The Friends of the Wissachickon, Montgomery County, will host a special program-- Preserving Our Gateway to the Wissahickon-- on March 27 at 6 p.m. at Springside Chestnut Hill Academy. Light refreshments will be served before and after the talk.

Ever wondered what a conservation easement is or thought about putting one on your own property? Here’s an opportunity to have all your questions answered.

Join the Friends of the Wissahickon and the Chestnut Hill Historical Society as they present conservation attorney Pat Pregmon for a discussion on conservation tools to protect the Wissahickon Watershed, open space, and the natural environment of the Chestnut Hill area.

Patricia L. Pregmon has more than 25 years experience as an attorney and has spent much of that career working specifically on conservation and real estate law. As one of the region’s foremost authorities on historic preservation and conservation law, Pregmon has served as a board member at such groups as the Pennsylvania Land Trust Association and the Wissahickon Valley Watershed Association.

She has written extensively about conservation law and is principal author of The Model Pennsylvania Conservation Easement and Commentary (2011), a key publication of the Pennsylvania Land Trust Association and the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources.

From 1981 to 1998, Pregmon was a partner in the Real Estate Department of Duane, Morris & Heckscher (now Duane Morris). She is also a member of the Pennsylvania and Montgomery County Bar Associations.

The lecture will take place in the Wissahickon Room at 500 Willow Grove Avenue. Parking will be available in the Science Building lot.

To register, contact FOW Outreach Manager Sarah Marley by sending an email to: marley@fow.org or call 215-247-0417 x109.

3/11/2013