Earlier this year, Manada Conservancy staff worked with the Shirk family to sign a conservation easement protecting their family farm and 41-acre property in Dauphin County. 

The property has been in the family’s care since 1951. It features rolling farm hills and about 13 acres of woodland that provide a healthy streamside buffer along a network of branches that feed the Manada Creek.

Said Manada Conservancy representatives: “To the Shirk family, we are forever grateful for your vision to protect your land!”

For more information on programs, initiatives, upcoming events and how you can get involved, visit the Manada Conservancy website.  Follow them on Facebook and Twitter.  Click Here to support their work.

(Reprinted from WeConservePA website.)

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[Posted: August 15, 2023]

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