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Appalachian Land & Conservation Services Co., LLC

Where Conservation & the Marketplace Meet

Appalachian partners with land trusts, private landowners, government agencies, the forest products industry, and some advanced developers to protect open space across Pennsylvania. Below are recent press releases detailing our most significant work.

2023 News Articles

ALCS Marks Twentieth Fall of Planting Fruit and Nut Trees
October 3, 2023

Trees, Trees, Trees, Glorious Trees
August 24, 2023

ALCS President Re-Appointed to Two Boards
January 18, 2023

2022 News Articles

ALCS Completes Annual Fruit and Nut Tree Seed Planting
October 15, 2022

ALCS Installs Deer Exclosure to Protect Rare Migratory Birds
June 14, 2022

Statement by ALCS on Open Landscape Resources vs. Industrial Solar
April 7, 2022

ALCS Landowner Questionnaire: When is Solar Right for My Land?
March 1, 2022

ALCS Statement on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Policy
February 15, 2022

2021 News Articles

ALCS Marks 18th Year Planting Fruit and Nut Tree Seeds
October 10, 2021

Public Remarks Delivered by ALCS President at Land Conservation Dedication Event
August 20, 2021

ALCS Persuades Pennsylvania Conservation Agencies to Approve White Oak for Deer Exclosure Fence Posts
July 17, 2021

ALCS Purchases Last Stock Ever of Medieval-Style Land Management Tool - Buy Yours Today!
February 27, 2021

2020 News Articles

ALCS Unveils 'Powerful New Timber Meme'
November 15, 2020

ALCS Celebrates 16 Years of Fall Tree Nut and Seed Planting for Future Forests
October 15, 2020

ALCS Partners with Trout Unlimited to Improve Wild Trout Habitat
October 2, 2020

ALCS Negotiates Wonderful 404 Acre Conservation Project In Dauphin County
September 4, 2020

ALCS Closes on Fabulous Conservation Property in Clinton County
February 25, 2020

2019 News Articles

ALCS President Josh First Appointed to Detweiler Park Steering Committee
May 16, 2019

ALCS Marks Fifteen Years in Business
March 15, 2019

ALCS President Re-Appointed to Two Boards
January 5, 2019

2018 News Articles

ALCS 2018 Year in Review
December 16, 2018

2017 News Articles

ALCS Annual Chestnut Planting Begins
September 20, 2017

ALCS Native Wildflowers Projects Bear
Fruit
June 20, 2017

Emerald Ash Borer is Here to Stay
March 27, 2017

2016 News Articles

ALCS Statement on 'Climate Change' and Carbon Sequestration Markets
December 14, 2016

2016 Marks Twelve Years of ALCS Fall Tree Planting
October 6, 2016

ALCS Submits Comments on Pennsylvania Model Conservation Easement
September 22, 2016

Clark's Creek Watershed Protection Association Holding Second-Ever Creek Walk
May 18, 2016

2015 News Articles

ALCS President Josh First Appointed to Regional Conservation Board
December 15, 2015

2014 News Articles

Appalachian Land & Conservation Services Marks Ten Years as Successful Business
March 1, 2014

2012 News Articles

Appalachian Encourages Native Plant Stewardship
September 25, 2012

Appalachian Issues Snapshot Report on Land & Natural Resources in Pennsylvania
July 15, 2012

Marking One-Year Anniversary of Joe Ibberson Passing
April 25, 2012

Josh First with 2011 Buck Taken Near Public Land in Dauphin County
February 10, 2012

First Receives Award from PA Fish & Boat Commission
January 31, 2012

2011 Year-End Real Estate Retrospective
January 15, 2012

2011 News Articles

Appalachian Spearheads Successful Effort to Conserve Mile of Pristine Stream
November 2, 2011

Harrisburg Mayor Thompson Appoints Josh First to Chair City Tree Restoration Task Force
October 7, 2011

