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New Speakers Series Events Highlight Climate Action Planning

Changing climate has caused and will continue to cause impacts to public health, infrastructure, emergency services, and the economy. A new series of community forums regarding Climate Action Planning begins October 20. Learn more 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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September 23
The 2020 Regional Conservation Partnership (RCP) Gathering Is Coming!
Even before the pandemic upended our lives, the RCP Network had landed on a theme of resilient regions and communities for our live event. With the onset of COVID-19 and...

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September 16
Press Release: Community Climate Action Planning Forums Kick-off Local Governance
Changing climate has caused and will continue to cause impacts to public health, infrastructure, emergency services, and major economic contributors like agriculture, tourism, and recreation. Beginning Oct. 20, a series...

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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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Sep 26 National Public Lands Day at Pine Grove Furnace

Sep 27 Yoga on the Mountain

Sep 29 An Introduction to Community Heart & Soul Webinar

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.