Grassroots Response to Rapid Growth
Often called the birthplace of modern conservation, Pike County, PA continues to be at the forefront of land conservation issues. Heron's Eye helped to produce the public television documentary Nature's Keepers: A Community of Conservationists, about Pike's 150-year heritage of land stewardship.
- We served as the on-the-ground liaison to grassroots community activists.
- Our efforts earned a 2008 Governor's Award for Environmental Excellence.
- Nature's Keepers is a model for other rapidly growing communities.