First Publishes Flight 93 Op-Ed in Patriot News
September 11, 2011

Josh First Appointed to Dauphin County Planning Commission
February 1, 2011

2010 News Articles

Josh First Appointed to Governor-Elect Tom Corbett Transition Team
December 7, 2010

ALCS Submits Letter on Cornwall Development Plan
June 9, 2010

2009 News Articles

ALCS Reminds Forest Owners to Avoid Tree Damage
July 4, 2009

ALCS President Writes Patriot News Article on US National Park Service Efforts to Protect Landscape at Flight 93 Crash Site
May 29, 2009

Appalachian Sponsors Annual PALTA Conference for Sixth Straight Year
April 2, 2009

ALCS Provides a State-Wide Real Estate Analysis
January 2, 2009

2008 News Articles

ALCS President Listed in 2007 Pennsylvania Legislature Environmental Scorecard
October 3, 2008

Appalachian Cautions Landowners to Obtain Professional Guidance Before Signing an Oil & Gas Lease
July 18, 2008

Field Experience Prompts ALCS to Send Memo on Natural Gas Exploration to Conservation Groups
April 1, 2008

Appalachian Sponsors Land Trust Conference for Fifth Straight Year
March 17, 2008

ALCS Comments on Private Road Act
January 24, 2008

ALCS Provides Statement on 2007 Real Estate Activities
January 2, 2008

2007 News Articles

Patriot News Letter to Editor About Josh First's Game Commission Nomination
November 30, 2007

ALCS Comments on State Oil & Gas Legislation
October 25, 2007

United Bowhunters of Pennsylvania Thank ALCS President
October 19, 2007

Public Statement by Josh First on PGC Confirmation Vote
October 17, 2007

PennFuture Comments on Senate Game Commission Vote
October 17, 2007

Group Accuses ALCS President of Being 'Envronmentalist'
October 2, 2007

ALCS President Writes Op-Ed about PSU Football
September 16, 2007

DCNR Issues Plaque of Appreciation for 2005-2006 Project
July 20, 2007

Governor Ed Rendell Nominates Appalachian's President to State Board
April 25, 2007

Appalachian Sponsors PA Land Trust Conference
April 7, 2007

Bi-Partisan Political Support for Private Market Solutions to Open Space Protection & Environmental Quality
February 28, 2007

Statement on 2006 Real Estate Activities
January 5, 2007

2006 News Articles

Congress Passes Historic Abandoned Mine Reclamation Funding Bill
December 10, 2006

Appalachian Obtains Support from Bradford County for Environmental Clean-ups
October 20, 2006

Flight 93 Memorial Gets Momentum
September 10, 2006

Appalachian's President Publishes Op-Ed in Wyoming Requesting Support for Abandoned Mine Land Funding
August 2, 2006

Appalachian Helps Gain County Support for Federal Abandoned Mine Land Funding
July 26, 2006

Appalachian Supports 10,000 Friends of Pennsylvania at 2006 Commonwealth Design Awards
June 2006

Appalachian Obtains County Support for Abandoned Mine Reclamation Reauthorization
April 30, 2006

Appalachian Sponsors PA Land Trust Conference
March 27, 2006

ALCS Congratulates Pittsburgh Steelers Football Team
February 6, 2006

Appalachian Congratulates Penn State Football Team
January 4, 2006

2005 News Articles

ALCS Harvests & Plants Wildgrown Native American Chestnuts
October 31, 2005

CDT, Centre Daily Times Article About Bald Eagle Project
October 21, 2005

Appalachian's President Publishes Patriot News Op-Ed on Land Use Symbolism of New Orleans Tragedy
October 18, 2005

Conservation Milestone Reached
October 10, 2005

Appalachian Comments on Pennsylvania's Eminent Domain Legislation
September 19, 2005

Appalachian's President Publishes Patriot News Op-Ed About Front Street Mansions
May 3, 2005

Patriot News Article on Appalachian
January 16, 2005

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P.O. Box 5128

Harrisburg, PA 17110

Phone: (717) 232-8335

E-mail: josh@appalachianland.us

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