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We are a member-based nonprofit dedicated to protecting and restoring the region’s waters, forests, natural areas and wildlife, planting community trees, gardens and greenspaces, and caring for Frank Lloyd Wright’s Fallingwater. |
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Fallingwater Reopens for 63rd Tour Season and Celebrates 90 Years! |
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As Fallingwater reopens on March 14 for its 63rd tour season, we’re celebrating the completion of a major preservation effort and a special milestone: 90 years as one of the world’s most influential works of modern architecture!
Explore the house’s intimate relationship with nature during tours, including Guided Architectural Tours, Guided Grounds Walking Tours, In-depth Tours, Focus Tours or Family Field Trips. In the Fallingwater Café, enjoy lunch made from locally sourced fare or delicious coffee drinks, then browse the Museum Store and visit the Speyer Gallery for an exhibition.
Deepen your understanding of Frank Lloyd Wright’s organic architecture by exploring Fallingwater Institute’s educational programs, or join us for webinars or intimate Fallingwater Fireside discussions.
We welcome all to help us celebrate Fallingwater’s illustrious past as well as its future as an enduring symbol of art and nature in harmony. Join us for special events to commemorate Fallingwater’s 90th anniversary, including a chocolate tasting workshop and dinner tour, an evening of music in the Living Room and the 90th anniversary gala featuring art, nature, live jazz and delicious food!
Experience Frank Lloyd Wright's masterpiece, a site on the UNESCO World Heritage List, the place Edgar Kaufmann jr. called, “a work of art…set on the waterfall of Bear Run, spouting nature’s endless energy and grace.” |
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Celebrate Green, Black & Gold! Attend Our Webinar |
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WPC is greening Pittsburgh to welcome visitors for the 2026 NFL Draft! Join us for a free webinar, "Green, Black & Gold: WPC Greens the 'Burgh!" on April 14 at noon.
Learn how we’ve partnered to plant trees, install gardens and freshen the city with flowers in hanging baskets and street planters. We're also celebrating 10 years of the Pittsburgh Redbud Project!
Can’t attend? Register, and after the webinar you'll get a link to view the recording. |
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Volunteer to Plant Trees & Steward WPC Preserves |
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Are you a nature enthusiast or someone who wants our region to thrive?
We need lots of volunteers in April to help plant hundreds of trees along streams in Clearfield, Washington and Westmoreland counties to improve water quality.
Or, volunteer to maintain trails or pull invasive plants at our preserves April througn November.
Watch for opportunities throughout spring, including garden and urban tree plantings! |
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Improve Your Watershed: Apply for Grants |
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Conservation groups can apply through March 31 for mini grants for water quality monitoring, watershed restoration, community outreach and youth education projects. With funding from BHE GT&S foundation, our watershed mini grants provide support and awareness for watersheds in 26 counties.
Or, does your community need a place for people to get on the water? Apply March 16 though April 24 or Canoe Access Development Funds of up to $5,000 to build or improve a canoe access site. |
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Apply for Internships & Jobs |
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College and graduate students: We’re hiring a watershed summer intern (based in our Indiana office) and a botany summer intern (based in our Harrisburg office).
Or, would you love to live and work at Fallingwater? Apply for paid summer internships in landscape architecture, digital multimedia, education and collections.
WPC is hiring a non-game biologist/malacologist to work with the Pennsylvania Natural Heritage Program, and Fallingwater is hiring a visitor services representative and more. |
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Community Veggie Garden Grants: Apply by March 15 |
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Does your organization grow vegetables in a community garden in Allegheny County, but need some materials to keep the garden growing?
Apply through March 15 to our Community Garden Sustainability Fund, a WPC partnership with Grow Pittsburgh!
You could get mulch, topsoil, raised bed components, fencing, seeds, tools or many more items needed to grow fresh, healthy foods for community members. |
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Save the Date: Members’ Day is May 2 |
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We love meeting our members and want to show our gratitude! Join us at WPC’s Members’ Day and Annual Meeting on May 2 from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Meet at The Barn at Fallingwater for free naturalist-led hikes, children’s activities, free tours of Fallingwater with advance reservations and more. Enjoy a free continental breakfast! Purchase a catered buffet lunch, or join us with your own lunch.
Registration details arrive soon in mailboxes and inboxes! Not a member? Join today! |
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Do you work or volunteer at a land trust or conservation organization that acquires land for conservation purposes?
Join us for a day of discussions, presentations and networking focused on land acquisitions and stewardship.
We’re hosting We Conserve PA’s “Land Acquisition and Stewardship Gathering: Pittsburgh” on March 19 from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. at our Pittsburgh offices.
Email info@weconservepa.org for details. |
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What is Immaculate Collection? |
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A region-wide effort to clean and beautify Pittsburgh’s most visible roadways ahead of the 2026 NFL Draft, the Immaculate Collection is building momentum for long-term litter prevention! The effort involves many partners, including WPC.
Through public-private partnerships, 50+ miles of highways are now sponsored for ongoing maintenance, and 50+ neighborhood cleanups have taken place, with more to come! |
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Download Winter Images |
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The Conservancy’s 644-acre Casselman River Conservation Area in Somerset County consists of several tracts bordering the Casselman River, which is popular with anglers and paddlers. The preserve protects riparian forest and forested hillsides within view of the Great Allegheny Passage trail.
Our Joshua C. Whetzel, Jr. Memorial Recreation Area in the same county comprises 40 acres of the larger preserve and features a hiking trail overlooking the town of Confluence.
Download winter images through March 19. |
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Fallingwater: Living With and In Art |
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Seeking a gift for someone special…or just for yourself? This collectible set features the book "Fallingwater: Living With and In Art," signed by editors Justin Gunther, director of Fallingwater, and Scott Perkins, senior director of preservation and collections at Fallingwater. Accompanying the book is an 8” x 10” signed print of the book’s cover image by photographer Dave Bryce. A true keepsake and a must have for any Fallingwater enthusiast! |
| Purchase your collectible book and print today |
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Seeing fairy shrimp (Order Anostaca) in early spring vernal pools means two things: The water is healthy, and no fish live there because the pools are ephemeral, or temporary.
These amazing crustaceans consume algae, bacteria and bits of organic waste, thereby “cleaning” vernal pools, and then become critical food for salamanders and some insects. Their presence indicates a healthy, fish-free ephemeral ecosystem! Learn more about fairy shrimp! |
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PROTECT WILD PLACES AND GREEN SPACES |
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Give back to nature near you! |
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