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Director Hess Discusses Landscape Scale Conservation to National Audience

Katie Hess presented during a National Park Service "Connected Conservation" webinar on how the South Mountain Landscape and the Appalachian Trail are connected. To learn more and view the presentation, click here.

See Who's a Part of Our Leadership Committee

The Leadership Committee operates to provide strategic direction and oversight of the South Mountain Partnership. The Committee represents the diversity of partners and interest areas of the region - click here to see who's involved.

July/August 'Around South Mountain' e-Newsletter Now Available

In this issue you will learn about the new Friends of South Mountain effort, Shippensburg University's climate commitment, the Dillsburg Heart & Soul project and much more! Read the issue here.

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One million people, and One Future.

The South Mountain Partnership brings people together across geopolitical and sectoral boundaries to highlight the importance of our landscape and take action to secure its future.

A Pennsylvania Conservation Landscape -- we are a broad coalition of partners collaborating to conserve Landscape Resources to enrich the quality of life and sense of place of the South Mountain region’s citizens and communities.

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July 30
July/August 'Around South Mountain' e-Newsletter Now Available
News and a schedule of events that will 1. Improve your understanding of the South Mountain landscape – our shared region and home; 2. Evolve your understanding of land development...

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July 30
July/August Partnership Update
Published in July/August 'Around South Mountain' newsletter As promised, you are among the first to learn about the founding of the Friends of the South Mountain Partnership, a collaboration with...

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July 29
Press Release: The South Mountain Partnership Joins Shippensburg University Campus Climate Task Force
Shippensburg University, in collaboration with the PA Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR), the South Mountain Partnership (SMP), and Michaux State Forest, is launching a campus/community task force as...

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Jul 01 GO Franklin County - Get Outdoors Program

Jul 18 Follow the Tale Trail

Aug 14 Perseids Meteor Watch

This Is Where I Live Read Essay

Where Two Trails Meet: A Photo Essay This is where I live, work, and play. I enjoy and…
This is Where I Live Read Essay

Have you ever eaten a handful of blueberries so fresh that they’re still warm from the sun?
This is Where I Live Read Essay

Replacing the noise of our built environment with the sounds of nature – the birds, the wind in the trees, the rustling of leaves underfoot, the gurgling of a mountain stream, and everything else…
This is Where I Live Read Essay

Cultivated land broken by fingers of woodland reaching along creek beds, linear fruit-tree rows leading to forest-covered hilltops — it’s stunningly picturesque.
This is Where I Live Read Essay

Changing hues, blazing colors and vivid sunsets making each and every moment a new experience
This is Where I Live Read Essay

Watching lightning bugs lift out of the corn fields at dusk with a friend is at the top of my favorite things list.