheny County Conservation District (ACCD) awarded $220,000 to the City of Pittsburgh and Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority (PWSA) to stabilize a landslide and repair a degraded road in Homewood through the Dirt, Gravel and Low Volume Road (DGLVR) Program.
Researchers at University of Pittsburgh and the Allegheny County Conservation District have linked contamination in Pittsburgh's urban soils to historical emissions and atmospheric inversions.
Allegheny County Conservation District (ACCD) and the Allegheny County Agriculture Lands Preservation Board (ACALPB) are proud to announce the preservation of the Dillner Family Farm in West Deer Township.
ACCD will install a 3,000 square foot rain garden and bioswale at the Findlay Township Activity Center in Imperial with funding from PA Department of Environmental Protection's Growing Greener Grant.
Allegheny County Conservation District recently completed the installation of stormwater best management practices at the Monroeville Public Library. The library frequently flooded during rain events when water came through the entrance doors.
A native wildflower meadow and rain garden were completed at Boyce Park's Four Seasons Lodge in fall 2021 with funding from PA DEP's Growing Greener Grant awarded to Allegheny County Conservation District in partnership with Allegheny County Parks Department.