The Department of Conservation and Natural Resources announced this week it is accepting applications for the Pennsylvania Heritage Area Program.

The deadline for applications is April 13. (PA Bulletin notice)

Eligible projects must seek to develop and protect the historic, cultural, natural, scenic and recreational resources within a Heritage Area to enhance regional economic development.

There are currently 12 designated State Heritage Areas including the Allegheny Ridge Heritage Area, the Delaware and Lehigh National Heritage Corridor, the Endless Mountains Heritage Region, the Lackawanna Heritage Valley Authority, the Lancaster-York Heritage Region, the Lincoln Highway Heritage Corridor, the Lumber Heritage Region, the National Road Heritage Corridor, the Oil Heritage Region, Pennsylvania Route 6 Heritage Corridor, the Rivers of Steel Heritage Area and the Schuylkill River Heritage Corridor.

For more information, visit the Pennsylvania Heritage Area Program webpage or contact C. Alan Chace, Chief, Greenways & Conservation Partnerships Division, DCNR, 717-783-5877.

1/5/2007